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Queen Munhye

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Queen Munhye
SpouseKing Munwon
IssuePrince Cheonchu
Prince Aji
Queen Heonui
Posthumous name
Munhye (문혜, 文惠; "Civil and Kind")
House
FatherTaejo of Goryeo
MotherQueen Jeongdeok of the Chŏngju Yu clan
ReligionBuddhism
Korean name
Hangul
문혜왕후
Hanja
文惠王后
Revised RomanizationMunhye-wanghu
McCune–ReischauerMunhye-wanghu

Queen Munhye of the Chŏngju Yu clan (Korean문혜왕후 유씨; Hanja文惠王后 柳氏) was a Goryeo princess[1] as the first and oldest daughter of King Taejo and Queen Jeongdeok who became the wife of her half brother, King Munwon.[2][unreliable source?] With this marriage, she then followed her maternal clan, the Chŏngju Yu.[3] Though her younger sister, she would become the maternal aunt of King Seongjong and became the mother-in-law of her half nephew, King Gyeongjong since her only daughter married him as his second wife. Alongside her husband who was posthumously honoured as a king, she was also posthumously honoured as a queen.

References

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  1. ^ 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa (in Chinese). Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  2. ^ 고려01대 태조자식 - 문혜왕후 유씨(文惠王后 柳氏) 문원대왕(文元大王)의 아내. Naver (in Korean). Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Gwang-kui, Lee (1990). 韓國 의 家族 과 宗族 [Korean Clans] (in Korean and Chinese). University of Michigan, United States: Min In-si, 民音社. p. 63. ISBN 9788937430404.