Bak Yeong-gyu of the Suncheon Bak clan (Hangul: 박영규, Hanja: 朴英規) was a

Silla Silla or Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE) ( , Old Korean: Syera, Old Japanese: Siraki2) was a Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms of K ...

general who married Gyeon Hwon's

daughter A daughter is a female offspring; a girl or a woman in relation to her parents. Daughterhood is the state of being someone's daughter. The male counterpart is a son. Analogously the name is used in several areas to show relations between groups ...

and always followed him by did a great succession in helping the establishment of the Hubaekje kingdom. He was the father of Lady Dongsanwon,

Queen Mungong Queen Mungong of the Suncheon Bak clan () was a Later Baekje royal family member as the second maternal granddaughter of Gyeon Hwon who became a Goryeo queen consort as the first wife of King Jeongjong. She was the second sister, along with Lady D ...

, and

Queen Munseong Queen Munseong of the Suncheon Bak clan () was a Later Baekje royal family member as the youngest maternal granddaughter of Gyeon Hwon who became a Goryeo queen consort as the second wife of King Jeongjong. She was the mother of his children, Prin ...

Family

#Wife: Princess Gyeom Aebok ## Mr. Bak (박씨) – 1st son. ## Mr. Bak (박씨) – 2nd son. ## Lady Dongsanwon (동산원부인) – 1st daughter. ##

(문공왕후) – 2nd daughter. ##

(문성왕후) – 3rd daughter.

Life

In March 935, when Bak's father-in-law, Gyeon Hwon got rebelled and imprisoned at Geumsan Temple (금산사, 金山寺) by his oldest son,

Gyeon Singeom Gyeon Singeom (; ? – September 936, r. 15 November 935 – 936) was the second and final king of Hubaekje, one of the Later Three Kingdoms of Korea. He came to the throne after conspiring with his two brothers, Yanggeom and Yonggeom, to overthr ...

(견신검), then in June, Gyeon escaped from there and went to

Goryeo Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificati ...

's exile place. In September 936, after secretly discussed and consulted with his wife, Princess Gyeon Aebok, Bak sent an envoy to Goryeo for express his intention to defection and said that he would respond and welcome those armies if Wang Geon raised a righteous army. Wang Geon then rejoiced greatly about this and treated that envoy generously and sent he back to Bak, also promised for the future of their peoples and country. Later, when Wang Geon finally won in attacked the Hubaekje Kingdom, Bak then responded Wang's request and contributed to the unification of

Later Three Kingdoms The Later Three Kingdoms period (889-935 AD) of ancient Korea saw a partial revival of the old three kingdoms which had dominated the peninsula from the 1st century BC to the 7th century AD. After the Unified Silla kingdom had ruled Korea alone ...

. After this, Wang Geon highly praised Bak with given 1,000 fields (1,000경(頃)) to him. Wang Geon also visited Bak's wife with 35 horses (역마 35필) and gave their two sons a post (벼슬). Seeing Bak's contribution in helped Wang established the new

Goryeo Dynasty Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificati ...

, Bak then officially held the title as Three Major Grand Lords (삼중대광, 三重大匡), along with

Ryu Cheon-gung Ryu Cheongung (; ''Ryu Cheon-gung'') or known as Senior Ryu () was a rich-nobleman in the Later Three Kingdoms Period who became the father of Queen Sinhye and father in-law of Wang Geon, Goryeo dynasty's founder. During Jinseong of Silla's reig ...

and

Hwangbo Je-gong Hwangbo Je-gong () of the Hwangju Hwangbo clan (황주 황보씨) was a nobleman in the Early Kingdom of Goryeo periods. He was the father of Queen Sinjeong and become the fourth father in-law of Taejo of Goryeo also the maternal grandfather of ...

who also held this title. Since Bak was the one of ''Samjung Daegwang'', both him and his wife had a nice-relationship with

Taejo of Goryeo Taejo of Goryeo (31 January 877 – 4 July 943), also known as Taejo Wang Geon (; ), was the founder of the Goryeo dynasty, which ruled Korea from the 10th to the 14th century. Taejo ruled from 918 to 943, achieving unification of the Later Three ...

, they regard and treated each other like a sibling. Because of this too, Bak's oldest daughter became Taejo's 17th wife and the other two daughters became both of the first and second wife of Taejo's son, Jeongjong of Goryeo.

In popular culture

*Portrayed by Im Hyuk-joo in the 2000–2002 KBS1 TV series ''

Taejo Wang Geon ''Taejo Wang Geon'' (; ) is a 2000 Korean historical period drama. Directed by Kim Jong-sun and starring Choi Soo-jong in the title role of Taejo of Goryeo, King Taejo. The drama aired from April 1, 2000 to February 24, 2002 in a total of 200 e ...

''. *Portrayed by

Kim Sang-soon Kim Sang-soon (Mookdang) is a contemporary South Korean artist. Kim graduated from the College of Fine Art, Seoul National University. He was Director of the Oriental painting Department Korea Fine Artist Association from 1980 to 1982. Today Ki ...

in the 2002–2003 KBS TV series '' The Dawn of the Empire''. *Portrayed by

Choi Byung-mo Choi Byung-mo (born January 14, 1972) is a South Korean actor. Personal life On June 19, 2017, Choi got married with popera singer Kiriel Lee Gyu-in (birth name Lee Gyu-in) after one year and a half of dating, the wedding ceremony was held at a ...

in the 2016 SBS TV series '' Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo''.

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Doosan Encyclopedia ''Doosan Encyclopedia'' is a Korean language encyclopedia published by Doosan Donga (두산동아). The encyclopedia is based on the ''Dong-A Color Encyclopedia'' (동아원색세계대백과사전), which comprises 30 volumes and began to be p ...

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Goryeosa The ''Goryeosa'' (), or ''History of Goryeo'', is the main surviving historical record of Korea's Goryeo dynasty. It was composed nearly a century after the fall of Goryeo, during the reign of King Sejong, undergoing repeated revisions between ...

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