Princess Gyeguk

Princess Supreme of Gye State
계국대장공주
薊國大長公主
Queen consort of Goryeo
(1st)
Tenure1298–1298
Coronation1298
PredecessorQueen Jangmok
SuccessorQueen Jangmok
Queen consort of Goryeo
(2nd)
Tenure1308–1313
Coronation1308
PredecessorQueen Jangmok
SuccessorQueen Gongwon
Retired consort of Goryeo
MonarchKing Chungsuk
BornBorjigin Budashiri
c.1285
Yuan dynasty
Died15 January 1316
Goryeo
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1296)
Names
Posthumous name
  • Princess of the Han State (한국공주, 韓國公主)
  • Grand Princess of the Han State (한국장공주, 韓國長公主)
HouseBorjigin (by birth)
House of Wang (by marriage)
FatherGammala
MotherBuyan Kelmysh Khatun
Princess Gyeguk
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGyeguk Daejang Gongju
McCune–ReischauerKyeguk Taejang Kongju
Budashiri (Mongolian)
Hangul
부다시리
Revised RomanizationBudasiri
McCune–ReischauerPudasiri
Budashiri (Korean)
Hangul
보타슈리, 보탑실련
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBotasyuri, Botapsillyeon
McCune–ReischauerPot'asyuri, Pot'apsillyŏn

Princess Supreme Gyeguk (Korean계국대장공주; Hanja薊國大長公主; c.1285 – 15 January 1316; lit.'Princess-Aunt of the State of Gye'), also known as Princess of Han State (한국공주; 韓國公主) and Grand Princess of Han State (한국장공주; 韓國長公主) was a Yuan Dynasty Imperial family member as the great-granddaughter of Kublai Khan and became a Korean queen consort though her marriage with Chungseon of Goryeo. She was the second Mongol ethnic queen consort from Yuan dynasty to Goryeo after her mother-in-law, Princess Jeguk.

Her personal name was Budashiri (Botashirin),[1] transcribed as 寶塔實憐, pronounced in Korean as Botapsillin. It is from the Sanskrit Buddha-śrī.[2] Those ladies who qualified as "princesses supremes" (daejang gongju, 大長公主) were aunts of an emperor.[3][4] She was the aunt of two emperors: Buyantu Khan and Külüg Khan.

  1. ^ 蕭啟慶 [in Chinese] (1983). 元代史新探 (in Chinese). 新文豐出版公司. 忠宣王妃薊國公主寶塔實憐 (Botashirin)
  2. ^ Ahn, Juhn Y. (2018). Buddhas and Ancestors: Religion and Wealth in Fourteenth-Century Korea. University of Washington Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-295-74340-0. Buddhaśrī (Jiguo Imperial Princess)
  3. ^ Lee, Lily; Wiles, Sue, eds. (2015). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women. Vol. II. Routledge. p. 609. ISBN 978-1-317-51562-3. An emperor's [...] sister or a favorite daughter was called a grand princess (zhang gongzhu); and his aunt or grand-aunt was called a princess supreme (dazhang gongzhu).
  4. ^ Farmer, Edward L. (1995). Zhu Yuanzhang and Early Ming Legislation. Brill. p. 140. ISBN 90-04-10391-0. The emperor's agnatic aunt shall be called Princess Supreme [dazhang gongzhu]. The emperor's sisters shall be called Grand Princesses [zhang gongzhu].