Queen Wonchang (Korean원창왕후; Hanja元昌王后) or Queen Gyeongheon (Korean경헌왕후; Hanja景獻王后), was the grandmother of Wang Geon, founder of the Goryeo dynasty which she later Posthumously honoured as a queen alongside her husband in 919.[1]

Queen Wonchang
Queen consort of Goryeo
(posthumously)
Coronation919
PredecessorQueen Jeonghwa
SuccessorQueen Wisuk
BornYong-nyeo (용녀, 龍女) / Jeo Min-ui (저민의, 渚(焉)旻義)
SpouseUijo of Goryeo
IssueWang Ryung
Wang Pyeong-dal
2 unnamed sons
Posthumous name
Wonchang (원창, 元昌; "Primary and Prosperous")
Gyeongheon (경헌, 景獻; "Admirable and Worthy")
HouseGaeseong Wang (by marriage)
FatherTou En Dian Jiao Gan
Korean name
Hangul
원창왕후 or 경헌왕후
Hanja
元昌王后 or 景獻王后
Revised RomanizationWonchang Wanghu or Gyeongheon Wanghu
McCune–ReischauerWon'chang Wanghu or Ky'ŏng'hŏn Wanghu

Family edit

  • Father: Du Eun-jeom (두은점; 頭恩坫)
  • Husband: Uijo of Goryeo
    • Son: Wang Ryung (왕륭); married Lady Han, Queen Wisuk (위숙왕후)
    • Son: Wang Pyeong-dal (왕평달)
    • Unnamed son
    • Unnamed son

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ History of Goryeo, volume 1.