Dowager Queen Sunan

Dowager Queen Sunan
순안왕대비
Princess of Goryeo
Reign?–?
PredecessorPrincess Wang[1]
SuccessorPrincess Wang[2]
MonarchWang Geon, King Taejo
Spouse[3]
HouseHouse of Wang (by birth)
FatherTaejo of Goryeo
MotherLady Jeongmok of the Gangneung Wang clan
ReligionBuddhism

Dowager Queen Sunan of the Gaeseong Wang clan (Korean: 순안왕대비 왕씨; Hanja: 順安王大妃 王氏; lit. 'Grand Royal Consort Sunan') was a Goryeo Royal Princess as the only daughter of King Taejo and Lady Jeongmok.[4] "Sunan" means the name of Yeongju City in nowadays. The reason why she posthumously honoured as Dowager Queen (왕대비, 王大妃; "Wangdaebi")[5] was unknown since it was not recorded in Goryeosa.[6]

  1. ^ Half older sister and a wife of Grand Prince Uiseongbuwon (의성부원대군).
  2. ^ Half younger sister and a wife of Wang Tae (왕태).
  3. ^ Although there are no detailed records about her left, many historians believed that it was highly probable if she was Wang Uk (her half older brother)'s wife who gave birth into Princess Seongmok.
  4. ^ Seo-won, Shin (December 15, 2001). 고려사 [The Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty] (in Korean). University of California: North Korea and South Korea. pp. 14, 133. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  5. ^ Yongbi, Lu (2007). 新羅高麗初政治史硏究 [Politics Theory of Korean] (in Korean and Chinese). University of Michigan: Korean History, 한국사학. p. 147. ISBN 9788995675366. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  6. ^ "순안왕대비". Goryeosa (in Chinese). Retrieved June 2, 2021.