Sinjong of Goryeo (11 August 1144 – 15 February 1204, r. 1197–1204) was the twentieth
monarch of the
Goryeo dynasty of
Korea. The fifth son of
King Injong, Sinjong took the throne after his brother
King Myeongjong was sent into exile by
Choe Chungheon
Choe Chung-heon (1149 – 29 October 1219) was a military ruler of Korea during the Goryeo period.
Choe's father was a Grand General in the Goryeo military, hence precipitating his own entry into the military. Choe witnessed military men become ...
.
He was wise, but like his brother before him had no true power, which was in the hands of
Choe Chungheon
Choe Chung-heon (1149 – 29 October 1219) was a military ruler of Korea during the Goryeo period.
Choe's father was a Grand General in the Goryeo military, hence precipitating his own entry into the military. Choe witnessed military men become ...
(this marked the beginning of the Choe family's military rule). Sinjong also witnessed the kin strife of the Choe family and soon after became ill,
abdicating in favor of his son
King Huijong.
[It is said that he begged Choe Chungheon to allow his son to rule and not to destroy the Goryeo dynasty.]
Family
*Father:
Injong of Goryeo (고려인종, 29 October 1109 – 10 April 1146)
**Grandfather:
Yejong of Goryeo (고려예종, 11 February 1079 – 15 May 1122)
**Grandmother:
Queen Sundeok
Queen Sundeok of the Incheon Yi clan (Hangul: 순덕왕후 이씨, Hanja: 順德王后 李氏; 15 April 1094 – 21 September 1118) or formally called as Queen Mother Mungyeong () was a Korean queen consort as the second wife of Yejong of Goryeo ...
of the
Incheon Yi clan (순덕왕후 이씨; 15 April 1094– 21 September 1118)
*Mother:
Queen Gongye of the
Jangheung Im clan (Korean: 공예왕후 임씨
**Grandfather: Im Won-hu (임원후)
**Grandmother: Lady Yi, of the Bupyeong Yi clan (부평 이씨)
*Consorts and their Respective issue(s)
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Queen Seonjeong of the
Gim clan (선정왕후 김씨, d. 17 August 1222), his second half-cousin once removed
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Huijong of Goryeo (고려희종, 21 June 1181 – 31 August 1237), first son
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Wang Seo (양양공 왕서), Duke Yangyang, second son
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Princess Hyohoe
Princess Hyohoe (Hangul: 효회공주, Hanja: 孝懷公主; 1183–1199) or posthumously called Princess Heungdeok () was a Goryeo Royal Princess as the first and oldest daughter of King Sinjong and Queen Seonjeong who was born when her father wa ...
(효회공주, 1183–1199), first daughter
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Princess Gyeongnyeong
Princess Gyeongnyeong () was a Goryeo Royal Princess as the second and youngest daughter of Sinjong of Goryeo, King Sinjong and Queen Seonjeong (Sinjong), Queen Seonjeong, also the youngest sister of Huijong of Goryeo, King Huijong, Duke Yangyang, ...
(경녕궁주), second daughter
Popular culture
* Portrayed by
Lee Woo-seok
Lee Woo-seok (born 7 August 1997) is a South Korean archer who competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c= ...
in the 2003-2004
KBS TV series ''
Age of Warriors''.
See also
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History of Korea
The Lower Paleolithic era in the Korean Peninsula and Manchuria began roughly half a million years ago.
Christopher J. Norton, "The Current State of Korean Paleoanthropology", (2000), ''Journal of Human Evolution'', 38: 803–825.
The earlies ...
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List of Korean monarchs
References
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12th-century Korean monarchs
13th-century Korean monarchs
1144 births
1204 deaths