Princess Boryeong

Princess Boryeong (died 1113) was a Goryeo Royal Princess as the younger daughter of King Munjong and Queen Inye who survived infancy along with her elder sister, Princess Jeokgyeong.[2] She was also the youngest living sister to Sunjong, Seonjong, and Sukjong.[3]

Princess Boryeong
Princess of Goryeo
PredecessorPrincess Jeokgyeong[1]
MonarchWang Hwi, King Munjong
Died1113
Kingdom of Goryeo
Burial
Olleung tomb
Spouse
​
(before 1112)​
; first cousin
IssueWang Jeong
Wang Ji
Posthumous name
Gyeongsun (경순, 慶順; "Virtue and Obedience")
HouseHouse of Wang (by birth and marriage)
FatherMunjong of Goryeo
MotherQueen Inye of the Incheon Yi clan
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBoryeong-gungju
McCune–ReischauerPory'ŏng-gungju
Posthumous name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGyeongsun
McCune–ReischauerKyŏngsun

She was one of Yi Ja-yeon (이자연)'s maternal granddaughter and her father's 3rd and 4th wife were initially her maternal aunt.[4] The princess later married her first cousin (her uncle's son), Wang Yeong (왕영) who became the Count Nakrang (낙랑백, 樂浪伯) upon their marriage.[5] Together, they had 2 sons: Wang Jeong (왕정, 王禎) who would marry King Sukjong's 2nd daughter, Princess Heungsu, and Wang Ji (왕지, 王禔) who held an official position during King Yejong's reign.[6][7]

Meanwhile, Princess Boryeong was later died a year after her husband in 1113 (8th year reign of her nephew, King Yejong) and buried in Olleung tomb (온릉, 溫陵), also received name Gyeongsun (경순, 慶順) as her Posthumous name.[8]

References
  1. Full older sister.
  2. "고려사 > 권91 > 열전 권제4 > 공주(公主) > 문종 소생 공주 > 문종 소생 공주". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  3. 이야기 고려왕조실록 (상) [Stories of Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty (Top)] (in Korean). Korean History Research Institute: Taoreum. 2009. ISBN 9788996200833.
  4. Han-soo, Lee (24 September 2019). "고려시대 최고 문벌 인주(인천) 이씨". Incheon People (in Korean). Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  5. "고려사 > 권10 > 세가 권제10 > 헌종(獻宗) 즉위년 > 6월 > 왕도 등을 관직에 임명하다". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  6. "고려사 > 권91 > 열전 권제4 > 공주(公主) > 숙종 소생 공주 > 흥수궁주". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  7. "고려사 > 권90 > 열전 권제3 > 종실(宗室) > 현종 왕자 평양공 왕기 > 왕지". History of Goryeo (in Korean). Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  8. 韓國女性關係資料集: 中世篇(中) [A Collection of Korean Women's Relationships: The Middle Ages (Part 2)] (in Korean). Ewha Womans University Women's Research Institute: Ewha Womans University Press. 1985. p. 97. ISBN 9788973000432.
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