Royal Consort Gyeongmok Hyeon-Bi

Not to be confused with Queen Jeongsun (Wonjong).
Worthy Consort Gyeongmok
경목현비
Queen consort of Goryeo
Tenure1031–1034
Coronation1031
PredecessorQueen Wonseong
SuccessorQueen Gyeongseong
Born1016
Goryeo
DiedGoryeo
Spouse
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(m. 1031; died 1034)​
IssuePrincess Sanghoe[1][2]
Posthumous name
Gyeongmok (경목, 敬穆; "Respectful and Majestic")
HouseCheongju Yi (by birth) House of Wang (by marriage)
FatherWang Ga-do
MotherLady Gim, Princess Consort Gaeseong

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'; 1016–?) was a Goryeo queen consort as the first wife of King Deokjong and became the first Goryeo queen who didn't receive any posthumous name like Lady Yi.[citation needed]

Biography

Early life and background

She was born as the second daughter and third child of Yi Ja-rim (이자림) and Princess Consort Gaeseong of the Gim clan (개성군부인 김씨) into the Cheongju Yi clan.[3] She was the younger sister of Consort Wonjil, Hyeonjong of Goryeo's 9th wife.[4]

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.[5]

Palace life

In 1030, she bore him one daughter.[6] On 7 October 1031, she become Deokjong's queen consort[7] and was honored as Consort Hyeon (현비; 賢妃). Although Wang was Deokjong's first wife and queen consort, in 1034 Deokjong lifted Hyeonjong of Goryeo's daughter, Queen Gyeongseong as his second wife and new queen consort. In that same year, Wang Ga-do died and Deokjong died not long after his death.

Family

  • Father - Wang Ga-do (왕가도; 王可道) or Yi Ja-rim (이자림) of the Cheongju Yi clan (980 – 1034)
  • Mother - Princess Consort Gaeseong of the Kim clan (개성군부인 김씨; 開城郡夫人 金氏; 985–?)
  • Sibling(s)
    • Older sister - Royal Consort Wonjil Gwi-bi of the Kim clan (원질귀비 김씨; 元質貴妃 金氏; 1011–?)
    • Older brother - Wang Mu-song (왕무숭; 王懋崇; 1013–?)
    • Younger sister - Lady Wang (왕씨; 1023–1077)
  • Husband - Wang Heum, Deokjong of Goryeo (덕종 고려; 9 June 1016 – 31 October 1034)
  • Issue
    • Daughter - Princess Sanghoe (상회공주; 1030–1033)

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. ^ "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. ^ "한국역대인물 종합정보 시스템 - 한국학중앙연구원". people.aks.ac.kr (in Korean). 2016-04-08. Archived from the original on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  5. ^ "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
  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.