Lady Yeonchang

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Lady Yeonchang
연창궁부인
'Grand Lady', of the Nakrang County
(낙랑군대부인, 樂浪郡大夫人)
Royal Consort of Goryeo
PredecessorLady Daemyeong
Successor
Born?
Gyeongju, Gyeongsang-do, Kingdom of Goryeo
SpouseSeongjong of Goryeo
Issue[1]
HouseGyeongju Choi (by birth)
House of Wang (by marriage)
FatherChoi Haeng-eon
MotherGrand Lady Gim of Pungsan County
ReligionBuddhism

Lady Yeonchang of the Gyeongju Choi clan (Hangul: 연창궁부인 최씨, Hanja: 延昌宮夫人 崔氏) was the third wife of Seongjong of Goryeo[2] and the mother of Hyeonjong of Goryeo's 2nd wife, .[3]

She was came from Gyeongju, Gyeongsang-do as the daughter of Confucianism Scholar Choi Haeng-eon and the Gyeongju Choi family was never had marriage relationship with Goryeo Royal member, so this marriage was unusual at that time. During King Seongjong's reign, he changed the past traditional political structure and actively introduced the Confucian political system to improve the national system. Around 1017, her son-in-law gave his 2nd wife's maternal families, the Gyeongju Choi clan royal titles and ranks, and Choi then known as Grand Lady of the Nakrang County (Korean: 낙랑군대부인; Hanja: 樂浪郡大夫人).

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References[]

  1. ^ "원화왕후". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  2. ^ 韓國女性關係資料集: 中世篇(中) [Collection of Korean Women's Relations: Middle Ages (Part 2)] (in Korean). Ewha Womans University Women's Research Center: Ewha Womans University Press. 1985. p. 16. ISBN 9788973000432.
  3. ^ "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved May 11, 2021.


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