Seondeok (?–785), personal name Kim Yang-sang, was the
37th ruler of Silla and the
8th ruler of
Unified Silla
Unified Silla, or Late Silla, is the name often applied to the historical period of the Korean kingdom of Silla after its conquest of Goguryeo in 668 AD, which marked the end of the Three Kingdoms period. In the 7th century, a Silla–Tang alli ...
. Prior to that, he served as a
Sangdaedeung to
King Hyegong of Silla.
Family
*Grandfather
: Seongdeok Daewang (reigned 702–737)
*Grandmother: Queen Seongjeong (), of the
Kim clan, the daughter of Kim Wŏn-t'ae ()
*Father: Kim Hyo-bang ()
*Mother: Queen Saso (), daughter of
Seongdeok of Silla
*Wife:
**Queen Gujok, of the Kim clan ()
Biography
His birth name was Kim Yang-sang. He was an eleventh-generation descendant of
King Naemul, and the Daughter of ''
haechan''
Kim Hyo-bang by
King Seongdeok's daughter Lady Saso. He married Lady Gujok, the daughter of ''
gakgan''
Kim Yang-pum.
Seondeok served under
King Hyegong in the position of ''
sangdaedeung''.
In 780, ''
ichan'' Kim ji-Jeong, led a rebellion against
King Hyegong. The King ordered the then
Sangdaedeung Kim Yang-Sang(later, King Seondeok) to fight off the rebels. However, the rebel forces succeeded in storming the palace and killed King Hyegong and his Queen. Kim Yang-san was then proclaimed as Silla's new ruler. Some historians believed that King Seondeok may have killed King Hyegong himself, since he was the one who benefited the most from his death.
After his death in 785, Seondeok was cremated and his ashes scattered on the
Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it ...
(East Sea). Seondeok's successor was
King Wonseong.
See also
*
Unified Silla
Unified Silla, or Late Silla, is the name often applied to the historical period of the Korean kingdom of Silla after its conquest of Goguryeo in 668 AD, which marked the end of the Three Kingdoms period. In the 7th century, a Silla–Tang alli ...
*
List of Korean monarchs
This is a list of monarchs of Korea, arranged by dynasty. Names are romanized according to the South Korean Revised Romanization of Korean. McCune–Reischauer romanizations may be found at the articles about the individual monarchs.
Gojoseon
G ...
*
List of Silla people {{Short description, none
This is a partial list of people who lived in Silla, 57 BCE (traditional date) - 935 CE.
A
* Adalla, eighth ruler of Silla (r. 154-184).
* Ajagae, 9th-century rebel leader.
B
* Bak Hyeokgeose, legendary founder of the S ...
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Queen Seondeok of Silla
Queen Seondeok ( ; ? – ; day of the lunar month of the year of Inpyeong []) reigned as Queen Regnant of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, from 632 to 647. She was Silla's List of monarchs of Korea, twenty-seventh ruler, and its ...
References
Silla monarchs
785 deaths
Year of birth unknown
8th-century Korean monarchs
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