Princess Myeongseon (Hangul: 명선공주, Hanja: 明善公主; 28 December 1659 – 12 September 1673) was a Joseon Korean princess as the oldest child of
Hyeonjong of Joseon and
Queen Myeongseong
Queen Myeongseong (13 June 1642 – 21 January 1684) (명성왕후 김씨) of the Cheongpung Kim clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and queen consort of Yi Yeon, King Hyeonjong, the 18th Joseon monarch. She was queen consort of J ...
. She was the oldest-surviving sister of
Sukjong of Joseon.
Biography
In 1669, an envoy from
Beijing
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Qing Dynasty
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) returned with silver and silk. When her father King Hyeonjong gave it to her, he was ashamed after
Song Jun-gil (송준길) told him not to use what he obtained publicly.
In 1673, the 14th year of her father's reign, she was arranged to marry Maeng Man-taek (맹만택), son of Maeng Ju-seo (맹주서), but before the formal marriage ceremony were to happen, the Princess showed symptoms of
smallpox
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and was moved to Gyeongdeok Palace (경덕궁). She died on August 2, 1673, when she was 14 years old. Her tomb is located in Taepyeong-dong,
Sujeong District,
Seongnam,
Gyeonggi Province,
South Korea
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.
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17th-century Korean people
17th-century Korean women
1659 births
1673 deaths
Princesses of Joseon
Royalty and nobility who died as children