Princess Gyeonghwa

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Princess Gyeonghwa
경화공주
慶華公主
Queen Consort of Goryeo
Tenure1333–1339
Coronation1333
PredecessorPrincess Joguk
SuccessorPrincess Deoknyeong
MonarchKing Chungsuk of Goryeo
Royal Consort of Goryeo
Tenure?–1344
PredecessorRoyal Consort Im
MonarchKing Chunghye of Goryeo
BornBorjigin Bayankhutag
Yuan dynasty
Died24 July 1344
Kingdom of Goryeo
Spouse
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(m. before 1339)​

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(m. before 1344)​
Posthumous name
  • Princess Sukgong Hwiryeong (숙공휘령공주, 粛恭徽寧公主)
  • Princess Baek'an Hol'do (백안홀도공주, 伯顔忽都公主)
HouseBorjigin (by birth)
House of Wang (by marriage)
FatherAmuga
Princess Gyeonghwa
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGyeonghwa Gongju
McCune–ReischauerKyŏng'hwa Kongch'u
Birth name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBaekanholdo
McCune–ReischauerPaek'anhol'to

Bayankhutag (Mongolian: Баян хутаг; Middle Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠺᠣᠲᠣᠭ; Korean: 백안홀도; Hanja: 伯顔忽都), more commonly known by her Korean Royal title as Princess Gyeonghwa (Korean: 경화공주; Hanja: 慶華公主; d. 24 July 1344) was a Mongolian Imperial Family member who become the Korean Royal Consort as the 3rd wife of King Chungsuk of Goryeo. After his death, she was raped by her stepson, who was then forced to marry her.[1]

Biography[]

Mysteries surround Bayankhutag's lineage, but Masahiko Morihira has suggested that she was a sister of Princess Consort Joguk of the Borigin clan who was the wife of King Chungsuk.[2] After her sister's death in 1325, Bayankhutag married her sister's husband, probably between 1330 and 1333.[3]

Assault[]

Chungsuk died in 1339, after which Bayankhutag stayed in Goryeo. The Goryeosa records that, during a meal in her apartments one night, her stepson, Chunghye of Goryeo, got drunk and raped her.[4] The next day, Bayankhutag attempted to flee to the Yuan ambassador for help to leave Goryeo, but Chunghye issued a ban on horses in the city, so she could not leave. He then had her imprisoned in Yeongrak Palace (hanja: 永樂宮; Hangul: 영락궁), told the court that she was ill, and posted guards around her apartments.[5] The Yuan emissary eventually visited the palace and insisted that Bayankhutag be released and Chunghye take her as a consort.[6]

As consort, Bayankhutag is recorded to have offered advice in choosing officials in the Yuan Goryeo government.[7] She died in 1344.[8] In 1367, she received her posthumous name from the Yuan dynasty.[2]

In popular culture[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Goryeosa, volume 89.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Masahiko (2008), p. 14.
  3. ^ Masahiko (2008), p. 15.
  4. ^ Goryeosa, volume 36.
  5. ^ Goryeosa, volume 131.
  6. ^ Goryeosa, volume 89.
  7. ^ Goryeosa, volume 36.
  8. ^ Goryeosa, volume 37.

Works cited[]

  • Jeong In-ji (1451). 高麗史 [History of Goryeo] (in Chinese).
  • Masahiko Morihira (森平雅彦) (2008). 高麗王家とモンゴル皇族の通婚関係に閲する覚書 [Memoranda on marriage links between the Goryeo royal clan and Mongolian imperial family] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kyoto University Press.

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