Heo Hwang-ok

Heo Hwang-ok
Empress Heo
A commemorative Rs. 5.00 postage stamp on Queen Heo Hwang-ok was issued by India in 2019.
Queen consort of Geumgwan Gaya
Tenure189 AD
PredecessorPrincess Mother Jeonggyeon
SuccessorLady Mojeong
Born32 AD
State of Ayuta
Died189 AD (aged about 157)
(1st day, 3rd months in Lunar)
Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province
SpouseKing Suro of Gaya
IssueKing Geodeung of Gaya
10 other sons
Lady Kim of Garak State[1]
Posthumous name
Queen Mother Boju (보주태후, 普州太后)
Korean허황옥
許黃玉
A commemorative Rs. 25.00 postage stamp of(Queen Heo Hwang-ok ) was issued by India in 2019.

Heo Hwang-ok (Korean: 허황옥; Hanja: 許黃玉; 32AD – 189AD) also known as Empress Boju (보주태후; 普州太后),[2] was a legendary queen mentioned in Samguk yusa, a 13th-century Korean chronicle. According to Samguk Yusa, she became the wife of King Suro of Geumgwan Gaya at the age of 16, after having arrived by boat from a distant kingdom called "Ayuta".[3] Her native kingdom is believed to be located in India.[3][4] There is a tomb in Gimhae, South Korea, that is believed to be hers,[5] and a memorial in Ayodhya, India, built in 2020.[6] The Ayuta Kingdom (아유타국; 阿踰陁國) is also considered as a misinterpretation of the Ay Kingdom, a vassal to the Pandyan Empire of the ancient Tamilakam, the predecessor of the modern-day Tamil Nadu in southern India.[7]

  1. ^ Married Seok Gu-gwang (석구광).
  2. ^ "The Indian princess who became a South Korean queen". BBC News. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "The Indian princess who became a South Korean queen". BBC News. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  4. ^ Krishnan, Revathi (4 August 2020). "Ayodhya has 'important relations' with South Korea". ThePrint. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kwon_2003 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Work on Queen Heo Memorial in Ayodhya". TheWeek. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  7. ^ Beautiful Korea. Huimang Publishing Company. 1968. p. 619. Aboard the ship were Princess Ho Hwang-Ok of Ayut'a in the south of India.