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Deposed Crown Princess Park of the Miryang Park clan (
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: 폐빈 박씨,
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: 廢嬪 朴氏; 1598 – June 1623) was the primary wife of
Deposed Crown Prince Yi Ji Yi Ji (Hangul: 이지, Hanja: 李祬; 31 December 1598 - 22 July 1623), or firstly named Yi Su (Hangul: 이수, Hanja: 李修) and sometimes spelled as Yi Jil (Hangul: 이질, Hanja: 李祬), was a Korean Crown Prince as the second son (formally ...
, eldest son of
Gwanghaegun of Joseon Gwanghae-gun or Prince Gwanghae (4 June 1575 – 7 August 1641), personal name Yi Hon (Hangul: 이혼, Hanja: 李琿), was the 15th ruler of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. As he was deposed in a coup d'état, he did not receive a temple name. ...
and
Deposed Queen Yu Princess Munseong (15 August 1576 – 31 October 1623), of the Munhwa Yu clan, was the wife and queen consort of Yi Hon, King Gwanghae, the 15th Joseon monarch. She was queen consort of Joseon from 1608 until her husband's deposition in 1623, a ...
.


Biography

On 2 August 1611 (3rd year reign of
Gwanghaegun of Joseon Gwanghae-gun or Prince Gwanghae (4 June 1575 – 7 August 1641), personal name Yi Hon (Hangul: 이혼, Hanja: 李琿), was the 15th ruler of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. As he was deposed in a coup d'état, he did not receive a temple name. ...
, her future father in-law), the 13-year-old Lady Park was chosen as the ''Crown Princess Consort'' (왕세자빈, 王世子嬪) and then married with Gwanghaegun's son, Crown Prince Yi Ji. Later, in August 1614, she gave birth to their first daughter but died sometime after in the winter. Meanwhile, on 13 March 1623, Park was deposed from her position along with her in-law's and got exiled to
Ganghwa Island Ganghwa Island (Hangul ; Hanja ), also known by its native name Ganghwado, is a South Korean island in the estuary of the Han River. It is in the Yellow Sea, off Korea's west coast. The island is separated from Gimpo (on the South Korean mainla ...
. Her family was exiled too and some of them were beheaded as execution. While in exile, the deposed couple fasted or tried to commit suicide by hanging themselves, but failed. In the end, about two months later in April (May of the lunar calendar), Yi Ji was digging a tunnel to escape. When his wife and him tried to escape the island, they were caught by the royal soldiers. The deposed crown princess committed suicide in June 1623 (lunar calendar May) the third day after her husband was arrested. She was 26 years old. Then on 22 July, a month after his late wife’s death (in
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was 25 June), her husband died from hunger. Park didn't receive a
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because she was deposed from her position.


Family

*Father: Park Ja-heung (1581 - 1623) (박자흥) **Grandfather: Park Seung-jong (1562 - 1623) (박승종) ***Great-grandfather: Park Ahn-se (? - 1618) (박안세) ***Great-grandmother: Lady Hwang of the
Changwon Hwang clan Changwon Hwang clan () is a Korean clan. With its bon-gwan in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, it remains the largest Hwang clan in South Korea. Origins Hwang Rak (), a minister in the Han dynasty, began the clan in Korea after being cast as ...
(정경부인 창원 황씨); daughter of Hwang Rim (황림, 黃琳) **Grandmother: Lady Kim of the
Andong Kim clan {{unreferenced, date=December 2014 The Andong Kim clan (Hangul: 안동 김씨, Hanja: 安東 金氏) refers to two Korean clans. They were prominent yangban families during Korea's Joseon Dynasty originating from Andong, North Gyeongsang provinc ...
(정경부인 안동 김씨); daughter of Kim Sa-won (김사원, 金士元) *Mother: Lady Yi of the Gwangju Yi clan (정부인 광주 이씨) **Grandfather: Yi Yi-cheom, Internal Prince Gwangchang (1560 - 1623) (이이첨 광창부원군)His second son, Yi Dae-yeop (이대엽, 李大燁) of the Gwangju Yi clan (광주 이씨, 廣州 李氏) (1587–1623), married the youngest daughter of
Shin Rip Sin Rip (sometimes romanized as Shin Rip or Shin Rib) (Hangul: 신립, Hanja: 申砬; 16 November 1546 – 7 June 1592) was a Korean general and a member of the Pyeongsan Sin clan. He passed the Korean national military examinations at the age of ...
**Grandmother: Lady Lee (이씨); daughter of Lee Eung-rok (이응록, 李應祿) *Husband:
Deposed Crown Prince Yi Ji Yi Ji (Hangul: 이지, Hanja: 李祬; 31 December 1598 - 22 July 1623), or firstly named Yi Su (Hangul: 이수, Hanja: 李修) and sometimes spelled as Yi Jil (Hangul: 이질, Hanja: 李祬), was a Korean Crown Prince as the second son (formally ...
(31 December 1598 - 22 July 1623) (폐세자 이지) **Father-in-law:
Gwanghaegun of Joseon Gwanghae-gun or Prince Gwanghae (4 June 1575 – 7 August 1641), personal name Yi Hon (Hangul: 이혼, Hanja: 李琿), was the 15th ruler of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. As he was deposed in a coup d'état, he did not receive a temple name. ...
(4 June 1575 - 7 August 1641) (조선 광해군) **Mother-in-law: Deposed Queen Yu of the Munhwa Yu clan (15 August 1576 - 31 October 1623) (폐비 유씨) * Issue ** Unnamed daughter (군주) (August 1614 - 1614)


References

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