Anjong of Goryeo

For his half-brother with the same name in hangul, see Daejong of Goryeo.
Anjong
안종
安宗
King of Goryeo (posthumously)
BornWang Uk (왕욱; 王郁)
About 920 or 937
Goryeo
Died24 July 996 (aged 59 or 76)
Sasu-hyeon, Goryeo
Burial
Mureung Tomb [ko][1]
SpouseQueen Dowager Hyosuk
IssuePrincess Seongmok
Hyeonjong of Goryeo
Posthumous name
King Heongyeong Seongdeok Hyomok Hyoui the Great
헌경성덕효목효의대왕
(憲景聖德孝穆孝懿大王)
Temple name
Anjong (안종; 安宗)[2]
HouseWang
FatherTaejo of Goryeo
MotherQueen Sinseong[3]
Lady Daeryangwon[4]

Anjong (Korean: 고려 안종; Hanja: 高麗 安宗; about 920/37–24 July 996[a]), personal name Wang Uk, was a Goryeo Royal Prince as the only child of King Taejo and Queen Sinseong.[5] He later became the father of King Hyeonjong.[citation needed]

  1. ^ 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  2. ^ 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  3. ^ 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  4. ^ There was a theory said that Anjong was born to one of his father's concubine, Lady Daeryangwon. But, he was raised by the queen since child and regarded the queen as his own mother.[citation needed]
  5. ^ 韓國野談史話全集 [Korean Talk History Vol. 2] (in Korean). University of California: Dongkuk University, South Korea. 1959. p. 140.


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