Princess Seunggyeong

Princess Seunggyeong
Princess of Goryeo
Coronation1148
SuccessorPrincess Deoknyeong
MonarchWang Hae, King Injong
Diedbefore 1158
Goryeo
SpouseWang Yeong; half second cousin once removed
IssueLady Wang
Wang Myeon
HouseHouse of Wang (by birth and marriage)
FatherInjong of Goryeo
MotherQueen Gongye of the Jangheung Im clan

Princess Seunggyeong (Korean: 승경궁주; Hanja: 承慶宮主; died before 1158) or Royal Princess of the Seunggyeong Palace (승경궁공주; 承慶宮公主)[1] was a Goryeo Royal Princess as the first and eldest daughter of King Injong and Queen Gongye, also the eldest aunt of Gangjong and Huijong.[2][3]

In 1148, she, as the High Princess (상공주; 上公主) and her younger sister formally became a princess (궁주; 宮主). She later married Duke Gangneung's (강릉공) son, Wang Yeong the Count Gonghwa (공화백 왕영) and had a daughter and a son together.[4] Their daughter died in 1185 unmarried, while their son married Seunggyeong's niece–Princess Hwasun (화순궁주) and died in 1218.

According to her daughter's epitaph (왕영녀왕씨묘지명; 王瑛女王氏墓誌銘), Princess Seunggyeong (Lady Wang's mother) died when Wang unreached the age of 7/8 years.[5][6] From this point, Seunggyeong was believed to have died before 1158 since Wang was born in 1150.

  1. ^ 고려사 > 권17 > 세가 권제17 > 의종(毅宗) 2년 > 11월 > 왕의 누이들을 궁주로 책봉하다. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  2. ^ 韓國女性關係資料集: 中世篇(中) [A Collection of Korean Women's Relationships: The Middle Ages (Part 2)] (in Korean). Ewha Womans University Women's Research Center: Ewha Womans University Press. 1985. p. 332. ISBN 9788973000432.
  3. ^ 국역 "고려사".: 열전. 20-28 [Nasional "History of Goryeo".: Biographies. 20-28] (in Korean). National Culture. 2006. p. 231,315. ISBN 9788982080869.
  4. ^ 고려사 > 권91 > 열전 권제4 > 공주(公主) > 인종 소생 공주 > 승경궁주. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  5. ^ 고려시대 금석문·문자자료 > 묘지명·묵서명 - 墓誌銘·墨書銘 > 왕영녀왕씨묘지명 (in Korean). Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  6. ^ 〈왕영녀왕씨묘지명(王瑛女王氏墓誌銘)〉 君之宗派父曰開府儀同三司守司徒上柱國 恭化侯瑛母曰承慶宮主王氏 仁廟朝乃姉之外祖也君平生秊未齠齕慈母(중략) "누이의 아버지는 개부의동삼사수사도상주국 공화후 영이며, 어머니는 승경궁공주 왕씨이다. 인종께서 바로 누이의 외조부이다. 누이의 일생은 나이 일여덟 살이 되기도 전에 어머니가 세상을 떠나자 (중략)"