Grand Princess Joguk (; ; 1308 – 26 November 1325) was a Mongolian imperial family member who became a Korean queen consort as the second wife of King Chungsuk of Goryeo. Her personal name was Borjigin Jintong ().

Biography

Early life

The future Princess Joguk was born in 1308 in the

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fift ...

as the daughter of Amuga and the granddaughter of

Darmabala Darmabala (also known as Dharmapala - , , , ) — was a Mongol prince, grandson of Kublai Khan, son of his Crown Prince Zhenjin. He was an ancestor of subsequent Yuan monarchs who came after Temür Khan and the Goryeo kings after Gongmin. Biogr ...

, also the sister of Bayankhutag.

Marriage

In 1325, she married King Chungsuk who was 14 years older than her in

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and when they arrived in Goryeo, they go to

Yongsan Yongsan District (, ) is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. Yongsan has a population of 231,685 (2020) and has a geographic area of , and is divided into 19 '' dong'' (administrative neighborhoods). Yongsan is located in central Seoul ...

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where she gave birth to their son, Heir Successor Yongsan. Not long after that, the Princess died in the Goryeo Royal Palace in Yongsan at the young age (about 16,7). Then, the Yuans sent Tal Pil-al (탈필알, 脫必歹) to take care about her ancestral rites.

Later life

In the following year, in 1343, the reign Yuan Emperor

Toghon Temür Toghon Temür ( mn, Тогоонтөмөр; Mongolian script: ; ; 25 May 1320 – 23 May 1370), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Huizong of Yuan () bestowed by the Northern Yuan dynasty and by his posthumous ...

gave her the Yuan Imperial Title Grand Princess Joguk (조국장공주, 曹國長公主) for her

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. The future

King Gongmin Gongmin of Goryeo (23 May 1330 – 27 October 1374), also known by his Mongolian name, Bayan Temür., was 31st ruler of Goryeo from 1351 to 1374. He was the second son of King Chungsuk. Biography Early life Goryeo had been a semi-autonomou ...

's primary wife, Princess Noguk was Joguk's niece.

References

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