Royal Consort Yongjeol Deok-Bi

Virtuous Consort Yongjeol 용절덕비
Died	1102 Goryeo
Spouse	Jeongjong of Goryeo ​ ​ (m. 1040; died 1046)​
Posthumous name Yongjeol (용절; 容節)
House	Gyeongju Kim clan
Father	Kim Won-chung
Religion	Buddhism

Royal Consort Yongjeol of the Gyeongju Kim clan (Korean: 용절덕비 김씨; Hanja: 容節德妃 金氏; lit. Virtuous Consort Yongjeol of the Gyeongju Kim clan; d. 1102) or before called as Princess Yeonheung (Korean: 연흥궁주; Hanja: 延興宮主) was the fourth wife of King Jeongjong of Goryeo.[1]

She was born in Gyeongju as the daughter of Kim Won-chung (김원충), son of Kim In-wi (김인위)^[citation needed] and her younger sister became Munjong of Goryeo's 5th wife. In 1040 (6th year reign of Jeongjong of Goryeo), she was chosen to be his 4th wife and got married not long after that. She then given royal title as Princess Yeonheung (연흥궁주; 延興宮主).[2] Meanwhile, she later died in 1102 (7th year reign of Sukjong of Goryeo) and Posthumously honoured as Virtuous Consort (덕비; 德妃) under King Sukjong's command with the name of Yongjeol (용절; 容節).[3]^[page needed]

References

1. 정종(靖宗) 후비 용절덕비 김씨. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved September 12, 2021.
2. Park, Young-kyoo (2000). 한권으로읽는고려왕조실록 [Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty in one volume] (in Korean). University of Michigan: Deullyeok. p. 215. ISBN 9788975271540.
3. Lee, Sang-gak (2014). 고려사 - 열정과 자존의 오백년, Volume 1 [History of Goryeo - 500 Years of Biographies and Stories, Volume 1] (in Korean). Deullyeok. ISBN 9791159250248.

External links

• Royal Consort Yongjeol on the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean).
• 용절덕비 on Doosan Encyclopedia (in Korean).