Queen Munhye

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Queen Munhye
Princess of Goryeo
PredecessorQueen Daemok[1]
SuccessorQueen Seonui[2]
MonarchWang Geon, King Taejo
SpouseGreat King Munwon
Issue

Queen Heonui
HouseHouse of Wang (by birth)
Jeongju Ryu (by marriage)
FatherTaejo of Goryeo
MotherQueen Jeongdeok of the Jeongju Ryu clan
ReligionBuddhism
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMunhye-wanghu
McCune–ReischauerMunh'ye-wanghu

Queen Munhye of the Jeongju Ryu clan (Korean문혜왕후 류씨; Hanja文惠王后 柳氏) was a Goryeo Royal Princess[3] as the first and oldest daughter of King Taejo and Queen Jeongdeok who became the wife of her half brother, King Munwon.[4] With this marriage, she then followed her maternal clan, the Jeongju Ryu.[5] Though her younger sister, she would became the maternal aunt of King Seongjong and became the mother-in-law of her half nephew, King Gyeongjong since her only daughter married him as his second wife. Alongside her husband whom posthumously honoured as a king, she also posthumously honoured as a queen.

References[]

  1. ^ Half older sister.
  2. ^ Only full younger sister.
  3. ^ "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Chinese). Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  4. ^ "고려01대 태조자식 - 문혜왕후 유씨(文惠王后 柳氏) 문원대왕(文元大王)의 아내". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  5. ^ Gwang-kui, Lee (1990). 韓國 의 家族 과 宗族 [Korean Clans] (in Korean and Chinese). University of Michigan, United States: Min In-si, 民音社. p. 63. ISBN 9788937430404.
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