Gwangjong 광종 光宗 | |||||||||||||
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Emperor of Goryeo | |||||||||||||
King of Goryeo | |||||||||||||
Reign | 949–975 | ||||||||||||
Coronation | 949 Gaegyeong, Goryeo | ||||||||||||
Predecessor | Jeongjong of Goryeo | ||||||||||||
Successor | Gyeongjong of Goryeo | ||||||||||||
Born | Wang So 925 Gaegyeong, Goryeo | ||||||||||||
Died | 4 July 975 Gaegyeong, Goryeo | (aged 49–50)||||||||||||
Burial | Heolleung
(헌릉; 憲陵) | ||||||||||||
Queen Consort | Queen Daemok | ||||||||||||
Consort | Lady Gyeonghwa Palace Lady Kim | ||||||||||||
Issue | |||||||||||||
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House | Wang | ||||||||||||
Dynasty | Goryeo | ||||||||||||
Father | Taejo of Goryeo | ||||||||||||
Mother | Queen Sinmyeong |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 광종 |
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Hanja | 光宗 |
Revised Romanization | Gwangjong |
McCune–Reischauer | Kwangjong |
Birth name | |
Hangul | 왕소 |
Hanja | 王昭 |
Revised Romanization | Wang So |
McCune–Reischauer | Wang So |
Courtesy name | |
Hangul | 일화 |
Hanja | 日華 |
Revised Romanization | Ilhwa |
McCune–Reischauer | Irhwa |
Posthumous name | |
Hangul | 대성대왕 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Daeseong Daewang |
McCune–Reischauer | Taesŏng Taewang |
Gwangjong (925 – 4 July 975), personal name Wang So, was the fourth monarch of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea.[1][2]