Sunmok Budaebuin

Grand Internal Princess Consort Sunmok
순목부대부인
Grand Internal Princess Consort of Joseon
Reign16 January 1864 – 8 January 1898
PredecessorGrand Internal Princess Consort Wanyang
SuccessorDynasty & Title abolished
Born9 March 1818
Yangdeokbang District, Hanseong, Joseon
Died8 January 1898 (aged 79)
Gongdeok-ri, Yongsanbang District, Hanseong, Joseon
Burial
Heungseondaewonmyo (now Heungwon); Changhyeon-ri, Hwado-eub, Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province
SpouseGrand Internal Prince Heungseon (m.1831–1898)
Issue
Names
  • Grand Internal Princess Consort Yeoheung (여흥부대부인; 驪興府大夫人; 1864–1898)
  • Grand Primary Consort Sunmok (순목대원비; 純穆大院妃; 1898–1907)[1]
  • Grand Primary Queen Consort Sunmok (순목대원왕비; 純穆大院王后)[1]
  • Queen Sunmok (순목왕비; 純穆王后)[1]
HouseYeoheung Min (by birth)[2][unreliable source?]
Jeonju Yi (by marriage)
FatherMin Chi-Gu
MotherLady Yi of the Jeonju Yi clan
ReligionCatholicism

Grand Internal Princess Consort Sunmok (Korean순목부대부인; Hanja純穆府大夫人; 9 March 1818 – 8 January 1898[a]), known before as Grand Internal Princess Consort Yeoheung (여흥부대부인; 驪興府大夫人), was a Korean noblewoman who became a Joseon dynasty royal family member through her marriage with Internal Prince Heungseon, and was the biological mother of Emperor Gojong of Korea.

When her son became Emperor, she was formally honored as Grand Primary Consort Sunmok (순목대원비; 純穆大院妃) in 1907 and therefore that was called Grand Internal Queen Consort Sunmok (순목대원왕비; 純穆大院王后) or Queen Sunmok (순목왕비; 純穆王后). It is said that she was a Catholicism believer, read the Ilgwamun (일과문; 日課文) and gave a thanksgiving mass at Unhyeongung.[3] When Catholicism was allowed by the Treaty of Korean and France in 1887, she was baptized in October 1896.

  1. ^ a b c 承政院日記: 순종 [The Diary of Seungjeongwon: Sunjong] (in Korean). King Sejong the Great Memorial Business Association. 1994. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  2. ^ 여흥부대부인민씨(驪興府大夫人閔氏)우여곡절 많은 생애. m.blog.naver.com (in Korean). Naver. August 8, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  3. ^ 조선왕조실록. Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty (in Korean). Retrieved 26 April 2021.


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