Queen Jeonghwa

Queen Jeonghwa of the Sincheon Kang clan (Korean: 정화왕후 강씨; Hanja: 貞和王后 康氏), personal name was Kang Jin-ui (Korean: 강진의; Hanja: 康辰義) was the great-grandmother of Taejo of Goryeo and mother of Uijo of Goryeo.

Biography[]

Gang Chung was a son of Gang Ho-gyeong who was the 67th descendant of . Gang Hou was the second child of who was from Zingzhao country, Shangxi province in China.^[1][2][3] He had three children named as I-Jegeon, Bo-Seung and Gang Bo Yuk. Gang Bo Yuk married with his niece Gang Deju and their daughter Kang Jin-ui (강진의, 康辰義) was born. Kang Jin-ui married a Chinese man and birthed the future King Uijo of Goryeo. The father of King Uijo was from a royal family of the Tang dynasty, China.^[4] According to (ko:편년통록) and (ko:고려사절요), he was Emperor Suzong of Tang. In Pyeonnyeongangmog (Korean: 변년강목; Hanja: 編年綱目), it stated that Emperor Xuānzong of Tang was the father of King Uijo.^[5][6] When his father visited Silla, King Uijo of Goryeo was born between his Chinese father and Kang Jin-ui who was a daughter of Gang Bo-yuk. On the way of finding his father to China, King Uijo met Queen Wonchang and married her. According to Record of Seongwon (Korean: 성원녹; Hanja: 聖源録), Queen Wonchang was a daughter of Tou En Dian Jiao Gan from (zh:平州刺史部), China.^[7] Queen Wonchang gave birth to 4 boys; one of them whose name was Wang Ryung. His son eventually became the founder of Goryeo, Taejo of Goryeo.^[8][9]

According to Goryeosa, her elder sister climbed the top of Mount Ogwan (Korean: 오관산; Hanja: 五冠山) in the dream. In the dream, she urinated as the world overflows and she talked about this dream to Jin-ui. Jin-ui thought this dream implied good luck and she bought her sister’s dream with her silk woven Chima jeogori. After that she met the royal family from Tang dynasty in Silla and gave birth to King Uijo of Goryeo.^[10]

Family[]

• Great-Grandfather
  • Kang Ho-gyeong (강호경, 康虎景)^[11]
• Great-Grandmother
  • Jwaguk Yeoin (좌곡 여인)
• Grandfather
  • Kang Chung (강충, 康忠)
• Grandmother
  • Lady Gu of the Buja Gu clan (부자 구씨)
• Father
  • Kang Bo-yuk (강보육, 康寶育)^[12]
    • Uncle: Kang Je-geon (이제건, 伊帝建)
      • Cousin: Kang Deok-ju (강덕주, 康德州)
    • Uncle: Kang Bo-jeon (강보전, 康寶甸)^[13]
• Mother
  • Kang Deok-ju (강덕주, 康德州)^[14]
    • Older sister: Lady Kang (신천 강씨, 信川 康氏)
• Husband
  • Gukjo of Goryeo (국조 원덕대왕)^[15]

Issue

• Son: Jak Jae-geon, King Uijo of Goryeo (고려 의조)^[16]
  • Daughter-in-law: Yong-nyeo (용녀, 龍女), Queen Wonchang (원창왕후)^[17]
  • Grandson: Wang Ryung, King Sejo of Goryeo (고려 세조 왕륭) (? - 897)^[18]
    • Granddaughter-in-law: Queen Wisuk of the Han clan (위숙왕후 한씨)
      • Great-Grandson: Wang Geon, King Taejo of Goryeo (고려 태조) (31 January 877 - 4 July 943)^[19]
• Son: Wang Pyeong-dal (왕평달, 王平達)
  • Unnamed daughter-in-law
    • Grandson: Wang Sik-ryeom (왕식렴, 王式廉) (? - 949)
      • Unnamed granddaughter-in-law
        • Great-Grandson: Wang Ham-Yun (왕함윤, 王咸允)
        • Great-Grandson: Wang Ham-sun (왕함순, 王咸順)
        • Great-Grandson: Wang Pung (왕풍, 王風)
    • Grandson: Wang Shin (왕신, 王信) (? - 926)
    • Grandson: Wang Yuk (왕육, 王育)
• Unnamed son
• Unnamed son

References[]

Sources[]

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