Jeonggang of Silla (c.863–887) (r. 886–887) was the 50th ruler of the
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 ...
n kingdom of
Silla
Silla or Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE) ( , Old Korean: Syera, Old Japanese: Siraki2) was a Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms ...
. He was the son of
King Gyeongmun; his siblings included his predecessor
King Heongang and his successor
Queen Jinseong.
Jeonggang rose to the throne when his brother Heongang died without an heir. Jeonggang died in turn less than two years later. In his final year, he put down the rebellion of
Kim Yo.
The tomb of King Jeonggang lies to the southeast of
Borisa in
Gyeongju.
Family
Parents
* Father:
Gyeongmun of Silla (841–875)
** Grandfather: Kim Gye–myeong (김계명)
**Grandmother: Madam Gwanghwa (광화부인)
* Mother: Queen Munui (문의왕후),
daughter of
King Heonan
**Maternal grandfather:
Heonan of Silla
Heonan of Silla (died 861) (r. 857–861) was the 47th king of the Silla kingdom of Korea. He was the younger half-brother of King Sinmu. What little we know of his reign comes from the ''Samguk Sagi''.
Following a famine in the year 859, he ...
(헌안왕)
**Maternal grandmother: Unknown
See also
*
List of Korean monarchs
This is a list of monarchs of Korea, arranged by dynasty. Names are romanized according to the South Korean Revised Romanization of Korean. McCune–Reischauer romanizations may be found at the articles about the individual monarchs.
Gojoseon ...
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List of Silla people
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
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Unified Silla
Unified Silla, or Late Silla (, ), is the name often applied to the Korean kingdom of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, after 668 CE. In the 7th century, a Silla–Tang alliance conquered Baekje and the southern part of Goguryeo in the ...
References
Silla monarchs
887 deaths
9th-century Korean monarchs
Year of birth unknown
Year of birth uncertain
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