Queen Sunwon

Queen Sunwon
순원왕후
Grand queen dowager of Joseon
Tenure18 December 1834 – 21 September 1857
PredecessorGrand Queen Dowager Yesun
SuccessorGrand Queen Dowager Hyoyu
Queen regent of Joseon
Regency18 December 1834 – January 1841
25 July 1849 – January 1852
PredecessorQueen Jeongsun
SuccessorQueen Sinjeong
MonarchsKing Heonjong of Joseon
King Cheoljong of Joseon
Queen dowager of Joseon
Tenure14 December 1834 – 18 December 1834
PredecessorQueen Dowager Kim
SuccessorQueen Dowager Hyoyu
Queen consort of Joseon
Tenure1802 – 14 December 1834
PredecessorQueen Hyoui
SuccessorQueen Hyohyeon
Born8 June 1789
Joseon
Died21 September 1857 (1857-09-22) (aged 68)
Yangsimhab, Changdeokgung, Joseon
Burial
Inreung
SpouseKing Sunjo of Joseon (m. 1802–1834)
Issue
  1. Crown Prince Hyomyeong
  2. Princess Myeongon
  3. Princess Bokon
  4. An unnamed prince
  5. Princess Deokon
  6. Cheoljong of Joseon (adopted)
Posthumous name
명경문인광성융희정렬선휘영덕자헌현륜홍화신운수목예성홍정순원왕후
HouseAndong Kim
FatherKim Jo-sun
MotherInternal Princess Consort Cheongyang of the Cheongsong Sim clan

Queen Sunwon (Korean순원왕후; 8 June 1789 – 21 September 1857), of the Andong Kim clan was the queen consort and wife of Sunjo of Joseon. She was known as Queen Dowager Myeonggyeong (명경왕대비) after her husband's death in 1834. She served as regent between 1834 and 1841 during her grandson, Heonjong of Joseon's reign, and in 1849–1852 during her adoptive son, Cheoljong of Joseon's reign. She was posthumously called as Sunwon, the Respectful Empress (순원숙황후; 純元肅皇后).