Lady Heungbokwon of the Hongju Hong clan (; ) was the daughter of Hong-Gyu, ''Hongju Hong clan'' (홍주 홍씨, 洪州洪氏)'s founder. who became the 12th wife of

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 ...

. Her father, Hong-Gyu's first name was Geung-Jun (긍준), a nobles from

Seongju Seongju County (''Seongju-gun'') is a county in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. This largely agricultural area is located immediately west of the metropolitan city of Daegu. The capital of the county is the town of Seongju. Lotte Skyhill ...

. In March 927, Wang Geon attacked and occupied ''Unju Castle'' (운주성), which after this, Hong-Gyu gave his daughter to Wang and become his 12th wife. In addition, Unju was an important place since

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

envoys always enter and depart 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 ...

from here. She later bore Taejo 1 son and a daughter, Princess Wang (공주 왕씨) who later married

Wang Tae Wang Tae () was a Korean Royal Prince as the first and oldest son of Taejo of Goryeo and Queen Sinmyeong, also the oldest brother of Yo and So. He married his half sister (only daughter of Lady Heungbok), but they had no any issue. Since his ...

, Taejo and Queen Sinmyeong's oldest son.《고려사》권91〈열전〉권4 However, considering Wang Tae's younger brother, Wang Yo and Wang So succeeded the throne in the future, it seems that Wang Tae died at the young age.

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Heungbokwon, Lady Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Consorts of Taejo of Goryeo People from Hongseong County