Princess Bongnyeong, better known as Lady Wang, the Grand Consort () was a

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 ...

royal family member as the great-granddaughter of

King Chungnyeol Chungnyeol of Goryeo (3 April 1236 – 30 July 1308) was the 25th ruler of the medieval Korean kingdom of Goryeo from 1274 to 1308. He was the son of Wonjong, his predecessor on the throne. Chungnyeol was king during the Mongol Invasions of Jap ...

who became the wife of Prince Jeongwon and mother of King Gongyang.

Biography

Relative

*Father: Wang Hun, Great Prince Yeondeok (연덕부원대군 왕훈, 定原府院君王鈞) **Grandfather: Wang Ja, Duke Gangyang (강양공 왕자, 江陽公王滋; d. 1308) ***Great-grandfather: Wang Geo, King Chungnyeol (충렬왕 왕거, 忠烈王王昛; 1236–1308) ***Great-grandmother: Princess Jeonghwa of the Gaeseong Wang clan (정화궁주 왕씨, 貞和宮主王氏; d. 1319) *Mother: Lady Jo, Consort Anui (안의비 조씨)

Palace life

After King Chang's deposition in 1389, her second son, Wang Yo, Prince Jeongchang was chosen to succeeded the throne under Yi Seong-gye's powerful clan and then, she was honoured as Princess Bongnyeong (복녕궁주, 福寧宮主). In 1390, a government office was established for her with the name of "Sungnyeong-bu" (숭녕부), then lived in "Jeongmyeong Hall" (정명전, 貞明殿) while received her honorary title as Grand Consort of the Three Han State (삼한국대비, 三韓國大妃). It was said that King Gongyang more respected to his biological mother than his adopted mother,

Consort Dowager An Consort Dowager An (; personal name unknown) (died 949) was the mother of Shi Chonggui (Emperor Chu), the second and final emperor of the Chinese Later Jin (Five Dynasties), Later Jin dynasty. As he inherited his throne from his uncle (Lady An's bro ...

if seeing that the King didn't greet An, but just greet her, his biological mother, which made the servants suggested that he must also send greetings to An. In 1391, a large amnesty was granted on her birthday while

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(이숭인),

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(하륜) and

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(권근) were pardoned to live freely outside the capital city of Namgyeong. They then went back to

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after stayed for some time in "Namgyeong" (nowadays

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-area). Then, some Posthumous titles were placed on the three-generation ancestors of her, An and Gongyang's wife, Lady No. According to an appeal filed by

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, Wang was said to still in good health and free from disease.

Later life

Since 1392 after her grandson, Crown Prince Wang Seok returned to

, there was no record left about her existence anymore.《고려사》권46〈세가〉권46 - 공양왕 4년 3월 - 통사 이현이 세자의 귀국일자를 보고하다 According to King Gongyang's age who now was already 48 years old, so it was presumed that if she was still alive, then her age will be older than 60.

References

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