Royal Consort Gyeongmok Hyeon-Bi

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Not to be confused with Queen Jeongsun (Wonjong).
Worthy Consort Gyeongmok
경목현비
Queen Consort of Goryeo
Tenure1031–1034
Coronation1031
PredecessorQueen Gyeongseong
SuccessorQueen Yongsin
Diedc.1034/5
Kingdom of Goryeo
Spouse
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(m. 1031; died 1034)​
IssuePrincess Sanghoe[1][2]
HouseHouse of Wang (by marriage)
FatherWang Ga-do
MotherLady Gim, Princess Consort Gaeseong
ReligionBuddhism

Royal Consort Gyeongmok of the Gaeseong Wang clan (Korean: 경목현비 왕씨; Hanja: 敬穆賢妃 王氏; lit. 'Worthy Consort Gyeongmok of the Gaeseong Wang clan') was a Goryeo Queen Consort as the first wife of King Deokjong[3] and became the first Goryeo queen who didn't received any Posthumous name like the other one.

Biography[]

Early life and background[]

She was born as the daughter Yi Ja-rim (이자림; firstly named Wang Ga-do (왕가도)) and Princess Consort Gaeseong of the Gim clan (개성군부인 김씨),[4] also the younger sister of , Hyeonjong of Goryeo's 9th wife.[5]

Yi Ja-rim made achievements such as suppressing the rebellion and building Naseong in Gaegyeong, which was destroyed during Goryeo–Khitan War by the Liao Dynasty, later was given surname "Wang" (왕, 王) by King Hyeonjong with the name as "Ga-do" (가도). However, in 1033 (the 2nd year of King Deokjong), when Ga-do's tough policy against the Khitan was rejected by other officials, Wang then retired from politics, and her position was shaken.[6]

Palace life[]

On 7 October 1031, She become Deokjong's queen consort[7] and honoured as Consort Hyeon (현비, 賢妃), then bore him 1 daughter.[8] Although Wang was Deokjong's first wife and queen consort, but later in 1034, Deokjong lifted Hyeonjong of Goryeo's daughter, Queen Gyeongseong as his 2nd wife and new queen consort. In the same year, Wang Ga-do died and Deokjong died not long after his death.

References[]

  1. ^ "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. ^ "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ "고려 제9대 덕종 가계도". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. ^ "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  5. ^ "한국역대인물 종합정보 시스템 - 한국학��앙연구원". people.aks.ac.kr (in Korean). 2016-04-08. Archived from the original on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  6. ^ "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  7. ^ Kim Young-kon (2016). 북타임스 고려왕비열전 18. 현종과 원성 왕후 김씨 [Book Times Goryeo's Queen Consort 18. King Hyeonjong and Queen Wonseong] (in Korean). Goldstar Publishing House. ISBN 9788907902092.
  8. ^ 韓國女性關係資料集: 中世篇(中) [The Collection of Korean Women's Relations: Middle Ages (Part 2)] (in Korean and Chinese). Ewha Womans University Press. 1985. p. 20. ISBN 9788973000432.

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