Princess Changrak (; 1130–1216) was a

Goryeo 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 ...

Royal Princess as the third daughter of King Injong and

Queen Gongye Queen Gongye of the Jangheung Im clan (; 2 October 1109 – 2 December 1183) was a Korean queen consort as the 3rd wife of King Injong of Goryeo. As his favourite and beloved wife, she was the mother of his three successors ( Uijong, Myeongjon ...

who would become the mother of King Gangjong's second wife,

Queen Wondeok Queen Wondeok of the Yu clan (; 1161–1239) 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 She then changed ...

. The princess was born in 1130 during her father’s 8th year of reign. In 1151, alongside her younger sister, Princess Yeonghwa, they formally became a princess (). Then, she married her

paternal aunt An aunt is a woman who is a sibling of a parent or married to a sibling of a parent. Aunts who are related by birth are second-degree relatives. Alternate terms include auntie or aunty. Aunt, auntie, and aunty also may be titles bestowed by ...

's son, Wang Seong the Marquess Sinan (; 1146–1178). Because they were descended from the same

ancestor An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder, or a forebear, is a parent or ( recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth). ''Ancestor'' is "any person from ...

, the princess was also Wang Seong's paternal fourth cousin. They later had a daughter, the future

(원덕태후 류씨; 1161–1239), who married King Gangjong, and had two sons: Wang Won the Marquess Gyeseong (; 1163–1240) and Wang Jin the Marquess Yeongin (; 1165–?), who would become the father of King Huijong's second wife. To honor his deceased maternal grandmother, King Gojong reduced the number of palace's side dishes and ordered his officials to wore mourning clothes for a day. Meanwhile, Wang Seong died in 1178 (8th years reign of King Myeongjong) and suspended the inquiry for three days.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Changrak, Princess Goryeo princesses 1216 deaths Year of birth unknown 12th-century Korean women 12th-century Korean people 13th-century Korean women 13th-century Korean people