Queen Wondeok

Queen Wondeok
원덕왕후
Crown Princess of Goryeo
Tenure1175–1197
Coronation1175
PredecessorDeposed Crown Princess Yi
SuccessorDeposed Crown Princess Wang
Queen consort of Goryeo
Tenure1212–1213
Coronation1212
PredecessorQueen Seongpyeong
SuccessorQueen Anhye
Queen dowager of Goryeo
Tenure1213–1239
Coronation1213
PredecessorQueen Dowager Jeongseon
SuccessorQueen Dowager Myeongdeok
MonarchKing Gojong (son)
Bornc.1167
Goryeo
Died1239 (aged about 72/3)
Goryeo
Burial
Golleung tomb[1]
San 75, Giljeong-ri, Yangdo-myeon, Ganghwa County, Incheon[2]
Spouse
(m. 1175; died 1213)
IssueGojong of Goryeo
Regnal name
  • Princess Yeondeok (연덕궁주; 延德宮主; given in 1212)
  • Queen Mother Wondeok (원덕태후; 元德太后)
  • Grand Queen Mother Wondeok (원덕왕태후; 元德王太后)
Posthumous name
Queen Mother Jeonggang Wondeok[3]
정강원덕태후
(貞康元德太后)
House
FatherWang Sŏng, Marquess Sinan
MotherPrincess Changrak[4]

Queen Wondeok of the Yu clan (Korean원덕왕후 유씨; Hanja元德王后 柳氏; d. 1239) was a Goryeo royal family member as the descendant of King Munjong. She became queen consort through her marriage to her cousin once removed, King Gangjong, becoming his second wife[5] She then changed her initial clan and became the mother of his only successor, King Gojong. Gangjong was her close relative in the maternal line, but very distant in the paternal line.

At one time, she was the second-in-command in the inner list of the main palace, but was dethroned and came back as a queen consort and queen dowager (first-in-command). Due to the war, her husband was exiled and they hid in Ganghwa Island. She is recognised for her dynamic life.

  1. ^ 문화부, 경기도 강화군 '비능'등 4건 문화재 사적 지정. The Korea Economic Daily Ilbo (in Korean). 10 March 1992. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Document". National Museum of Korea (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  3. ^ 韓國女性關係資料集: 中世篇(中) [Collection of Korean Women's Relations: Middle Ages (Part 2)] (in Korean). Ewha Womans University Women's Research Center: Ewha Womans University Press. 1985. p. 41. ISBN 9788973000432.
  4. ^ 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  5. ^ 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved October 5, 2021.