Deokjong
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Deokjong |
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| Spelling of names | |
| Hangeul | 덕종 |
| Hanja | 德宗 |
| Revised Romanization | Deokjong |
| McCune-Reischauer | Dǒkchong |
| Reign | |
| Reign of | 1031 |
| Reign until | 1034 |
| predecessor | King Hyeonjong |
| successor | King Jeongjong |
| Life dates | |
| Born on the | June 9, 1016 |
| place of birth | Kaesŏng , Goryeo |
| Birth Name | 왕흠 |
| Hanja | 王欽 |
| Revised Romanization | Wang Heum |
| McCune-Reischauer | Wang Hm |
| father | King Hyeonjong ( 현종 ) |
| mother | Queen Wonseong of the Ansan Kim Clan ( 원성 ) |
| Death dates | |
| Died on | October 31, 1034 |
| Place of death | Goryeo |
| Spouses, mistresses, offspring | |
| Woman (s) | Queen Gyeongseong of the Gyeongju Kim Clan ( 경성 ) Queen Hyosa of the Ansan Kim Clan ( 효사 ) and three other ladies of the court |
| Sons | no |
| Daughters | Princess Sanghee ( 상회 ) and another daughter whose name is unknown |
King Deokjong ( Korean 덕종 ) (born June 9, 1016 in Kaesŏng , Kingdom of Goryeo ; † October 31, 1034 in Kaesŏng, Goryeo) was the 9th King of the Goryeo Empire and the Goryeo Dynasty during his reign from 1031 to 1034 ( 고려 왕조 ) (918-1392).
Life
Deokjong was the first son of King Hyeonjong ( 현종 ) and his mother was Queen Wonseong ( 원성 ), who came from the Ansan Kim clan. At his birth Deokjong was given the name Wang Heum ( 왕흠 ).
In 1022, just eight years old, he was made crown prince as the firstborn son and succeeded him to the throne at the age of only 15 after his father's death in 1031. He was married to two women, Queen Gyeongseong of the Gyeongju Kim Clan ( 경성 ) and Queen Hyosa of the Ansan Kim Clan ( 효사 ), but the marriages remained childless. He had two daughters with two ladies of the court.
Like his predecessors, he dealt with the military threat posed by the Khitan of the Liao dynasty in the north-west of the country and finally gave the order in the third year of the reign to build the Cheolli Jangseong ( 천리 장성 ) (translated: "Thousand Li Wall" ), a defensive wall , consisting of a stone wall, starting from the Yalu River in the northwest of the country to the east coast. The wall was completed after Deokjong's death in 1044 under the reign of his brother King Jeongjong ( 정종 ).
From Deokjong's reign it is known, among other things, that from the third year of his reign children and women were forbidden to wear golden hairpins in their hair or embroidered silk clothing and from the Goryeosa ( 고려사 ) (historiography of the Goryeo dynasty) it is known that all Kings who followed King Deokjong in the middle of the 11th century were given five to six times as many Bodhisattva (Belief -Regulating Buddhism) rules as their predecessors.
Deokjong died on October 31, 1034. The circumstances of his death are not known, nor is his grave.
literature
- Han Young Woo : Ancient / Goryeo Era . In: A Review of Korean History . Volume 1 . Kyongsaewon Publishing Company , Pajubookcity, Gyeonggi-do 2010, ISBN 978-89-8341-091-7 (English, translated from Korean by Hahm Chaibong).
Web links
- 덕종 [ 德宗 , 1016 ~ 1034]. In: Doopedia . Doosan Corporation,accessed November 4, 2019(Korean).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Han : Ancient / Goryeo Era . 2010, p. 369 .
- ↑ a b c 덕종 [ 德宗 , 1016 ~ 1034]. In: Doopedia . Doosan Corporation , accessed November 4, 2019 (Korean).
- ^ Traditional Korean Arts . (PDF; 6.2 MB) Korean Spirit & Culture Promotion Project , p. 212 , accessed on November 4, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Nam Dong-shin : Buddhism in Medieval Korea . In: Korea Journal . Vol. 43, No. 4, Winter , 2003, ISBN 978-89-8341-091-7 , pp. 30–58 (English, online [accessed November 4, 2019]).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Deokjong |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wang Heum |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | 9. King of the Goryeo Empire and the Goryeo Dynasty |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1016 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaesŏng , Goryeo |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1034 |
| Place of death | Goryeo |