Count Gonghwa or Marquess Gonghwa (1126–1186), personal name Wang Yeong () was a
Goryeo
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royal family member as the great-grandson of
King Munjong who became the maternal uncle of
Huijong and
Gangjong.
Biography
Biography
Although not much information left about his life, but it was believed that he had a calm and quiet personality, not greedy and show great enthusiasm for his studies. During the early years of
King Uijong, he became a ''Jeonjungnaegeupsa'' () and although the King assumed this, he did not allow it since there was no precedent for a son from the royal family who had been given the title of "Marquess" () and humbled himself with became a public servant () from the past.
He then became Count Gonghwa () on the day he married at his 30s and the King bestowed great favors upon him. After his brother-in-law,
Marquess Ikyang ascended the throne in 1170, Wang Yeong was promoted into Marquess Gonghwa () and a devout believer in
Buddhism
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on his later years before later passed away in 1186 at his 61 years old.
Relatives and Marriage
Wang Yeong had 4 sisters:
Queen Janggyeong,
Marchioness Daeryeong,
Queen Uijeong
Queen Uijeong of the Gim clan (Hangul: 의정왕후 김씨, Hanja: 義靜王后 金氏; d. 1170) or known as Queen Mother Gwangjeong () was a Goryeo royal family member as the third daughter Duke Gangneung who married her half second cousin once re ...
(mother of
King Gangjong),
Queen Seonjeong (mother of
King Huijong) and a younger brother named Wang Jak ().
According to ''
Goryeosa
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'', Wang Yeong married his half second cousin once removed,
Princess Seunggyeong (승경궁주; eldest daughter of
King Injong) and together, they had two children: a daughter and a son.
Through his only son, he would become both brother and in-law to
Queen Janggyeong.
*Lady Wang (왕씨, 王氏; 1150–1185), 1st daughter. She was unmarried until her death at 36 years old due to her illness in Changsin Temple (창신사, 彰信寺; Southern
Gaeseong
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).
*
Wang Myeon, Duke Gwangneung (광릉공 면, 廣陵公 沔; d. 1218), 1st son. Married his first cousin (his
aunt
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's daughter), Princess Hwasun ().
References
Wang Yeongon
Encykorea
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.
왕영on
Doosan Encyclopedia
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.
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1126 births
1186 deaths
12th-century Korean people