Queen Insu

Queen Sohye
소혜왕후
昭惠王后
Naehun (Instructions for women)
Naehun (Instructions for women)
Grand queen dowager of Joseon
인수 대왕대비
Tenure29 January 1495 – 21 May 1504
Predecessor
SuccessorGrand Queen Dowager Seongryeol
Queen dowager of Joseon
인수 대비
Tenure1475 – 29 January 1495
Predecessor
SuccessorQueen Dowager Jasun
Queen with unspecified status
인수 왕비
Tenure1470–1475
Crown Princess consort of Joseon
Tenure1455 – 29 September 1457
PredecessorCrown Princess Hyeondeok
SuccessorCrown Princess Jangsun
Born16 October 1437
Hanseong, Joseon
Died21 May 1504 (1504-05-22) (aged 66)
Gyeongchun Hall, Changgyeong Palace, Hanseong, Joseon
Burial
Gyeongneung
Spouse
(m. 1450⁠–⁠1457)
IssueYi Jeong, Grand Prince Wolsan
Yi Gyeong-geun, Princess Myeongsuk
Yi Hyeol, King Seongjong
Posthumous name
인수자숙휘숙명의소혜왕후
仁粹慈淑徽肅明懿昭惠王后
ClanCheongju Han clan (by birth)
Jeonju Yi clan (by marriage)
DynastyHouse of Yi
FatherHan Hwak
MotherLady Hong of the Namyang Hong clan

Queen Sohye (16 October 1437 – 21 May 1504), of the Cheongju Han clan, was the only wife of Crown Prince Uigyeong. She never was the consort of a reigning king. Nevertheless, she was honored as Queen Insu (인수왕후) and later as Queen Dowager Insu (인수왕대비) during the reign of her son Yi Hyeol, King Seongjong. Moreover, she was later honored as Grand Queen Dowager Insu (인수대왕대비) during the reign of her grandson Yi Yung, Prince Yeonsan. After her death, she was posthumously honored with the title Queen Sohye (소혜왕후).

She is mostly known for her proficiency in Chinese Classics, Confucianism and Buddhism as well, and for her involvement in the political affairs of her time,[1] from the accession of Grand Prince Suyang to the throne to the reign of Yeonsangun. She authored the Naehun in 1475.

  1. ^ Duncan 2015, p. 35.