Princess Heungbang

Princess Heungbang was a Goryeo Royal Princess as the youngest daughter[3] of King Taejo and Queen Sinmyeong, also the younger sister-in-law of King Gyeongsun of Silla who later married her half brother, Prince Wonjang[3] and had a son and a daughter[4] who would become King Gyeongjong's 5th wife. From her title, Heungbang became the first Korean Princess who held title Gung-ju (궁주, 宮主) which later commonly used during the Goryeo periods.[5]

Princess Heungbang
Princess of Goryeo
PredecessorPrincess Nakrang[1]
SuccessorQueen Daemok[2]
MonarchWang Geon, King Taejo
SpousePrince Wonjang
IssuePrince Heungbang
Lady Daemyeong
HouseHouse of Wang (by birth and marriage)
FatherTaejo of Goryeo
MotherQueen Sinmyeong of the Chungju Yu clan
ReligionBuddhism
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHeungbang Gungju
McCune–ReischauerHŭngpang Kungch'u

References

  1. Full older sister.
  2. Half younger sister.
  3. "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  4. 韓國人物大辭典 [The Dictionary of Korean] (in Korean). University of Michigan, Midwestern United States: Korea National University of Culture Heritage, South Korea. 1999. p. 594. ISBN 9788983752222.
  5. "궁주(宮主)". Encykorea (in Korean). Retrieved June 3, 2021.
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