Queen Wongyeong


Queen Wongyeong also known as Queen Dowager Hudeok was born as the second daughter of Min Je from the Yeoheung Min clan and married Yi Seong-gye’s fifth son, Yi Bang-won in 1382.
She was Queen Consort of King Taejong of Joseon, the third king of Joseon and the mother of King Sejong the Great.
Queen Wongyeong is described as smart and ambitious and with an astute political ambition, who frequently intervened in state affairs. She assisted her spouse in his way to the throne and convinced him to appoint their son Yangnyeong as crown prince. When he replaced their son as crown prince with the son of a concubine, Queen Wongyeong was enraged and her interference finally resulted in King Taejong executing her younger brothers in order to keep her and her family's ambition in check.

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