Royal Consort Sug-ui of the Geochang Shin clan (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ...

: 숙의 신씨,

Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...

: 淑儀愼氏; ? – 1476) was a concubine of Crown Prince Yi Jang, the eldest son of

King Sejo of Joseon Sejo of Joseon (2 November 1417 – 23 September 1468), personal name Yi Yu (Korean: 이유; Hanja: 李瑈), sometimes known as Grand Prince Suyang (Korean: 수양대군; Hanja: 首陽大君), was the seventh ruler of the Joseon dynasty of K ...

Biography

The future Royal Consort Sug-ui was born as the daughter of Shin Seon-gyeong and Lady Han of the

Cheongju Han clan The Cheongju Han clan (Hangul: 청주 한씨, Hanja: 淸州韓氏) is a Korean noble family. It is also called the House of Han or the Han clan of Cheongju. It is considered one of the most prominent clans since the Gojoseon period. In the Sil ...

. Her birth date is unknown. On August 23, 1456 (lunar calendar), she was selected to become the concubine of

Crown Prince Uigyeong Crown Prince Uigyeong (; 3 October 1438 – 20 September 1457), personal name Yi Jang () and formerly called as Prince Dowon () was a Crown prince of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. He was the oldest son of Sejo of Joseon and Queen Jeonghui, also the o ...

and was granted the title ''Consort So-hun'' (junior 5th rank concubine of the Crown Prince; 소훈, 昭訓). She entered the palace on that same year. In 1457, the Crown Prince passed away and left no issue with the consort. When her husband was honored as King, Lady Shin was promoted to the 2nd junior rank concubine of the King (숙의, 淑儀) as ''Royal Consort Sug-ui.'' She died on May 16, 1476 (lunar calendar), during the 7th year of King Seongjong's reign.

Family

* Father: Shin Seon-gyeong (신선경, 慎先庚) * Mother: Lady Han of the

(청주 한씨) * Husband: Yi Jang, King Deokjong (조선 덕종) (3 October 1438 – 20 September 1457) ** Father-in-law:

(조선 세조) (2 November 1417 – 23 September 1468) ** Mother-in-law: Queen Jeonghui of the Paepyeong Yun clan (정희왕후 윤씨) (8 December 1418 – 6 May 1483)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sin, Sugui Royal consorts of the Joseon dynasty Year of birth unknown 1476 deaths 15th-century Korean people 15th-century Korean women