Queen Inye

Queen Inye
인예왕후
Queen consort of Goryeo
Tenure1052–1083
Coronation1052
PredecessorQueen Inpyeong
SuccessorRoyal Consort Jeongsin
Queen dowager of Goryeo
Tenure1083–1092
Coronation1083
PredecessorQueen Dowager Heonae
SuccessorQueen Dowager Sasuk
MonarchKing Seonjong (son)
Born1026
Goryeo
Died5 October 1092 (aged 66)
Seogyeong, Goryeo
Burial
Daereung tomb
Spouse
(before 1047)
Issue
Regnal name
  • Princess Yeondeok (연덕궁주, 延德宮主)
  • Consort Yeondeok (연덕궁비, 延德宮妃)
  • Queen Mother Inyesundeok (인예순덕태후, 仁睿順德太后)
  • Grand Queen Mother Inye (인예왕태후, 仁睿王太后)
Posthumous name
Queen Mother Seongseon Hyomok Inye Sundeok
성선효목인예순덕태후
(聖善孝穆仁睿順德太后)
HouseGyeongwon Yi clan
FatherYi Ja-yeon
MotherLady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan
ReligionBuddhism

Queen Inye of the Gyeongwon Yi clan (Korean인예왕후 이씨; Hanja仁睿王后 李氏; 1026 – 5 October 1092[2]) or Queen Mother Inyesundeok (Korean인예순덕태후; Hanja仁睿順德太后) was a Korean queen consort as the 2nd wife of Munjong of Goryeo and the first Goryeo queen who came from the powerful Gyeongwon Yi clan. Among her ten sons, three of the eldest became the reign kings (Sunjong, Seonjong, Sukjong) and three others became a Buddhist monk.[3] She was the grandmother of Heonjong and Yejong, also ancestors of all goryeo kings after her husband.

  1. ^ "문종 소생 공주". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  2. ^ In the Korean calendar (lunar), she died on 2nd day 9th month 1092.
  3. ^ "고려사 > 권90 > 열전 권제3 > 종실(宗室) > 문종 소생 왕자". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved March 30, 2022.