Queen Munhye

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 With this marriage, she then followed her maternal clan, the Chŏngju Yu.[2] 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

  1. ^ 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa (in Chinese). Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  2. ^ 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.