Princess Boryeong (died 1113) 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 Princess as the younger daughter of King Munjong and

Queen Inye Queen Inye of the Incheon Yi clan (; d. 5 October 1092) or Queen Mother Inyesundeok () was a Korean queen consort as the 2nd wife of Munjong of Goryeo and the first Goryeo queen who came from the powerful Incheon Yi clan. Among her ten sons, three ...

who survived infancy along with her elder sister, Princess Jeokgyeong. She was also the youngest living sister to

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, Seonjong, and Sukjong. She was one of

Yi Ja-yeon Yi or YI may refer to: Philosophic Principle * Yì (义; 義, righteousness, justice) among the 三綱五常 Ethnic groups * Dongyi, the Eastern Yi, or Tung-yi (Chinese: , ''Yí''), ancient peoples who lived east of the Zhongguo in ancient Ch ...

(이자연)'s maternal granddaughters thus making her the grandniece of

Queen Wonseong Queen Wonseong of the Ansan Gim clan (; d. 15 August 1028) or formally called as Grand Queen Mother Wonseong () was a Korean queen consort as the 3rd wife of King Hyeonjong of Goryeo who became the mother of his successors, Deokjong and Jeongj ...

and

Queen Wonpyeong Queen Wonpyeong of the Ansan Gim clan () was the 7th wife of Hyeonjong of Goryeo, King Hyeonjong of Goryeo and the youngest among his Queen Wonseong, third and Queen Wonhye, fourth wife. She was born into the Ansan Gim clan as the youngest daughte ...

, who were also the older and younger sisters of her paternal grandmother. Her father's

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and 4th wife were initially her maternal aunts. The princess later married her first cousin (her

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's son), Wang Yeong (왕영) who became the Duke Nakrang upon their marriage. Together, they had 2 sons: Wang Jeong (왕정, 王禎) who would marry King Sukjong's 2nd daughter, Princess Heungsu, and Wang Ji (왕지, 王禔) who held an official position during King Yejong's reign. Princess Boryeong later died a year after her husband in 1113 (8th year reign of her nephew, King Yejong) and was buried in Onreung tomb (온릉, 溫陵), and also received Gyeongsun (경순, 慶順) as her

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Family

* Father - Wang Hui, Munjong of Goryeo (문종 고려) (29 October 1019 - 2 September 1083) ** Grandfather - Wang Sun, Hyeonjong of Goryeo (현종 고려) (1 August 992 - 17 June 1031) ** Grandmother - Queen Mother Wonhye of the Ansan Kim clan (원혜태후 김씨) (? - 31 July 1022); King Hyeongjong’s 4th wife * Mother -

of the

Incheon Yi clan The Incheon Yi clan (Hangul: 인천 이씨, Hanja: 仁川李氏) is a Korean clan. Historically known as the Gyeongwon Lee clan or Inju Lee clan, it was one of the most powerful clans in the early Goryeo period due their status as in-laws of the ...

(인예왕후 이씨) (? - 5 October 1092) ** Grandfather - Yi Ja-yeon (이자연, 李子淵) (1003 - 1061) ** Grandmother - Grand Lady Gyerim of the Gyeongju Kim clan (계림국대부인 경주 김씨, 鷄林國大夫人慶州金氏); daughter of Kim In-wui (김인위, 金因渭) * Siblings ** Older brother - Wang Hun, Sunjong of Goryeo (순종 고려) (28 December 1047 - 5 December 1083) ** Older brother - Wang Woon, Seonjong of Goryeo (선종 고려) (9 October 1049 - 17 June 1094) ** Older brother - Wang Eung, Sukjong of Goryeo (숙종 고려) (2 September 1054 - 10 November 1105) ** Older brother - Wang Hu or Uicheon (의천) (30 October 1055 - 28 October 1101) ** Older brother - Wang Su, Duke Sangan (상안공 왕수) (? - 1095) ** Older brother -

Wang Taeng Wang Taeng (died 1112) was a Goryeo Royal Prince as the sixth son of King Munjong and Queen Inye, also a Buddhist monk under the name Dosaeng (as Wang Taeng) and/or Boeung (as Wang Gyu). In 1070, under his father, King Munjong's command, Wang ...

(도생승통 왕탱) (? - 1112) ** Older brother - Wang Bi, Marquis Geumgwan (금관후 왕비) (? - 1092) ** Older brother - Wang Eum, Marquis Byeonhan (변한후 왕음) (? - 1086) ** Older brother - Wang Chim, Marquis Nakrang (낙랑후 왕침) (? - 1083) ** Older brother - Wang Gyeong (총혜수좌 왕경) ** Older sister - Princess Jeokgyeong (적경궁주) *** Son-in-law - Wang Su, Duke Buyeo (부여공 왕수) (? - 1112)The second son of Royal Consort Ingyeong with King Munjong. Queen Inye was the older sister of Royal Consort Ingyeong **** Grandson - Wang Myeon (왕면, 王沔) * Husband - Wang Yeong, Duke Nakrang (낙랑공 왕영) (1043 - 1112) ** Father-in-law - Wang Gi, King Jeonggan (정간왕) (1021 - 1069) ** Unnamed mother-in-law * Issue ** Son - Wang Jeong, Count Seunghwa (승화백 왕정) (? - 1130) *** Daughter-in-law - Princess Heungsu of the Kaeseong Wang clan (흥수공주 왕씨) (? - 1123) **** Grandson - Wang Jae (왕재, 王梓) (? - 1164) **** Grandson - Wang Gi, Count Hannam (한남백 왕기, 漢南伯王杞) ** Son - Wang Ji (왕지, 王禔)

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