Jeongjong of Goryeo (31 August 1018 – 24 June 1046) (r. 1034–1046) was the 10th ruler of the

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 ...

dynasty of

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

. He was the second son of Hyeonjong, and the younger brother of Deokjong. At the age of four in 1022, he was made ''Naesaryeong'', a position of high rank, and designated the Prince of Pyongyang. Jeongjong was greatly concerned with national defense, and began constructing fortresses along the northern border in the first year of his reign. In 1037, the country suffered an invasion from the northern Khitan tribes. In 1044, the Cheolli Jangseong was completed, an enormous wall across northern Korea. Jeongjong also concerned himself with the material support of the army, distributing state land to indigent soldiers in 1036. Just before his death in 1046, Jeongjong established

primogeniture Primogeniture ( ) is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit the parent's entire or main estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child or any collateral relativ ...

as national law.

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*Father:

Hyeonjong of Goryeo Hyeonjong of Goryeo (1 August 992 – 17 June 1031, r. 1009–1031) was the 8th ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was a grandson of King Taejo. He was appointed by the military leader Gang Jo, whom the previous King Mokjong had called ...

(고려 현종) **Grandfather:

Anjong of Goryeo Anjong of Goryeo (died 24 July 996), personal name Wang Uk, was a Goryeo Royal Prince as the only child of King Taejo and Queen Sinseong. He later became the father of King Hyeonjong. Biography After King Gyeongjong's death in 981, Queen Heonj ...

(고려 안종) **Grandmother:

Queen Heonjeong Queen Heonjeong of the Hwangju Hwangbo clan (; 960/5–993) or formally called as Grand Queen Mother Hyosuk () during her son's reign, was a Goryeo royal family member as the third daughter (formally youngest) of Wang Uk and youngest sister of K ...

(헌정왕후) *Mother:

Queen Wonseong Queen Wonseong of the Ansan Gim clan (; d. 15 August 1028) or formally called as Grand Queen Mother Wonseong () was a Korean queen consort as the 3rd wife of King Hyeonjong of Goryeo who became the mother of his successors, Deokjong and Jeongj ...

(원성왕후 김씨) **Grandfather: Gim Eun-bu (김은부) **Grandmother: Grand Lady of Ansan County of the Incheon Yi clan (안산군대부인 이씨) *Consorts and their Respective Issue(s): # Queen Yongsin of the Danju Han clan (용신왕후 한씨; d. 1036) ##Wang Hyeong (왕형) # Queen Yongui of the Danju Han clan (용의왕후 한씨) ## Wang Bang, Prince Aesang (왕방 애상군) ## Wang Gyeong, Marquess Nakrang (왕경 낙랑후) ## Wang Gye, Marquess Gaeseong (왕개 개성후) # Queen Yongmok of the Buyeo Yi clan (용목왕후 이씨) ## Princess Doae (도애공주) # Virtuous Consort Yongjeol of the Gyeongju Gim clan (용절덕비 김씨; d. 1102) – No issue. # Princess Yeonchang of the No clan (연창궁주 노씨; d. 1048) – No issue.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeongjong, 10th Monarch Of Goryeo 1018 births 1046 deaths 11th-century Korean monarchs People from Kaesong

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