Bak Yeong-gyu

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In this Korean name, the family name is Bak.
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Bak Yeong-gyu
Prince Consort of Hubaekje
Born?
Kingdom of Silla
Died?
Kingdom of Goryeo
WifePrincess Gyeon Aebok
Issue2 unnamed sons
Lady Dongsanwon
Queen Mungong
Queen Munseong
HouseSuncheon Bak
FatherBak Eon-ji, Grand Prince Gangnam (박언지 강남대군)
Bak Yeong-gyu
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBak Yeong-gyu
McCune–ReischauerP'ak Yŏng-ky'u

Bak Yeong-gyu (Hangul: 박영규, Hanja: 朴英規) was a Silla nobleman as he was a General (장군) and became the Hubaekje Royal Family member upon his marriage with Princess Gyeon Aebok, the only daughter of Gyeon Hwon.[1] As he was Gyeon Hwon's son-in-law, Bak always followed Gyeon and doing a great succession in helped him make the Later Baekje. He became the father of Goryeo Kingdom's three Royal wives (Lady Dongsanwon, Queen Mungong and Queen Munseong).[2]

Family[]

  1. Wife: Princess Gyeom Aebok
    1. Mr. Bak (박씨) – 1st son.
    2. Mr. Bak (박씨) – 2nd son.
    3. Lady Dongsanwon (동산원부인) – 1st daughter.
    4. Queen Mungong (문공왕후) – 2nd daughter.
    5. Queen Munseong (문성왕후) – 3rd daughter.

Life[]

In March 935, when Bak's father-in-law, Gyeon Hwon got rebelled and imprisoned at Geumsan Temple (금산사, 金山寺) by his oldest son, Gyeon Singeom (견신검), then in June, Gyeon escaped from there and went to Goryeo's exile place.[3] In September 936, after secretly discussed and consulted with his wife, Princess Gyeon Aebok, Bak sent an envoy to Goryeo for express his intention to defection and said that he would respond and welcome those armies if Wang Geon raised a righteous army. Wang Geon then rejoiced greatly about this and treated that envoy generously and sent he back to Bak, also promised for the future of their peoples and country. Later, when Wang Geon finally won in attacked the Hubaekje Kingdom, Bak then responded Wang's request and contributed to the unification of Later Three Kingdoms.[4]

After this, Wang Geon highly praised Bak with given 1,000 fields (1,000경(頃)) to him. Wang Geon also visited Bak's wife with 35 horses (역마 35필) and gave their two sons a post (벼슬).[5] Seeing Bak's contribution in helped Wang established the new Goryeo Dynasty, Bak then officially held the title as Three Major Grand Lords (삼중대광, 三重大匡), along with Ryu Cheon-gung and Hwangbo Je-gong who also held this title.[6]

Since Bak was the one of Samjung Daegwang, both him and his wife had a nice-relationship with Taejo of Goryeo, they regard and treated each other like a sibling.[7] Because of this too, Bak's oldest daughter became Taejo's 17th wife and the other two daughters became both of the first and second wife of Taejo's son, Jeongjong of Goryeo.

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References[]

  1. ^ "견훤의 사위인 박영규가 귀부해오다". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  2. ^ Kim Sang-jin (2001). 朝鮮朝領議政朴元宗研究 [Research on Park Won-jong] (in Korean and Chinese). University of Michigan: National Studies Archive. p. 25. ISBN 9788982066153.
  3. ^ Kim Kap-dong (2015). 인물로 읽는 라이벌 한국사: 우리 역사를 바꾼 숙명의 라이벌 28인 [Korean history of rivals read as characters: 28 rivals of fate that changed our history] (in Korean). Apple Books. ISBN 9791157710911.
  4. ^ 「박영규전설」 - 디지털순천문화대전 (in Korean). Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  5. ^ Kim Kap-dong (2000). 김갑동교수의태조왕건 [Professor Kim Kap-dong's Taejo Wang Geon] (in Korean). University of Michigan: Ilbit. p. 356. ISBN 9788985893572.
  6. ^ 이야기 고려왕조실록 (상) [Story of Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty (top)] (in Korean). Korean History Research Institute: Taoreum. 2009. ISBN 9788996200833.
  7. ^ Park Sang-jin (2001). 朝鮮朝領議政朴元宗研究 [The Research of Korean History] (in Korean). University of Michigan: National Studies Archive. p. 25. ISBN 9788982066153.
  8. ^ "'달의 연인' 최병모, 계략가 박영규로 본격 활약..브라운관-스크린의 신스틸러". BreakNews (in Korean). 28 September 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

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