Queen Jeonghui
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| Queen Jeonghui 정희왕후 貞熹王后 | |||||
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| Grand Queen dowager of Joseon | |||||
| Tenure | 1469 - 1483 | ||||
| Predecessor | Dynasty established (Grand Queen Mother Deoknyeong as the last Grand Queen Dowager of Goryeo) | ||||
| Successor | |||||
| Queen Regent of Joseon | |||||
| Tenure | 1468 - 1476 | ||||
| Predecessor | Title established (with Queen Sohye) | ||||
| Successor | Queen Munjeong | ||||
| Queen dowager of Joseon | |||||
| Tenure | 1468 - 1469 | ||||
| Predecessor | Queen Dowager Uideok | ||||
| Successor | |||||
| Queen consort of Joseon | |||||
| Tenure | 1455 - 1468 | ||||
| Predecessor | Queen Jeongsun | ||||
| Successor | Queen Ansun | ||||
| Grand Internal Princess Consort of Joseon | |||||
| Tenure | 1428 - 1455 | ||||
| Predecessor | Title established | ||||
| Successor | Grand Internal Princess Consort Seungpyeong | ||||
| Born | 8 December 1418 Gongah, Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, Kingdom of Joseon | ||||
| Died | 6 May 1483 (aged 64) Haeng Palace, Onyang, Ansan-hyeon, Chungcheong Province, Kingdom of Joseon | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Yi Jang, Crown Prince Uigyeong Yi Se-seon, Princess Uisuk Yi Hwang, King Yejong Yi Se-hui, Princess Uiryeong | ||||
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| House | Papyeong Yun | ||||
| Father | Yun Beon | ||||
| Mother | Internal Princess Consort Heungnyeong of the Incheon Lee clan | ||||
Queen Jeonghui or Queen Jung-hee (Hangul:정희왕후, Hanja:貞熹王后; 8 December 1418 – 6 May 1483), of the Papyeong Yun clan, was a posthumous name bestowed on the wife and queen of Yi Yu, King Sejo. She was Queen of Joseon from 1455 until her husband's death in 1468, after which she was honoured as Queen Dowager Jaseong (자성왕대비) during the reign of her son, Yi Hwang, King Yejong, and as Grand Queen Dowager Jaseong (자성대왕대비) during the reign of her grandson, Yi Hyeol, King Seongjong.
Lady Yun is the first Joseon royal consort to receive the title of Grand Queen Dowager. She also served as regent for her young grandson between 1468-1476 with her daughter-in-law, Queen Dowager Insu, as adviser, after the sudden death of Yejong in 1469.[1]
Biography[]
Early life[]
The future Queen Jeonghui was born on 8 December 1418, in the eighteenth year of King Taejong's reign. Her father, Yun Beon, who would later become Chief State Councillor. Her mother was Lady Lee of the Incheon Lee clan.
She married Grand Prince Suyang at the age of ten in 1428, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month in the tenth year of King Sejong's reign. She was given the titles of Grand Princess Consort Samhanguk (삼한국대부인, 三韓國大夫人) and Grand Internal Princess Consort Nakrang (낙랑부대부인, 樂浪府大夫人).
Lady Yun became Queen upon her husband's accession to the throne in 1455, after a coup d'état against his nephew, King Danjong.
Regency[]
In 1469, King Yejong died suddenly at the age of 20, and was succeeded by his youngest nephew and Queen Jeonghui's grandson, Prince Jalsan, who was third in the line of succession to the throne, rather than his own son, Grand Prince Jean. The official reasons given were that Grand Prince Jean was deemed to young at 4 years old to become King and that Prince Wolsan was too sickly, but the more likely reason for this choice was Jalsan's marriage to the daughter of the powerful Han Myeong-hoe.
As Seongjong was only 13 at the time of his accession, Queen Jeonghui ruled the nation as regent, along with her daughter-in-law and Seongjong's mother, Queen Insu (whose husband had never actually been King). During her regency, common farmers were granted the right to cultivate fields that had originally belonged to the military. In 1474, the code of law, first ordered by King Sejo, was completed and put into effect.
Later life[]
Queen Jeonghui's regency ended in 1477 and she died on 6 May 1483, in the fourteenth year of King Seongjong's reign.
Family[]
- Father − Yun Beon (윤번, 尹璠) (1384 - 1448)
- a) Grandfather − Yun Seung-rye (윤승례, 尹承禮) (? - 13 October 1397)
- a) Grandmother − Lady Kwon of the Andong Kwon clan; Yun Seung-rye’s 2nd wife
- Mother − Internal Princess Consort Heungnyeong of the Incheon Lee clan (1383 - 1456)
- Grandfather − Lee Mun-hwa (1358 – 1414) (이문화)
- Grandmother − Lady Choi of the Chungju Choi clan
Sibling(s)
6 older sisters, 2 older brothers, 1 younger brother
- Older sister − Lady Yun of the Papyeong Yun clan. Husband: Hong Won-yong of the Namyang Hong clan (1401? - 1466)
- Older sister − Lady Yun of the Papyeong Yun clan. Husband: Seong Bong-jo of the Changnyeong Seong clan (1401 - 1474)
- Nephew − Seong Yul
- Older sister − Lady Yun of the Papyeong Yun clan. Husband: Yi Yeon-sun (? - 1463)
- Older sister − Lady Yun of the Papyeong Yun clan. Husband: Yi Yeom-ui (1409? - 1492)
- Older sister − Lady Yun of the Papyeong Yun clan. Husband: Oh Deok-gi
- Older sister − Princess Consort Anseong of the Papyeong Yun clan. Husband: Han Gye-mi (1421 - 1471)[4]
- Older brother − Yun Sa-bun (1401 - 1471). Wife: Lady Jang of the Deoksu Jang clan
- Nephew − Yun Heum
- Older brother − Yun Sa-yoon (1409 - 7 December 1461).[5] Wife: Lady Choi of the Suwon Choi clan
- Younger brother − Yun Sa-heun (1422 - 1485).[8] Wife: Lady Kim of the Gyerim Kim clan
Husband
- King Sejo of Joseon (2 November 1417 – 23 September 1468)
Issue
2 sons, 2 daughters
- Yi Jang, Crown Prince Uigyeong (3 October 1438 – 20 September 1457). Wife: Queen Sohye of the Cheongju Han clan (7 October 1437 – 11 May 1504)
- Grandson − Yi Jeong, Grand Prince Wolsan (5 January 1455 - 22 January 1489). Wife: Grand Princess Consort Seungpyeong of the Suncheon Park clan (1455 - 20 July 1506)[11][12][13]
- Granddaughter − Princess Myeongsuk (1455 - 1482). Husband: Hong Sang (1457 - 1513)
- Grandson − Yi Hyeol, King Seongjong (19 August 1457 - 19 January 1495). Primary wives: a) Queen Gonghye of the Cheongju Han clan (8 November 1456 - 30 April 1474),[14] b) Queen Jeheon of the Haman Yun clan (15 July 1455 - 29 August 1482), c) Queen Jeonghyeon of the Papyeong Yun clan (21 July 1462 - 13 September 1530)
- Yi Se-seon, Princess Uisuk (1442 – 3 December 1477). Husband: Jeong Hyeon-jo (1440 – 13 July 1504) of the Hadong Jeong clan[15]
- Yi Hwang, King Yejong (14 January 1450 – 31 December 1469). Primary wives: a) Queen Jangsun of the Cheongju Han clan (22 February 1445 – 5 January 1462),[16] b) Queen Ansun of the Cheongju Han clan (12 March 1445 – 3 February 1499)
- Yi Se-hui, Princess Uiryeong or Princess Uihwa.[17][18] Husband: Kim Cha-dong[19]
Title[]
- 8 December 1418 - 1428: Lady Yun (윤씨, 尹氏)
- 1428 - 1455: Grand Internal Princess Consort Samhanguk (삼한국대부인, 三韓國大夫人) —> Grand Internal Princess Consort Nakrang (낙랑부대부인, 樂浪府大夫人)
- 1455 - 1468: Queen Consort of Joseon
- 1468 - 1469: Queen Dowager of Joseon
- 1469 - 1483: Grand Queen Dowager Jaeseong of Joseon (자성대왕대비, 慈聖大王大妃)
- 1469 - 1476: Queen Regent of Joseon
- Posthumous title: Queen Jeonghui (정희왕후, 貞熹王后)
See also[]
- Royal Consort Hui-bi of the Papyeong Yun clan - a concubine of King Chunghye of Goryeo and Jeonghui’s ancestor
- Queen Jeonghyeon - Queen Jeonghui’s descendant
- Queen Janggyeong- Queen Jeonghui’s descendant
- Queen Munjeong - Queen Jeonghui’s descendant
- Yun Won-hyeong - Queen Jeonghui’s descendant
Popular culture[]
- Portrayed by Jung Hye-sun in the 1984-1985 MBC TV series The Ume Tree in the Midst of the Snow
- Portrayed by Choi Ran in the 1990 KBS TV series Dance Toward the Broken Heavens (파천무)
- Portrayed by Hong Se-mi in the 1994 KBS TV series Han Myeong-hoe
- Portrayed by Han Hye-sook in the 1998-2000 KBS TV series King and Queen.
- Portrayed by Yang Mi-kyung in the 2007-2008 SBS TV series The King and I.
- Portrayed by Kim Seo-ra in the 2011 KBS2 TV series The Princess' Man.
- Portrayed by Kim Mi-sook in the 2011-2012 JTBC TV series Insu, The Queen Mother.
References[]
- ^ Young-Key Kim-Renaud: Creative Women of Korea: The Fifteenth Through the Twentieth Centuries
- ^ Through his brother Yun Gye-jong (윤계종, 尹繼宗) (? - March 1396) and his wife, Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan (여흥 민씨), his niece became Royal Consort Hee-bi of the Papyeong Yun clan (a consort of King Chunghye of Goryeo)
- ^ Eventually became the 4th great-grandfather of Queen Jeonghyeon, the 5th great-grandfather of Queen Janggyeong, and the 6th great-grandfather of Queen Munjeong and Yun Wonhyeong.
- ^ He is the 6th cousin of Han Myeong-hoe (Queen Jangsun’s and Queen Gonghye’s father)
- ^ Became the great-grandfather of Queen Janggyeong
- ^ Became the grandfather of Queen Janggyeong
- ^ The father of Queen Janggyeong
- ^ He became the great-great-grandfather of Queen Munjeong and Yun Won-hyeong
- ^ The great-grandfather of Queen Munjeong and Yun Won-hyeong
- ^ The grandfather of Queen Munjeong and Yun Won-hyeong
- ^ She is the maternal aunt of Queen Janggyeong
- ^ Her adoptive son married Queen Janggyeong’s older sister
- ^ She was also known before as Lady Sunpyeong (승평부부인), then as Princess Consort Sangwon (상원군부인, 祥原郡夫人)
- ^ Younger sister of Queen Jangsun
- ^ His nephew, Jeong Se-Ho (1486 – 1563) (정세호, 鄭世虎), eventually became the maternal grandfather of King Seonjo
- ^ She is the older sister of Queen Gonghye
- ^ From the unofficial history (야사 野史), accurately from the "Geumgye Pildam" (금계필담 錦溪筆談; by Seo Yoo-yeong (서유영) in 1873), but unable to confirm from the official Annals. But in 1446 (Sejong's 28th year), the Annals recorded Grand Prince Suyang (as he was still known that time) as having "1 son & 2 daughters", but there is no record or possibility of her having existed
- ^ The name recorded down in said unofficial history
- ^ He is the grandson of Kim Jong-seo (김종서, 金宗瑞)
External links[]
- Korea Heads
- "Royal Ladies of Joseon Dynasty". The Talking Cupboard.
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- 1418 births
- 1483 deaths
- 15th-century women rulers
- Regents of Korea
- Royal consorts of the Joseon Dynasty
- Korean queens consort
- 15th-century Korean women