Queen Jeonghwa of the Sincheon Gang clan (, personal name Gang Jin-ui, was the second daughter of Gang Bo-yuk who would become the great-grandmother of

Wang Geon Taejo of Goryeo (31 January 877 – 4 July 943), also known as Taejo Wang Geon (; ), was the founder of the Goryeo dynasty, which ruled Korea from the 10th to the 14th century. Taejo ruled from 918 to 943, achieving unification of the Later Three ...

, founder of the

Goryeo dynasty Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificat ...

. As a figure from the

Later Silla Unified Silla, or Late Silla (, ), is the name often applied to the Korean kingdom of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, after 668 CE. In the 7th century, a Silla–Tang alliance conquered Baekje and the southern part of Goguryeo in ...

period, she is the first one from among the ancestors of King Taejo to be accurately reported by the left records.

Biography

Gang Chung Gang Chung () was 6th generation earlier ancestor of Taejo, who was the founder of Goryeo. Biography When Gang Ho-gyeong, the oldest ancestor of Taejo went to hunting in Mount Pyeon Na (Hangul:편나), he met a goddess of the mountain. She of ...

was a son of

Gang Ho-gyeong Kang Ho-gyeong () was the first and oldest ancestor of Taejo who established Goryeo dynasty. His name can be found in Korean historical literature such as ''Goryeosa'' and '' Pyeonnyeon-Tong-Rok'' ( :ko:편년통록). He is the founder of the Sin ...

who was the 67th descendant of

Gang Hou A gang is a group or society of associates, friends or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collective ...

. Gang Hou was the second child of

Gang Shu A gang is a group or society of associates, friends or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collective ...

who was from Zingzhao country, Shangxi province in China. He had three children named as I-Jegeon, Bo-Seung and

Gang Bo Yuk Gang Bo-yuk () was the maternal grandfather of the first King of Goryeo, Taejo of Goryeo. Family *Grandfather: Gang Ho-gyeong (강호경) *Father: Gang Chung Gang Chung () was 6th generation earlier ancestor of Taejo, who was the founder of ...

. Gang Bo Yuk married with his niece Gang Deju and their daughter Kang Jin-ui (강진의, 康辰義) was born. Kang Jin-ui married a Chinese man and birthed the future King

Uijo of Goryeo Jak Je-geon () was a low-ranking nobleman in the Kingdom of Unified Silla who would become the grandfather of Wang Geon, founder of Goryeo dynasty. After Goryeo's establishment, he was given a Posthumous name of King Gyeonggang the Great along w ...

. The father of King Uijo was from a

royal family A royal family is the immediate family of kings/queens, emirs/emiras, sultans/ sultanas, or raja/ rani and sometimes their extended family. The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term p ...

of the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdo ...

, China. According to '' Pyeonnyeon-Tong-Long'' ( :ko:편년통록) and '' Goryeosa jeolyo'' ( :ko:고려사절요), he was

Emperor Suzong of Tang Emperor Suzong of Tang (''yihai'' day, 711 – 16 May 762; r. 756 – 762), personal name Li Heng, né Li Sisheng (), known as Li Jun () from 725 to 736, known as Li Yu () from 736 to 738, known briefly as Li Shao () in 738, was an emperor of t ...

. In ''Pyeonnyeongangmog'' (), it stated that Emperor Xuānzong of Tang was the father of King Uijo. When his father visited

Silla Silla or Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE) ( , Old Korean: Syera, Old Japanese: Siraki2) was a Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms of ...

, King Uijo of Goryeo was born between his Chinese father and Kang Jin-ui who was a daughter of Gang Bo-yuk. On the way of finding his father to China, King Uijo met

Queen Wonchang Queen Wonchang () or Queen Gyeongheon (), was the grandmother of Wang Geon, founder of the Goryeo dynasty which she later Posthumously honoured as a queen alongside her husband in 919.''History of Goryeo'', volume 1. Family *Father: Tou En Dian J ...

and married her. According to ''Record of Seongwon'' (), Queen Wonchang was a daughter of Tou En Dian Jiao Gan from Ping state ( :zh:平州刺史部), China. Queen Wonchang gave birth to 4 boys; one of them whose name was Wang Ryung. His son eventually became the founder of Goryeo,

Taejo of Goryeo Taejo of Goryeo (31 January 877 – 4 July 943), also known as Taejo Wang Geon (; ), was the founder of the Goryeo dynasty, which ruled Korea from the 10th to the 14th century. Taejo ruled from 918 to 943, achieving unification of the Later Thre ...

. According to ''

Goryeosa The ''Goryeosa'' (), or ''History of Goryeo'', is the main surviving historical record of Korea's Goryeo dynasty. It was composed nearly a century after the fall of Goryeo, during the reign of King Sejong, undergoing repeated revisions betwee ...

'', her elder sister climbed the top of Mount Ogwan () in the dream. In the dream, she urinated as the world overflows and she talked about this dream to Jin-ui. Jin-ui thought this dream implied good luck and she bought her sister's dream with her silk woven

Chima jeogori Chima jeogori is a Korean term for a women's outfit consisting of a '' chima'' skirt and '' jeogori'' top. Men wear baji jeogori: '' baji'' (baggy pants) and ''jeogori''. It is not a national costume per se, but a form of '' hanbok'', the traditi ...

. After that she met the royal family from Tang dynasty in Silla and gave birth to King Uijo of Goryeo.

Family

*Father: Gang Bo-yuk (강보육, 康寶育) **Grandfather:

(강충, 康忠); son of

(강호경, 康虎景), founder of the Sincheon Gang clan. **Grandmother: Lady Gu of the Buja Gu clan (부자 구씨) ***Uncle: Yi Je-geon (이제건, 伊帝建) ***Uncle: Gang Bo-jeon (강보전, 康寶甸) *Mother: Lady Gang Deok-ju (강덕주, 康德州); niece of her husband. **Grandfather: Yi Je-geon (이제건, 伊帝建) ***Older sister: Lady Gang (강씨, 康氏) *Husband: Gukjo, King Wondeok the Great (국조 원덕대왕) **Son: Jak Jae-geon, King Uijo of Goryeo (고려 의조) ***Daughter-in-law: Yong-nyeo (용녀, 龍女) / Jeo Min-ui (저민의, 渚旻義/焉旻義),

(원창왕후)

References

Sources

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