Crown Princess Gonghoebin
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Crown Princess Gonghoe 공회빈 | |
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Crown Princess consort of Joseon | |
Tenure | 21 October 1561 - 6 October 1563 |
Predecessor | Crown Princess Park (Crown Princess Hwang as the designated crown princess consort of joseon) |
Successor | Crown Princess Yu |
Born | 1552 Kingdom of Joseon |
Died | 3 March 1592 Tongmyeong Hall, Changgyeong Palace, Hanseong, Kingdom of Joseon | (aged 39–40)
Burial | Sunchangwon in Seooreung 334-32, Seooreung-ro, Deokyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea[1][2] |
Spouse | |
House | Musong Yun (by birth) House of Yi (by marriage) |
Father | Yun Ok |
Mother | Lady Yun of the Papyeong Yun clan |
Crown Princess Gonghoebin | |
Hangul | |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gonghoe-bin Yunssi |
McCune–Reischauer | Kong h'oe-pin Yunssh'i |
Crown Princess Gonghoe of the Musong Yun clan (Hangul: 공회빈 윤씨, Hanja: 恭懷嬪 尹氏; 1553 - 1592[3]) or sometimes called as Yun Gonghoe-bin[4] was a Joseon Crown Princess Consort as the wife of Crown Prince Sunhoe, the only son of Myeongjong of Joseon and Queen Insun.[5]
Biography[]
Early life and relatives[]
The future Crown Princess Gonghoe was born in 1553, she was from the Musong Yun clan (무송 윤씨) as the daughter of Yun Ok and Lady Yun of the Papyeong Yun clan. Lady Yun also had a younger brother named Yun Baek-Sang.
She later chosen as the consort of Myeongjong of Joseon and Queen Insun's only son, Yi Bu, Crown Prince Sunhoe.[6] He actually already had a wife, Crown Princess Hwang, but after it was discovered that she had colic disease, Hwang was demoted to a concubine. Thus having Yun change her position and become the new crown princess consort.[7]
As Crown Princess and later life[]
In 1563, 18th year of King Myeongjong's reign, the Crown Prince died young, she became widowed at 10 years old and was named Crown Princess Consort Deok or Consort Deok (덕빈, 德嬪).[8]
She still stayed and lived in the palace even after her husband's death under her mother-in-law, Queen Insun's order. Yun often offered Buddhist rituals to pray for the spirits of her husband. Later, she died in Tongmyeong Hall, Changgyeong Palace on 3 March 1592.
Aftermath[]
After she died, the crown princess was given the posthumous name of Gonghoe (공회, 恭懷)[9] and her burial palace is located in Sunchangwon (順昌園), Seooreung.[10] Sunchangwon's original name was Sunhoemyo (順懷墓), but was renamed Sunchangwon during the Korean Empire.
However prior to that, when Seonjo of Joseon returned to Hanyang in 1593 and tried to recover her body, he couldn't find it.[11] At the time, it was rumored that Yi Chung (이충, 李忠) buried her body in Hamchunwon (함춘원, 含春苑), but because Yi had already died, King Seonjo asked Yun’s younger brother, Yun Baek-sang, to find her body. He did not have luck finding it.
In 1594, King Seonjo sent officials and soldiers to prepare the ancestral rites of the Crown Prince and Princess.
Family[]
- Father - Yun Ok (윤옥, 尹玉) (1511 - 1584)
- Grandfather - Yun Sa-ik (윤사익, 尹思翼) (1478 - 1563)
- Grandmother - Lady Jeong of the Dongrae Jeong clan (동래 정씨, 東來 鄭氏); daughter of Jeong Se-geol (정세걸, 鄭世傑)
- Mother - Lady Yun of the Paepyeong Yun clan (파평 윤씨, 坡平 尹氏) (? - 1572)
- Grandfather - Yun Bong-jong (윤봉종, 尹奉宗)
- Sibling(s)
- Younger brother - Yun Baek-sang (윤백상)
- Husband - Yi Bu, Crown Prince Sunhoe (순회세자 이부) (1 July 1551 - 6 October 1563)
- Mother-in-law - Queen Insun of the Cheongsong Sim clan (인순왕후 심씨) (27 June 1532 - 12 December 1575)
- Father-in-law - Yi Hwan, King Myeongjong (조선 명종) (3 July 1534 - 2 August 1567)
References[]
- ^ "2015년 1월 15일 순회세자와 세자빈 공회빈 윤씨의 순창원". m.blog.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ "[경기도의 성곽과 능원] 4. 순창원·수경원·대빈묘". www.kyeonggi.com (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ In Lunar Calendar, the crown princess was born on 1 June 1553 and died on 3 March 1592
- ^ Ham Kyoo-jin (2006). 왕이 못된 세자들 [The Crown Princes who didn't become the King] (in Korean). Gimyeongsa. ISBN 9788934953487.
- ^ "조선왕조실록". sillok.history.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ Park Young-kyoo (2019). 조선왕 시크릿 파일: 우리가 몰랐던 조선 왕들의 인성과 사생활 이야기 [The Secret File of the Joseon King: The Personality and Private Life of the Kings of Joseon That We Didn't Know] (in Korean). Okdang Books. ISBN 9791196412890.
- ^ "마녀보감 :: 순회세자, 공회빈 윤씨를 아시나요?". m.blog.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ "조선왕조실록". sillok.history.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ Ilsŏngnok: Chŏngjo vol. 75 (in Korean). University of California: Minjok Munhwa Chʻujinhoe. 1998. p. 294. ISBN 9788979771459.
- ^ "Royal Tombs". english.cha.go.kr. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ "조선왕조실록". sillok.history.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
External links[]
- "Crown Princess Gonghoe". m.blog.naver.com (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
- 16th-century Korean people
- 1552 births
- 1592 deaths
- 16th-century Korean women
- Musong Yun clan