Gukjo of Goryeo was believed to be the great-grandfather of Wang Geon, founder of the

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 ...

. In around 918, he was Posthumously honoured as King Wondeok the Great.

Biography

According to '' Pyeonnyeon-Tong-Long'' ( :ko:편년통록) and ''

Goryeosa jeolyo 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 ...

'' ( :ko:고려사절요), Gukjo was

Gang Bo Yuk Gang Bo-yuk () was the maternal grandfather of the first King of Goryeo, Taejo of Goryeo. Family *Grandfather: Gang Ho-gyeong (강호경) *Father: Gang Chung Gang Chung () was 6th generation earlier ancestor of Taejo, who was the founder of ...

Gang Chung Gang Chung () was 6th generation earlier ancestor of Taejo, who was the founder of Goryeo. Biography When Gang Ho-gyeong, the oldest ancestor of Taejo went to hunting in Mount Pyeon Na (Hangul:편나), he met a goddess of the mountain. She of ...

was a son of

Gang Ho-gyeong Kang Ho-gyeong () was the first and oldest ancestor of Taejo who established Goryeo dynasty. His name can be found in Korean historical literature such as ''Goryeosa'' and '' Pyeonnyeon-Tong-Rok'' ( :ko:편년통록). He is the founder of the Sin ...

who was the 67th descendant of

Gang Hou A gang is a group or society of associates, friends or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collective ...

. Gang Hou was the second child of

Gang Shu A gang is a group or society of associates, friends or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collective ...

who was from Zingzhao country, Shangxi province in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. He had three children named as I-Jegeon, Bo-Seung and

. Gang Bo Yuk married with his niece Gang Deju and their daughter Gang Sin-ui was born. Gang Sin-ui married with Chinese man and King

Uijo of Goryeo Jak Je-geon () was a low-ranking nobleman in the Kingdom of Unified Silla who would become the grandfather of Wang Geon, founder of Goryeo dynasty. After Goryeo's establishment, he was given a Posthumous name of King Gyeonggang the Great along w ...

was born. The father of King Uijo was

royal family A royal family is the immediate family of kings/queens, emirs/emiras, sultans/ sultanas, or raja/ rani and sometimes their extended family. The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term ...

from Tang dynasty, China. According to ''Pyeonnyeon-Tong-Long'' and ''Goryeosa jeolyo'', he was Emperor Suzong of Tang. In ''Pyeonnyeongangmog'' (), Emperor Xuānzong of Tang was father of King Uijo. When his father visited Silla, King Uijo of Goryeo was born between his Chinese father and Gang Sin-ui who was a daughter of Gang Bo Yuk. On the way of finding his father to China, King Uijo met

Queen Wonchang Queen Wonchang () or Queen Gyeongheon (), was the grandmother of Wang Geon, founder of the Goryeo dynasty which she later Posthumously honoured as a queen alongside her husband in 919.''History of Goryeo'', volume 1. Family *Father: Tou En Dian Ji ...

and get married with her. According to ''Record of Seongwon'' (), Queen Wonchang was a daughter of Tou En Dian Jiao Gan from Ping state ( :zh:平州刺史部), China. Queen Wonchang gave birth of a boy. His name was Wang Ryung and his son was the founder of Goryeo,

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 ...

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