Queen Seonhui

Queen Seonhui
선희왕후
Grand Queen Mother Seonhui
(선희왕태후; 宣禧王太后)
Crown Princess of Goryeo
Tenure?–before 1083
PredecessorCrown Princess Im
SuccessorCrown Princess Wang
Died17 March 1126
Goryeo
Burial1130
Seongneung Tomb, Gaeseong-si
Spouse
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(before 1083)​
Regnal name
Princess Yeonbok (연복궁주, 延福宮主; given in c.1126)
Posthumous name
Queen Gongui Hwasun Seonhui
(공의화순선희왕후; 恭懿和順宣禧王后)
HouseGyeongju Gim (by birth)
House of Wang (by marriage)
FatherGim Yang-geom
ReligionBuddhism

Queen Seonhui of the Gyeongju Gim clan (Korean: 선희왕후 김씨; Hanja: 宣禧王后 金氏, d. 17 March 1126[a]) was the second wife of King Sunjong of Goryeo and his primary wife when he was still a crown prince.[1]

She entered the palace as the crown princess consort (태자비; 太子妃) to the Sunjong who was then still a crown prince and became his favourite since they were close to each other and had a good relationship. However, for some reason, she was hated badly by her father-in-law and eventually expelled from the palace by the King's order before her husband ascended the throne.[2] Since she lived in "Yeonbok Palace" (연복궁; 延福宮), she was then given a royal title of Princess Yeonbok (연복궁주; 延福宮主) in 1126.[3] On 17 March 1126, she died after about 43 years outlived than her late husband and received her posthumous name, also buried in Seongneung tomb (성릉; 成陵) along with him in 1130 under King Injong's command.

Posthumous name

Notes

  1. ^ In the Korean calendar (lunisolar), she died on 22nd day of the 2nd month of 1126.

References

  1. ^ "日曜野話". Busan Ilbo (in Korean). 25 October 1959. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  2. ^ 선왕의 미움을 받아 자식을 못낳은 선희왕후(宣禧王后) 김씨(金氏). The CultureContent (in Korean). Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Kim Young-kon (2016). 북타임스 고려왕비열전 23. 순종과 선희 왕후 김씨 [The Book Times History of Goryeo Queen Consorts 23. King Sunjong and Queen Seonhui] (in Korean). Goldstar Publishing House. ISBN 9788907902740.
  4. ^ a b 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa (in Chinese). Retrieved August 8, 2021.


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