Queen Jeongsun (Wonjong)

Queen Jeongsun (정순왕후 김씨) (1222 – 29 July 1237) also known as Queen Gyeongsun (경순왕후) was the wife of king Wonjong of Goryeo. She was the mother of king Chungnyeol of Goryeo. She was from the Gyeongju Kim clan.

Biography

She was born in 1222 in Goryeo and her father was Kim Yak-Seon and her mother was Lady Choi of the Ubong Choi clan, daughter of Choi Wu who was the second dictator of the Ubong Choe Military regime.

In 1235 she married with prince Wang Jeong and she became the Crown Princess of Goryeo. In 1236 she gave birth to a son, the future king Chungnyeol of Goryeo but one year later she died.

When her husband came to the throne, he gave her the posthumous title of Queen Jeongsun and after her son became king he gave her the posthumous title of Queen Mother Sungyeong.

Family

• Father: Kim Yak-seon (김약선)
  • Grandfather: Kim Tae-seo (? – 10 June 1257) (김태서)
  • Grandmother: Lady Min of Yeoheung Min clan (여흥 민씨)
• Mother: Lady Choi of the Ubong Choi clan (우봉 최씨)
  • Grandfather: Choi Wu (1166 – 10 December 1249) (최우)
  • Grandmother: Lady Jeong of the Hadong Jeong clan (? – 1231) (하동 정씨)
• Husband: King Wonjong of Goryeo (5 April 1219 – 23 July 1274) (고려 원종)
  • Son: King Chungryeol of Goryeo (3 April 1236 – 30 July 1308) (고려 충렬왕)
    • Daughter-in-law: Queen Jangmok of the Borjigin clan (28 June 1259 – 21 May 1297) (장목왕후)

In popular culture

• Choi Da-eun - God of War (MBC, 2012)

References

• 순경태후 (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia.