Duke of Angyeong (August 1223 – October ?), personal name Wang Ch'ang, also known by his

temple name Temple names are posthumous titles accorded to monarchs of the Sinosphere for the purpose of ancestor worship. The practice of honoring monarchs with temple names began during the Shang dynasty in China and had since been adopted by other dynas ...

as Yeongjong, was briefly king of the Korean

Goryeo dynasty Goryeo (; ) was a Korean state founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korea, Korean Peninsula until the establishment of Joseon in 1392. Goryeo achieved what has b ...

in 1269 installed by the

Goryeo military regime The Goryeo military regime () refers to a period in Goryeo history when military generals wielded considerable power, overshadowing royal authority and disrupting Goryeo's system of civilian supremacy and severe discrimination against military ...

. He was the second son of King Gojong and the only full younger brother of King Wonjong. He was known before his reign as the Marquess of Angyeong and Duke of Angyeong. Although he was given the temple name of Yeongjong by the Goryeo court, his reign's legitimacy is not widely recognized by modern-day scholars. In 1253, 1259, 1265 and 1266, he visited the

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...

as an envoy when Goryeo dispatched a negotiating envoy. In 1269, he ascended the throne with the help of the government official

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. Not a year after, he was deposed under Yuan's pressure. King Gongyang tried to made a burial at his grave, but canceled due to the opposition from his ministers.

Family

*Father:

Gojong of Goryeo Gojong (1192–1259), personal name Wang Cheol, was the 23rd king of the Korean Goryeo dynasty, ruling from 1213 to 1259. Gojong's reign was marked by prolonged conflict with the Mongol Empire, which sought to conquer Goryeo, ending only to set ...

**Grandfather:

Myeongjong of Goryeo Myeongjong (8 November 1131 – 3 December 1202), personal name Wang Ho, was the 19th king of Korea's Goryeo dynasty. He was the third son of King Injong. His reign marked the beginning of the century-long military rule of Korea known as the Gor ...

**Grandmother: Queen Uijeong of the Gangneung Kim clan *Mother: Queen Anhye of the Yu clan **Grandfather:

Huijong of Goryeo Huijong (21 June 1181 – 31 August 1237), personal name Wang Yŏng, was the 21st king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. It is said of King Huijong that if he were to have grown old he would have made a great king. When his father ascended to the ...

**Grandmother: Queen Seongpyeong of the Jangheung Im clan *Consorts and their Respective issue(s): **Deposed Queen, of the Andong Kwon clan; daughter of Kwon Tak (). ***Wang Hyeon, Marquess Hanyang () ***Wang Cheong, Prince Ikyang (; March 1248 – March 1344)

References

* 1223 births 13th-century Korean monarchs Anti-kings Korean Buddhist monarchs People from Kaesong House of Wang {{Korea-hist-stub