Queen Insu

Queen Sohye (7 October 1437 - 11 May 1504) (소혜왕후 한씨) was the only wife of Crown Prince Uigyeong of Joseon.

She was a member of the Chongju Han family, a powerful yangban family with a long tradition of providing male family members to the royal administration offices and women members to the posts of royal consorts. She was given a high education in Confucian values and the Chinese classics and selected to be the consort of the crown prince in accordance to tradition. In 1455, her husband was appointed crown prince and she his first ranked consort. In the royal palace, she became known for her scholarly interest in Confucian education and devoted to the education of the royal grandsons. She had a good relationship to the king, who referred to her as a good daughter-in-law. When her husband died, he father-in-law entrusted her with the care of her son the crown prince. When her son succeeded to the throne, he gave gave her the title Queen Insu, and five year later, the title Queen Dowager Insu; after her death, he named her Queen Sohye.

She was the author of the Naehun ('Instructions for women') from 1475, a Confucian morality guidebook for women, describing appropriate behavior for a woman in accordance with Confucian ideals; with the exception of a few poems, this is the first known book written by a woman in Korea.^[1]

Family

• Father: Han Hwak (1400 - 11 September 1456) (한확)
• Mother: Lady Hong of the Namyang Hong clan (남양 홍씨)
• Husband: Yi Jang, Crown Prince Uigyeong (1438 – 2 September 1457) (이장 의경세자)
  • Son: Yi Jeong, Grand Prince Wolsan (1454 - 21 December 1488) (이정 월산대군)
    • Daughter-in-law: Grand Princess Consort Seungpyeong of the Suncheon Park (1455 - 20 July 1506) (승평부대부인 박씨)
  • Son: King Seongjong of Joseon (19 August 1457 – 20 January 1494) (조선 성종)
    • Daughter-in-law: Queen Gonghye of the Cheongju Han clan (8 November 1456 – 30 April 1474) (공혜왕후 한씨)
    • Daughter-in-law: Queen Jeheon of the Haman Yun clan (15 July 1455 – 29 August 1482) (제헌왕후 윤씨)
    • Daughter-in-law: Queen Jeonghyeon of the Papyeong Yun clan (21 July 1462 – 13 September 1530) (정현왕후 윤씨)
  • Daughter: Princess Myeongsuk (1455 - 4 October 1482) (명숙공주)
    • Son-in-law: Hong Sang (1457 - 1513) (홍상)

In popular culture

• Portrayed by Chae Shi-ra in 1998-2000 KBS1 TV series "The King and the Queen"
• Portrayed by Yoon So-jung in the 2005 film The King and the Clown.
• Portrayed by Jeon In-hwa in the 2007-2008 SBS TV series The King and I.
• Portrayed by Chae Shi-ra and Hahm Eun-jung in the 2011-2012 JTBC TV series Insu, The Queen Mother.

References

External links

1. https://thetalkingcupboard.com/joseon/royal-ladies-of-joseon-dynasty/