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Jeongjong of Goryeo
고려 정종
高麗 靖宗
King of Goryeo
Reign 1034–1046
Coronation 1034
Junggwang Hall, Gaegyeong, Goryeo
Predecessor Deokjong of Goryeo
Successor Munjong of Goryeo
Born Wang Hyŏng
31 August 1018
Yeongyeong Palace, Gaegyeong, Goryeo
Died 24 June 1046 (aged 27)
Beopun Temple, Gaegyeong, Goryeo
Burial Jureung (주릉, 周陵)
Queen Consort
Queen Yongsin
(before 1035)
Queen Yongui
(m. 1038)

Queen Yongmok
Consort
Princess Yeonheung
(m. 1040⁠–⁠1046)

Princess Yeonchang
Issue
  • Sons:
    Wang Hyeong
    Wang Bang
    Wang Gyeong
    Wang Gae
  • Daughter:
    Princess Doae
Posthumous name
Great King Honghyo Anui Gangheon Yeongnyeol Mungyeong Yonghye
홍효안의강헌영렬문경용혜대왕
(弘孝安毅康獻英烈文敬容惠大王)
Temple name
Jeongjong (정종, 靖宗)
House Wang
Dynasty Goryeo
Father Hyeonjong of Goryeo
Mother Queen Wonseong
Korean name
Hangul 정종
Hanja
Revised Romanization Jeongjong
McCune–Reischauer Chŏngjong
Birth name
Hangul 왕형
Hanja
Revised Romanization Wang Hyeong
McCune–Reischauer Wang Hyŏng
Courtesy name
Hangul 신조
Hanja
Revised Romanization Sinjo
McCune–Reischauer Sinjo
Posthumous name
Hangul 용혜대왕
Hanja 大王
Revised Romanization Yonghye Daewang
McCune–Reischauer Yonghye Taewang

Jeongjong of Goryeo (31 August 1018 – 24 June 1046), personal name Wang Hyŏng, was the 10th king of Korea's Goryeo dynasty. He was the second son of King Hyeonjong, and the younger brother of King 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, Goryeo was invaded by the Liao dynasty. 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 as national law.

Family

  • Father: Hyeonjong of Goryeo
    • Grandfather: Anjong of Goryeo
    • Grandmother: Queen Heonjeong
  • Mother: Queen Wonseong
    • Grandfather: Kim Ŭn-bu
    • Grandmother: Grand Lady of Ansan County of the Gyeongwon Yi clan (Hangul: 안산군대부인 이씨)
  • Consorts and their Respective Issue(s):
  1. Queen Yongsin of the Danju Han clan
    1. Wang Hyŏng
  2. Queen Yongui of the Danju Han clan
    1. Wang Bang, Prince Aesang
    2. Wang Gyeong, Marquess Nakrang
    3. Wang Gye, Marquess Gaeseong
  3. Queen Yongmok of the Buyeo Yi clan
    1. Princess Doae
  4. Virtuous Consort Yongjeol of the Gyeongju Kim clan – No issue.
  5. Princess Yeonchang of the No clan – No issue.

See also

  • List of Korean monarchs
  • List of Goryeo people
  • Jeongjong, 3rd Monarch of Goryeo
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