Princess Wonsin

Princess Wonsin
원신궁주
SpouseSeonjong of Goryeo
IssueWang Yun, Marquess Hansan[1]
Regnal name
Consort Wonhui (원희궁비, 元嬉宮妃)
HouseGyeongwon Yi clan
FatherYi Chŏng (이정)
MotherLady Wang of Sangdang County
ReligionBuddhism

Princess Wonsin of the Gyeongwon Yi clan (Korean원신궁주 이씨; Hanja元信宮主 李氏) was the third wife of her first cousin, King Seonjong of Goryeo.[2]

She firstly honoured as Consort Wonhui (원희궁비; 元嬉宮妃; lit. Consort of the Wonhui Palace), but after her older brother, Yi Cha-ŭi (이자의) was executed by Duke Gyerim on the charge of plotting treason to make Wonhui's son as the new king instead of Gyerim, she was implicated in this and along with her son, they were exiled to Gyeongwon-gun (now in Incheon[3]). In 1101, a pardon was issued for those who involved in the Yi Cha-ŭi case and after Crown Prince Wang U ascended the throne, the Gyeongwon Yi clan's people can gained their position again in the court and Yi Cha-gyŏm's daughter was chosen as the new queen consort for Yejong.

  1. ^ "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "고려시대史料 비교보기 > 선종 왕자 한산후 왕윤". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved September 14, 2021.