Princess Heungsu (Hangul: 흥수궁주 ''or'' 흥수공주, Hanja: 興壽宮主 ''or'' 興壽公主; d. 1123) 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 second daughter of King Sukjong and

Queen Myeongui Queen Myeongui of the Jeongju Yu clan (; d. 8 August 1112) was a Korean queen consort as the first and primary wife of King Sukjong of Goryeo and the mother of most of his children. Biography Marriage and Palace life She married Sukjong when he ...

who later married her

uncle An uncle is usually defined as a male relative who is a sibling of a parent or married to a sibling of a parent. Uncles who are related by birth are second-degree relatives. The female counterpart of an uncle is an aunt, and the reciprocal relat ...

's son–Wang Jeong the Count Seunghwa (승화백 왕정), and received "2,000 ''sik-eup''" (식읍 2,000호) and "300 ''sik-sil''" (식실 300호). She firstly received her title and honor as a princess in 1102 (7th years reign of her father) and in 1105 ( her eldest brother's ascension), she was given the "Sungdeok Palace" (숭덕궁, 崇德宮) as her own mansion. Six years later in 1111, Heungsu gave birth to her first son and upon hearing this, her eldest brother sent Gim Go (김고) on board to gave many gifts to her. According to the left records, she bore Wang Jeong two sons: Wang Jae (왕재) and Wang Gi (왕기). Meanwhile, the princess died in 1123 (ascension year of her

nephew In the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a niece or nephew is a child of the subject's sibling or sibling-in-law. The converse relationship, the relationship from the niece or nephew's perspective, is that of an ...

) and her husband died seven years after her in 1130.

Family

*Father:

Sukjong of Goryeo Sukjong of Goryeo (2 September 1054 – 10 November 1105) (r. 1095–1105) was the 15th ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. Sukjong rose to the throne in 1095 upon the abdication of his young nephew, Heonjong. He oversaw various internal inn ...

**Grandfather:

Munjong of Goryeo Munjong of Goryeo (29 December 1019 – 2 September 1083) was the 11th monarch of the Goryeo Dynasty, who ruled Korea from 1046 to 1083. King Munjong was born in 1019, and reigned from 1046 until his death in 1083. During his reign, the central ...

**Grandmother:

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 ...

*Mother:

**Grandfather: Yu Hong **Grandmother: Lady Gim *Husband: Wang Jeong, Count Seunghwa (승화백 왕정, 承化伯王禎; d. 1130) **Father-in-law, formerly uncle: Wang Yeong, Duke Nakrang (낙랑공 왕영, 樂浪公王瑛); son of

King Jeonggan King Jeonggan (1021–1069; born Wang Gi) was a Goryeo Royal Prince as the 5th son of King Hyeonjong, from Queen Wonhye. He was a brother to King Munjong and Queen Hyosa, also became both of paternal uncle and father-in-law to King Sunjong. He w ...

. **Mother-in-law, formerly aunt:

Princess Boryeong Princess Boryeong (died 1113) was a Goryeo Royal Princess as the younger daughter of King Munjong and Queen Inye who survived infancy along with her elder sister, Princess Jeokgyeong. She was also the youngest living sister to Sunjong, Seonjong, ...

(보령궁주, 保寧宮主); daughter of King Munjong and

. *Issue(s): **1st son: Wang Jae (왕재, 王梓; d. 1164) **2nd son: Wang Gi (왕기, 王杞); married his mother's niece–

Princess Seungdeok Princess Seungdeok () was a Goryeo Royal Princess as the first and oldest daughter of King Yejong and Queen Sundeok, also the first sister of King Injong. Biography Early life It seems that she was born after 1109 and was the paternal aunt of Ui ...

(승덕공주) and became known as "Count Hannam".

References

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Goryeosa 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 ...

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