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Prince Gyeongchunwon (; ; d. 960) was a Korean Royal Prince as the only son of Jeongjong of Goryeo, from
Queen Munseong Queen Munseong of the Suncheon Bak clan () was a Later Baekje royal family member as the youngest maternal granddaughter of Gyeon Hwon who became a Goryeo queen consort as the second wife of King Jeongjong. She was the mother of his children, Prin ...
, also the nephew of
Gwangjong of Goryeo Gwangjong of Goryeo (925 – 4 July 975), personal name Wang So, was the fourth king of Goryeo. Biography Birth and early life Gwangjong was born in 925 as Wang So, fourth son of King Taejo, who had founded Goryeo in 918. His mother was Queen S ...
. Upon the death of his father on April 13th 949, he was unable to succeed the throne due to his young age at the time. His uncle, King Gwangjong, succeeded in line to be the king and he was later executed by Gwangjong along with his half cousin
Prince Heunghwa Prince Heunghwa (Hangul: 흥화궁군, Hanja: 興化宮君; d. 960; ) was a Korean Royal Prince as the only son of Hyejong of Goryeo and Queen Uihwa. He was both a half nephew and older-brother-in-law of Gwangjong of Goryeo since his 1st younger si ...
.


In popular culture

*Portrayed by Kim Min-woo and Sung Nak-man in the 2002–2003 KBS TV series ''
The Dawn of the Empire ''The Dawn of the Empire'' () is a South Korean historical television series which aired on KBS1 from March 2, 2002 to January 26, 2003 for 94 episodes every weekend at 21:45 ( KST). It revolves around the reigns of the second, third and fourth ki ...
''.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gyeongchunwon, Prince Korean princes Year of birth unknown 960 deaths 10th-century Korean people