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Princess Suheung (died after 1277) 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 only daughter of King Gojong and the younger sister of King Wonjong and King Yeongjong. Through her mother, King Huijong was her maternal grandfather. She later married Wang Jeon (왕전) and had two sons, but he then died in 1256 and was honoured as ''Duke Sinyang'' (신양공). Although her death date was unknown, but according to
Choe Se-yeon Choi is a Korean family surname. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were around 2.3 million people by this name in South Korea or roughly 4.7% of the population. In English-speaking countries, it is most often anglicized ''Choi'', an ...
(최세연)'s records, she was presumed to died after her grandnephew, Wang Jang appointed as the
Crown Prince A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The female form of the title is crown princess, which may refer either to an heiress apparent or, especially in earlier times, to the wif ...
in 1277.Choe was an
eunuch A eunuch ( ) is a male who has been castrated. Throughout history, castration often served a specific social function. The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the Sumerian city of Lagash in the 2nd millennium ...
during the reign of the Princess's nephew, King Chungnyeol who was said to had several ferocious dogs. Someday, one of them bit and eventually killed the Princess's female servant. Due to this, she asked Choe to not keep a ferocious dog again, but he said: :"How long will Princess prevent me from owning a dog?"
("궁주께서는 앞으로 살 날이 얼마나 된다고 내가 개를 기르는 것을 못 하게 하십니까?") Which she then shed tears and mourned. Also, Choe was believed to commit many other crimes and then interrogated by her grandnephew, King Chungseon who was the crown prince at that time. :《고려사》권122〈열전〉권35 - 환자 - 최세연


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Suheung, Princess Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Goryeo princesses 13th-century Korean women