Princess Seunggyeong (; ?–) or Royal Princess of the Seunggyeong Palace (승경궁공주, 承慶宮公主) 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 first and eldest daughter of King Injong and

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, also the eldest aunt of Gangjong and Huijong. In 1148, she, as the High Princess (상공주, 上公主) and her younger sister formally became a princess (궁주, 宮主). She later married

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(강릉공)'s son, Wang Yeong the Count Gonghwa (공화백 왕영) and had a daughter and

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together. Their daughter died in 1185 unmarried, while their son married Seunggyeong's niece–Princess Hwasun (화순궁주) and died in 1218. According to her daughter's epitaph (왕영녀왕씨묘지명, 王瑛女王氏墓誌銘), Princess Seunggyeong (Lady Wang's mother) died when Wang unreached the age of 7/8 years.〈왕영녀왕씨묘지명(王瑛女王氏墓誌銘)〉君之宗派父曰開府儀同三司守司徒上柱國恭化侯瑛母曰承慶宮主王氏仁廟朝乃姉之外祖也君平生秊未齠齕慈母(중략) "누이의 아버지는 개부의동삼사수사도상주국 공화후 영이며, 어머니는 승경궁공주 왕씨이다. 인종께서 바로 누이의 외조부이다. 누이의 일생은 나이 일여덟 살이 되기도 전에 어머니가 세상을 떠나자 (중략)" From this point, Seunggyeong was believed to have died before 1158 since Wang was born in 1150.

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