Queen Seonjeong (Sinjong)

Queen Seonjeong
선정왕후
Queen consort of Goryeo
Tenure1197–1204
Coronation1197
PredecessorQueen Jangseon
SuccessorQueen Seongpyeong
Queen dowager of Goryeo
Tenure1204–1222
Coronation1204
PredecessorQueen Dowager Gongye
SuccessorQueen Dowager Wondeok
MonarchKing Huijong (son; 1204–1211)
Died17 August 1222
Goryeo
Burial
Jilleung tomb
Spouse
(before 1181)
IssueHuijong of Goryeo
Duke Yangyang
Princess Hyohoe[1]
Princess Gyeongnyeong
Regnal name
  • Duchess Consort Pyeongnyang (평량공비주, 平凉公妃主; when her husband was still "Duke Pyeongnyang")
  • The Primary Princess Consort (궁주 원비, 宮主 元妃; when her husband was appointed as "Royal Brother/Hwangtaeje")
  • The Supreme Imperial Mother (태상황모, 太上皇母; given by King Gojong)
  • Queen Mother Seonjeong (선정태후, 宣靖太后)
  • Grand Queen Mother Jeongseon (정선왕태후, 靖宣王太后)
Posthumous name
  • Queen Sinheon Seonjeong
    (신헌선정왕후, 信獻宣靖王后)
  • Queen Mother Sinheon Seonjeong
    (신헌선정태후, 信獻宣靖太后)
HouseKim clan (official)
House of Wang (agnatic and by marriage)
FatherWang On, Duke Gangneung
MotherLady Kim

Queen Seonjeong of the Kim clan (Korean선정왕후 김씨; Hanja宣靖王后 金氏; d. 17 August 1222), also known as Queen Mother Seonjeong (선정태후; 宣靖太后) or Queen Mother Jeongseon (정선태후; 靖宣太后) was a member of the Goryeo royal family. Born as the youngest daughter of Duke Gangneung, a grandson of King Munjong, she became a queen consort through her marriage with her second half cousin once removed, King Sinjong. Her son, King Huijong became king after her husband's abdication.[2] She was one of several Goryeo queens to take their mother's clan name over their father's[3] and eventually became an ancestor of Gongyang. She was the youngest among Queen Janggyeong, Marchioness Daeryeong and Queen Uijeong.

  1. ^ "孝懷公主" [Princess Hyohoe]. Goryeosa (in Korean). 1451.
  2. ^ "한국역대인물 종합정보 시스템 - 한국학중앙연구원" (in Korean). April 14, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-14.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference kim was invoked but never defined (see the help page).