Queen Jeongsun (Wonjong)


Queen Jeongsun also known as Queen Gyeongsun was the wife of king Wonjong of Goryeo. She was the mother of king Chungnyeol of Goryeo. She was from the Gyeongju Kim clan.

Biography

She was born in 1222 in Goryeo and her father was Kim Yak-Seon and her mother was Lady Choi of the Ubong Choi clan, daughter of Choi Wu who was the second dictator of the Ubong Choe Military regime.
In 1235 she married with prince Wang Jeong and she became the Crown Princess of Goryeo. In 1236 she gave birth to a son, the future king Chungnyeol of Goryeo but one year later she died.
When her husband came to the throne, he gave her the posthumous title of Queen Jeongsun and after her son became king he gave her the posthumous title of Queen Mother Sungyeong.

Family