Imperial Consort Gwiin Yang

Imperial Consort Boknyeong Gwi-in of the Cheongju Yang clan (복녕당 귀인 양씨; 27 September 1882 – 30 May 1929), was a consort of Emperor Gojong of Korea. Her personal name was Yang Chun-gi (양춘기; 梁春基).

Yang Gwi-in of the Boknyeong Hall

She entered Deoksugung Palace as a court lady on March 10, 1905. After the birth of the Princess Deokhye on May 25, 1912, she received the title "Boknyeong" (복녕; 福寧).[1] Lady Yang died on May 30, 1929, and is buried at Seosamreung, in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.

Family edit

  • Father
    • Yang Eon-hwan (양언환; 梁彦煥)
  • Husband
  • Daughter
    • Princess Deokhye (덕혜옹주; 25 May 1912 – 21 April 1989). Gojong's 4th daughter.[2]
      • Son-in-law: Count Sō Takeyuki (16 February 1908 – 22 April 1985) (소 다케유키, 宗 武志)[a]
        • Granddaughter: Countess Sō Masae (소 마사에, 宗 正惠), or Sō Jeonghye (소 정혜) (14 August 1932 – 1956)
          • Grandson-in-law: Sō Noboru (소 노보루, 宗 昇) (5 September 1931 – ?)[b]

Notes edit

  1. ^ A Japanese nobleman of Tsushima. After the divorce in 1953, he remarried a Japanese woman, Sō Yoshie (소 요시에, 宗 良江), (née Katsumura; 가쓰무라, 勝村), in 1955 and had 3 children (a son, a daughter, and another son).[citation needed]
  2. ^ He changed his last name, Suzuki (스즈키, 鈴木) to Sō (소, 宗) after marrying[citation needed]

References edit

  1. ^ Korea, National Palace Museum of (January 2016). The King at the Palace: Joseon Royal Court Culture at the National Palace Museum of Korea. Designintro. ISBN 978-89-97748-29-7.
  2. ^ Herbert P. Bix, Hirohito and the making of modern Japan (New York 2016)