Lady Jeongmok

Lady Jeongmok
Royal consort of Goryeo
PredecessorDynasty established
(Grand Lady Heonmok as the Grand Royal Consort of Goryeo)
SuccessorLady Dongyangwon
Born?
Myeongju, Gangwon
Died?
Myeongju, Gangwon
SpouseTaejo of Goryeo
IssueDowager Queen Sunan[1]
HouseGangneung Wang (by birth)
House of Wang (by marriage)
FatherWang-Gyeong (왕경)
ReligionBuddhism
Korean name
Hangul
정목부인
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJeongmok Buin
McCune–ReischauerCh'ŏng'mok Pu'in

Lady Jeongmok of the Gangneung Wang clan[2] (Korean: 정목부인 왕씨; Hanja: 貞穆夫人 王氏)[3] was the daughter of Wang-Gyeong[4] who became the 8th wife of Taejo of Goryeo[5][unreliable source?] and mother of Dowager Queen Sunan.[6] Later, in 922, General Wang Sun-sik from Myeongju (명주장군 왕순식) was inside fighting, Wang-Gyeon was given a royal fortress, a government office and a residence.

  1. ^ 순안왕대비. db.history.go.kr (in Chinese). Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  2. ^ 성씨정보 고려 왕후록(王后錄) - 고려의 왕비 :+. Surname Info (in Korean). Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Gap-dong, Kim (September 15, 2005). 고려 전기 정치사 [Goryeo's Politics] (in Korean). University of Michigan, United States: South Korea. p. 35. ISBN 9788931205596.
  4. ^ 고려시대 史料 Database. db.history.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  5. ^ 고려 태조 부인 (29명의 부인과 34명의 자녀(아들 25명, 딸 9명). Naver Blog (in Korean). Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  6. ^ Seo-won, Shin (December 15, 2001). 고려사 [The Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty] (in Korean). University of California, Oakland, California: North Korea and South Korea. pp. 14, 133.