Queen Daemok

Queen Daemok
대목왕후
Princess of Goryeo
PredecessorPrincess Heungbang
SuccessorQueen Munhye
MonarchWang Geon, King Taejo
Queen consort of Goryeo
Tenure?–?
PredecessorQueen Munseong
SuccessorQueen Heonsuk
Born925
Hwangju County, North Hwanghae Province,
DiedKaeseong, Kaesong Industrial Region
SpouseGwangjong of Goryeo
IssueGyeongjong of Goryeo[1]
Prince Hyohwa
Lady Cheonchu
Lady Bohwa
Queen Mundeok
Regnal name
Taemok (태목, 太穆; "Highest and Majestic")[2]
Posthumous name
Queen Anjeong Seonmyeong Uijeong Singyeong Gongpyeong Jeongye Daemok
안정선명의정신경공평정예대목왕후
(安靜宣明懿正信敬恭平靜睿大穆王后)
House
FatherTaejo of Goryeo
MotherQueen Sinjeong of the Hwangju Hwangbo clan

Queen Daemok of the Hwangju Hwangbo clan (Korean대목왕후 황보씨; Hanja大穆王后 皇甫氏; 925–?), also known as Queen Taemok (Korean태목왕후; Hanja太穆王后), was a Goryeo princess as the only daughter of King Taejo and Queen Sinjeong,[citation needed] also the younger sister of King Daejong[3] who became a queen consort through her marriage with her half older brother, King Gwangjong.[citation needed] She was also the mother of most his children and the first Goryeo queen to use her maternal surname, Hwangbo.[citation needed]

She was born in 925, while her marriage is believed to have taken place between 937 and 943. In 956, when Gwangjong proclaimed the law of slaves' emancipation (노비안검법; 奴婢按檢法), she strongly opposed it and begged him earnestly, but Gwangjong ignored and rejected her pleas.[4] Daemok's opposition to the law stemmed from the Hwangbo clan, whose interests she was trying to protect; however, in Gwangjong's eyes, her maternal family was only one of the noble families to be removed.

Her death is presumed to have occurred after 975 but before 1002, when King Mokjong (her only grandson) gave her a posthumous name. She was enshrined in Heolleung tomb along with her husband.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "경종 총서". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  2. ^ 국역 동문선 (in Korean). University of Michigan: National Culture Promotion Association, 민족 문화 추진회. 1997. p. 194. ISBN 9788981331184.
  3. ^ Jong-ki, Park (1999). 5백년고려사 [The 500 Years of Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty] (in Korean). University of Michigan: Pureun History, 푸른역사. pp. 49, 56–57. ISBN 9788987787176.
  4. ^ "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved June 14, 2021.