Jungcheon of Goguryeo
Jungcheon of Goguryeo | |
Hangul | |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jungcheon-wang or Jungyang-wang |
McCune–Reischauer | Chungch'ŏn-wang or Chungyang-wang |
Birth name | |
Hangul | |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Go Yeon-bul |
McCune–Reischauer | Ko Yŏnbul |
Monarchs of Korea |
Goguryeo |
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King Jungcheon of Goguryeo (224–270, r. 248–270)[1] was the 12th ruler of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea
Family[]
- Father: King Dongcheon of Goguryeo
- Mother: Unknown Queen
- Wife: Queen Yeon, of the Yeon clan (왕후 연씨), daughter of Yeon Nabu (연나부)
- Son: unknown
- Son: King Seocheon of Goguryeo (d.292, r. 270–292)–was the 13th ruler of Goguryeo
- Son: Go Dal-ga (고달가)
- Son: Go Il-u (고일우)
- Son: Go Do-bal (고소발)
- Daughter: unknown Princess
- Concubine: Lady Gwanna (관나부인)–it was recorded that she was executed
Background and rise to the throne[]
He was the son of King Dongcheon and was made heir to the throne in the 17th year of his father's reign. Upon his father's death in 248, Jungcheon followed him on the throne.[2]
Reign[]
Deaths within the Royal family[]
In the 11th month of that year, Jungcheon's younger brothers , and others sought to betray him, but were caught and executed.[2]
He married Lady Yeon, probably from the Yeonna-bu region.[3] In 251, he came across a beautiful woman with nine-feet black hair from Gwanna region.[4] Needless to say, two wives of Jungcheon argued severely at all times, trying to fend off each other out of king’s eyesight. Eventually, Lady Gwanna was put to get drowned by angered king in the Yellow Sea.[1][2] Although Lady Gwanng had one son with Jungcheon, he never got an opportunity to be a crown prince and in 255, Yak-ro, a son with Lady Yeon got the seat in 255, later Seocheon of Goguryeo.[2]
War with the Wei[]
In 259 at the king's 12th year of reign, the Cao Wei general (尉遲楷) invaded with his army. The king sent 5,000 cavalry to fight them in the region; the Wei forces were defeated and about 8,000 people slain.[5]
Death[]
In 270, the king died at the age of 46, and was buried in Jungcheonji-won.[2][6]
See also[]
- List of Korea-related topics
- History of Korea
- Three Kingdoms of Korea
- List of Korean monarchs
References[]
- ^ a b Pyŏn, Wŏl-lim (2005). The lives of Korean women in history. Seoul: Iljisa Publishing House. p. 121. ISBN 9788931205602.
- ^ a b c d e "King Jungcheon". KBS Radio. KBS. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ Kim, Bushik. "三國史記 卷第十七 髙句麗本紀 第五". Samguk Sagi (in Korean). Retrieved 31 January 2016. 冬十月, 立椽氏爲王后
- ^ Korea Quarterly Vol.5. Seoul: Kukche Haksurwŏn. 1963. p. 146. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ Samguk sagi,"十二年,冬十二月,王畋于杜訥之谷。魏將尉遲楷[4]〈名犯長陵諱。〉將兵來伐。王簡精騎五千,戰於梁貊之谷,敗之,斬首八千餘級。"
- ^ Kim, Bushik. "三國史記 卷第十七 髙句麗本紀 第五". Samguk Sagi (in Korean). Retrieved 31 January 2016. 二十三年, 冬十月, 王薨. 葬於中川之原, 號曰中川王.
- Goguryeo rulers
- 224 births
- 270 deaths
- 3rd-century monarchs in Asia
- 3rd-century Korean people