Queen Jeongdeok

Queen Jeongdeok
정덕왕후
Born?
Chŏngju [1]
SpouseTaejo of Goryeo
IssuePrince Wangwi
Prince Inae
Prince Wonjang
Prince Joyi
Queen Munhye[2]
Queen Seonui[3]
A daughter
HouseChŏngju Yu clan
FatherYu Deok-yeong (유덕영)[1]

Queen Jeongdeok of the Chŏngju Yu clan[4] (Korean: 정덕왕후 유씨; Hanja: 貞德王后 柳氏) was the sixth wife of Taejo of Goryeo[5] who came from the same clan as his first wife and bore him seven children.[6] Through her two elder daughters' marriages, she established ties with the powerful Chungju Yu and Hwangju Hwangbo clan, becoming the maternal grandmother of Queen Heonui, King Seongjong, Queen Heonae, and Queen Heonjeong.

  1. ^ a b Young-kyoo, Park (2000). 한권으로읽는고려왕조실록 [Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty in one volume] (in Korean). University of Michigan: Deullyeok. pp. 99, 156. ISBN 9788975271540. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  2. ^ 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa (in Chinese). Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  3. ^ 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa (in Chinese). Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  4. ^ 성씨정보 고려 왕후록(王后錄) - 고려의 왕비 :+. Surname Info (in Korean). Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  5. ^ 史學硏究 [The History's Research issue 89] (in Korean). Korean History Society. 2008. p. 55. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  6. ^ 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa (in Chinese). Retrieved June 23, 2021.