Princess Myeongseon (; 28 December 1659 – 12 September 1673) was a Korean princess as the oldest child of

Hyeonjong of Joseon Hyeonjong (; 14 March 1641 – 17 September 1674), personal name Yi Yeon (), was the 18th monarch of the Joseon of Korea. His reign was mostly marked by heavy conflict among the nation's political factions on various issues, particularly on f ...

and

Queen Myeongseong Queen Myeongseong (; 3 June 1642 – 11 January 1684) of the Cheongpung Kim clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and queen consort of Yi Yeon, King Hyeonjong, the 18th Joseon monarch. She was queen consort of Joseon from 1659 until ...

. She was the oldest-surviving sister of

Sukjong of Joseon Sukjong (; 7 October 1661 – 12 July 1720), personal name Yi Sun (), was the 19th monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. A skilled legislator, he caused multiple changes in political power throughout his reign, by switching among the Namin ...

Biography

In 1669, an envoy from

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(

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) returned with silver and silk. When her father King Hyeonjong gave it to her, he was ashamed after

Song Jun-gil Song Chun-gil (; 28 December 1606 – 2 December 1672), also known by his art name Tongch'undang, was a Korean politician and Neo-Confucian scholar, who lived during the Joseon period. Born in Okcheon, North Chungcheong Province, he was the be ...

() told him not to use what he obtained publicly. In 1673, the 14th year of her father's reign, she was arranged to marry Maeng Man-taek (), son of Maeng Ju-seo (), but before the formal marriage ceremony were to happen, the Princess showed symptoms of

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and was moved to Gyeongdeok Palace (). She died on August 2, 1673, when she was 14 years old. Her tomb is located in Taepyeong-dong,

Sujeong District Sujeong District () is a district ( gu) in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. ''Dong'' Stations (excludes Bokjeong station) Seoul Subway Line 8 *821 Sanseong *822 Namhansanseong (before 1998: Dandae) *823 Dandaeogeori *824 Sinheung ...

Seongnam Seongnam (; ) is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. It consists of three administrative districts: Bundang District, J ...

Gyeonggi Province Gyeonggi Province (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a provincial-level ''special city'' since 1946. Incheon, ...

, South Korea.

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