Princess Hyomyeong (1638 – September 1700), was the only daughter of
King Injo of Joseon with
Royal Consort Gwi-in of the Okcheon Jo clan.
Biography
The princess was born in 1638 during her father’s 24th year of reign.
Prior to her birth, Queen Inryeol had given birth to a princess in 1626 but died prematurely. With the birth of being the only princess within princes, King Injo showered her with affection.
She was formally invested as a princess in her 11th year in 1647 when she was given her title Princess Hyomyeong (), and the selection for her consort was held in the same year.
It was said that King Injo let her have the option of choosing her husband, but Royal Consort Gwi-in Jo had manipulated the outcome with the consent from Kim Ja-jeom. Thus arranged for her daughter to be matched with
Kim Ja-jeom’s grandson, Kim Se-ryung, and eventually they were married.
She continued to live in the palace after the marriage and only left to live outside the palace two years later.
King Injo cherished her deeply, resulting in her self-centered behaviour and bad relationship with her sister-in-law. After
King Injo’s death, Lady
Gwi-in Jo was accused of putting curses on
Queen Jangryeol and
King Hyojong, and Princess Hyomyeong admitted to burying unlucky things in the palace and Grand Prince Inpyeong’s residence with regard to the curse.
Although there were requests to interrogate both Princess Hyomyeong and Kim Se-ryung, only her husband was questioned, and was sentenced to death in 1651, as was his grandfather
Kim Ja-jeom. She was then stripped of her title, only known as Kim Se-ryung’s wife () from then on.
The princess was exiled to
Tongcheon but was soon relocated to
Icheon
Icheon (; ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Together with Yeoju, Icheon is known as a center of South Korean ceramic manufacturing and is a Creative Cities Network, UNESCO City of Crafts and ...
since the weather in
Tongcheon was cold that year. In 1655,
King Hyojong ordered for her place of exile to be moved again in order for her to live together with her siblings, Prince Sungseon and Prince Nakseon.
Three years later, she was released from the sentence and continued to live under close surveillance until her death in September 1700 when she was around 62 to 63 years old during King Sukjong’s 24th year of reign.
Family
*Father -
Injo of Joseon (; 7 December 1595 – 17 June 1649)
**Grandfather -
Wonjong of Joseon
Wonjong of Joseon or Prince Jeongwon (2 August 1580 – 2 February 1619) was a prince during the Joseon Dynasty, Joseon dynasty. He was a son by a concubine to the Joseon Dynasty, Joseon dynasty's 14th monarch, king Seonjo of Joseon, Seonjo, an ...
(; 2 August 1580 – 29 December 1619)
**Grandmother -
Queen Inheon of the Neungseong Gu clan (; 23 May 1578 – 10 February 1626)
*Mother -
Royal Consort Gwi-in of the Okcheon Jo clan (; 1619 – 24 January 1652)
**Grandfather - Jo Gi (; 1574–?)
**Grandmother - Han Ok (), Lady Han of the
Cheongju Han clan (; 1578–?), Jo Gi’s second wife
* Sibling(s)
** Younger brother - Yi Jing, Prince Sungseon (; 1639–1690)
** Younger brother - Yi Suk, Prince Nakseon (; 1641–1695)
*Husband - Kim Se-ryung (), Prince Consort Nakseong (; 1636–1651) — No issue.
In popular culture
*Portrayed by Lee Young-eun and Lee Chae-Mi in the 2013
JTBC
JTBC (shortened from Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company; ; stylized in all lowercase) is a South Korean nationwide pay television network. Its primary shareholder is JoongAng Holdings, with a 25% stake. It was launched on December 1, ...
TV series ''
Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers''.
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Princesses of Joseon
1638 births
1700 deaths