Chungju Yoo clan

Chungju Yoo clan
Chungju Yu clan
Parent familyYoo clan
CountryKorea
Place of originChungju City, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea[1]
FounderYu Geung-dal[2]
Members
  • 1985: 1,125 peoples from the 274 household.
  • 2000: 1,597 peoples from the 497 household.
  • 2015: 2,544 peoples
Connected membersQueen Sinmyeongsunseong
Yu Gwon-yeol
Yu Sin-seong
Yu Jin
Yu Jing-pil
Lady Yu
Yu Bang-ui
Yu Chung-gi
Monk Gi Hwa
Yu Jin-ryong
Yu Ae-ri
WebsiteChungju Yoo clan
Chungju Yoo clan
Hangul
충주 유씨
Hanja
Revised RomanizationChungju Yussi
McCune–ReischauerCh'ungch'u Yussh'i

The Chungju Yoo clan or Chungju Yu clan (Korean충주 유씨; Hanja忠州 劉氏) is one of the noble Korean clans in the early Goryeo dynasty. Their Bon-gwan is in Chungju City, North Chungcheong Province.[3] Their founder was Yu Geung-dal (유긍달) who was a Chungju powerful nobleman in the end of Kingdom of Unified Silla[3] and become the father of Queen Sinmyeongsunseong, Taejo of Goryeo's first queen consort and third wife. She also become the mother of 5 princes (include Jeongjong of Goryeo, Gwangjong of Goryeo, and Great King Munwon) and 2 daughters (Princess Nakrang and Princess Heungbang).[4][5] After died, Yu Geung-dal was honoured as Taesanaesaryeong (태사내사령, 太師內史令).[6]

  1. ^ 국역 고려사: 열전. 20-28 [Annals of the Korean History of Goryeo: Yeoljeon. 20-28] (in Korean). The National Culture. 2006. pp. 58, 190. ISBN 9788982080883.
  2. ^ Yang Young-chul (2017). 한국문중별 가훈(해석편) [The Songs by Korean Literature (Interpretation)] (in Korean). Jooryang. p. 277. ISBN 9788998044053.
  3. ^ a b "고려초 충주유씨, 남한강 수운세력이었다". The Choongbook Ilbo (in Korean). 25 April 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "태조 후비 신명순성왕태후 유씨". db.history.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  5. ^ Li Shujian (1984). 韓國中世社會史研究 [Research on the Social History in the Korean Middle Ages] (in Korean). University of Michigan: Yichao Pavilion. p. 184.
  6. ^ "충주유씨(忠州劉氏)". The Naver Blog (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved August 1, 2021.