Queen Seongpyeong

Regnal name
	Princess Hampyeong (함평궁주, 咸平宮主; given in 1211)
Posthumous name
	Queen Jeongjang Seongpyeong; 정장성평왕후; (貞章成平王后)

Queen Seongpyeong
성평왕후
Queen Seongpyeong; 성평왕후
Crown Princess Consort of Goryeo
Tenure	?–1211
Predecessor
Successor	Crown Princess Gim
Queen Consort of Goryeo
Tenure	1211–1211
Coronation	1211
Predecessor	Queen Seonjeong
Successor	Queen Wondeok
Died	1247 (aged about late 60s); Ganghwa-gyeong, Kingdom of Goryeo
Burial	Soreung tomb, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon-si
Spouse	Huijong of Goryeo (before 1211)
Issue	Wang Ji, Duke Changwon; Wang Ui, Marquess Siryeong; Duke Gyeongwon; Wonjeongguksa; Chungmyeongguksa; Queen Anhye; Princess Yeongchang; Princess Deokchang; Princess Gasun; Princess Jeonghui;
Regnal name
Regnal name
	Princess Hampyeong (함평궁주, 咸平宮主; given in 1211)
Posthumous name
	Queen Jeongjang Seongpyeong; 정장성평왕후; (貞章成平王后)
House	House of Wang (by birth); Jangheung Im (by marriage)
Father	Wang Jin, Marquess Yeongin
Mother	Princess Yeonhui

Queen Seongpyeong of the Jangheung Im clan (Korean: 성평왕후 임씨; Hanja: 成平王后任氏; d. 1247) was a Goryeo Royal family member as the maternal granddaughter of King Myeongjong who became a Queen Consort through her marriage with her maternal first cousin once removed or paternal fifth cousin, King Huijong as his second wife^[1] and followed her maternal clans as a result.

Although her marriage date with Huijong was unknown, but in 1211 (7th year reign of her husband), she was given the Royal title of Princess Hampyeong (함평궁주, 咸平宮主) and formally became the Queen, so it seems that they were married when Huijong was still a Crown prince.^[2] Together, they had 5 sons and 5 daughters. While her husband tried to shoot Choe Chung-heon (최충헌) in Suchang Palace (수창공), he was failed and forced to abdicated the throne as the result. Then, Huijong and their eldest son got exiled to the nowadays of Incheon and she became the only left in the main palace, which believed that it was due to her close relatively with the next Kings, Gangjong and Gojong.

When the Goryeo-Mongol war broke out, the court moved the Palace and she followed it while later died without being able to leave Ganghwa-gyeong (강화경, 江華京) on 1247 (34th year reign of Gojong of Goryeo) and was buried in Soreung tomb (소릉, 紹陵).^[3] In 1253, name Jeongjang (정장, 貞章) was given to her Posthumous name by her eldest-son-in-law, King Gojong.

Family[]

Father: Wang Jin, Marquess Yeongin (왕진 영인후; d. 1220)
- Grandfather: Wang Seong (왕성; d. 1178)
- Grandmother: (창락궁주)
Mother: Princess Yeonhui (연희궁주)
- Grandfather: Myeongjong of Goryeo (고려 명종; 1131–1202)
- Grandmother: Queen Uijeong (의정왕후)
Husband: Huijong of Goryeo (고려 희종; 1181–1237)
- 1st son: Wang Ji, Prince Changwon (1197 – 17 December 1262) (왕지 창원공)
- 2nd son: Wang Ui, Prince Siryeong (왕의 시령후)
- 3rd son: Prince Gyeongwon (? – 27 February 1279) (경원공)
- 4th son: Prince Wonjeong (원정국사)
- 5th son: Prince Chungmyeong (충명국사)
- 1st daughter: Queen Anhye of the Yu clan (? – 1232) (안혜왕후 유씨)
  - Son In-law: Gojong of Goryeo (3 February 1192 - 21 July 1259) (고려 고종왕)
    - 1st Grandson: Wonjong of Goryeo (5 April 1219 - 23 July 1274) (고려 원종왕)
    - 2nd Grandson: Yeongjong of Goryeo (August 1223 – ?) (고려 영종 왕)
    - Granddaughter: Princess Suheung (수흥궁주)
- 2nd daughter: Princess Yeongchang (영창공주)
- 3rd daughter: Princess Deokchang (덕창궁주)
- 4th daughter: Princess Gasun (가순궁주)
  - Granddaughter: Princess Gyeongchang (경창궁주)
- 5th daughter: Princess Jeonghui (정희궁주)

In popular culture[]

Portrayed by Chae Min-Seo in the 2003 - 2004 KBS1 TV Series Age of Warriors.^[4]

References[]

^ "고려 제21대 희종 가계도". Naver (in Korean). May 21, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
^ Young-kyoo, Park (2000). 한권으로읽는고려왕조실록 [Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty vol. 1] (in Korean). University of Michigan: Deullyeok. p. 367. ISBN 9788975271540. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
^ 京畿道史資料集: 고려 편 III-IV [Gyeonggi Province History Data Collection: Goryeo part III-IV] (in Korean). University of Michigan: Gyeonggi Province. 1998. p. 337. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
^ "채민서 - 무인시대". youwin0427.tistory.com (in Korean). January 22, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021.

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Queen Seongpyeong on Goryeosa (in Korean).

[1] "고려 제21대 희종 가계도". Naver (in Korean). May 21, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2021.

[2] Young-kyoo, Park (2000). 한권으로읽는고려왕조실록 [Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty vol. 1] (in Korean). University of Michigan: Deullyeok. p. 367. ISBN 9788975271540. Retrieved June 23, 2021.

[3] 京畿道史資料集: 고려 편 III-IV [Gyeonggi Province History Data Collection: Goryeo part III-IV] (in Korean). University of Michigan: Gyeonggi Province. 1998. p. 337. Retrieved June 23, 2021.

[4] "채민서 - 무인시대". youwin0427.tistory.com (in Korean). January 22, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021.

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