Lady Sinjuwon of the Sincheon Gang clan (; ) was the daughter of Gang Gi-ju who became the 23rd 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 ...

. Through her father, she was a descendant of Gang Bo-jeon (강보전) who was the great-grandson of Gang Ho-gyeong (강호경) and grandson of Gang Chung (강충). Gang was also the uncle of

Queen Jeonghwa Queen Jeonghwa of the Sincheon Gang clan (, personal name Gang Jin-ui, was the second daughter of Gang Bo-yuk who would become the great-grandmother of Wang Geon, founder of the Goryeo dynasty. As a figure from the Later Silla period, she is the ...

; who was the great-grandmother of King Taejo Yi Seonggye Wang Geon, her husband. They initially had a son, but died to early after birth and she then raised Queen Sinmyeong's 4th son, Wang So and also adopted him like her own son, who later became the 4th monarch of Goryeo, Gwangjong. Wang So later married his own younger half sister,

Queen Sinjeong Queen Sinjeong (Hangul: 신정왕후, Hanja: 神貞王后; 21 January 1809 – 4 June 1890), also known as Queen Dowager Hyoyu (효유왕대비), of the Pungyang Jo clan, was the only wife of Crown Prince Hyomyeong and mother of Heonjong of Joseo ...

's daughter which later known as

Queen Daemok Queen Daemok of the Hwangju Hwangbo clan () or known as Queen Taemok () was a Goryeo princess as the only daughter of Taejo of Goryeo, King Taejo and Queen Sinjeong (Goryeo), Queen Sinjeong, also the full younger sister of Daejong of Goryeo, King ...

. There is a speculation that Gang, who was from

Hwangju Hwangju County is a county in North Hwanghae province, North Korea. Geography Hwangju is bordered to the northwest by Sariwŏn, to the northeast by Songrim and Kangnam, to the southwest by Yŏnt'an, to the south by Pongsan, and to the southeast ...

, may have helped her in marrying Wang So as Gang’s and Daemok’s clan both came from the Hwangju region. This may have been the basis for Wang So's accession.

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinjuwon, Lady Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Consorts of Taejo of Goryeo People from South Hwanghae