Jeongjong (Goryeo 945-949)

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Jeongjong
3rd King of the Goryeo Dynasty

Spelling of names
Hangeul 정종
Hanja 定 宗
Revised Romanization Jeongjong
McCune-Reischauer Chŏngjong
Reign
Reign of 945
Reign until 949
predecessor King Hyejong
successor King Gwangjong
Life dates
Born on the 923
place of birth Songak , Goryeo
Birth Name 왕요
Hanja 王堯
Revised Romanization Wang Yo
McCune-Reischauer Wang Yo
father King Taejo
mother Queen Sinmyeong-Sunseong
Death dates
Died on April 13, 949
Place of death Songak , Goryeo
tomb Songak , Goryeo
Spouses, mistresses, offspring
Woman (s) Queen Mungong ( 문공 )
Queen Munseong ( 문성 )
and another lady of the court
Sons Prince Gyeongchunwon ( 경춘 원 )
Daughters a daughter whose name is not known
Remarks
third son of King Taejo , founder of the Goryeo dynasty

King Jeongjong ( Korean 정종 ) (* 923 in Songak , Kingdom of Goryeo ; † April 13, 949 in Songak, Goryeo) was the 3rd king of the Goryeo Empire and the Goryeo Dynasty ( 고려 왕조 ) during his reign from 945 to 949 (918-1392).

Life

Jeongjong was the third born son of King Taejo ( 태조 ) and his third wife, Queen Sinmyeong-Sunseong ( 신명순 성 ). His birth name was Wang Yo ( 왕요 ).

While his half-brother Hyejong ascended the throne after the death of their father, King Taejo, it was rumored that Jeongjong was trying to challenge him for the throne. But Hyejong then treated Jeongjong with increasing friendliness. When Hyejong died in 945, Jeongjong succeeded him on the throne and put down the rebellion of Wang Gyu ( 왕규 ), a member of the royal family, who had previously tried to have his half-brother killed.

In 946, King Jeongjong tried with 70,000 units of grain that he donated to strengthen and promote Buddhism in the country and to strengthen the fragile power of the royal family, he tried the capital of the kingdom from Songak ( 송악 ) to Pyongyang ( 평양 ) relocate. His consideration was to withdraw from the power center of those who at the time helped to found the empire and who have been strengthened. But he was no longer able to carry out the project because he died in 949 after only four years in office.

literature

  • Ki-baik Lee : A New History of Korea . Harvard University Press , Seoul 1984, ISBN 0-674-61576-X (English, Chinese: 韓國 史 新 論 . 1961. Translated by Edward W. Wagner).
  • Jennifer Crewe : Sources of Korean Tradition . From early times through the sixteenth century . Columbia University Press , New York 1997, ISBN 978-0-231-10567-5 (English).
  • 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Han : Ancient / Goryeo Era . 2010, p.  369 .
  2. ↑ a b 정종 [ 定 宗 , 923 ~ 949]. In: Doopedia . Doosan Corporation . Retrieved April 18, 2019 (Korean).
  3. ^ Crewe : Sources of Korean Tradition . 1997, p.  159 .
  4. ^ A b Lee : A New History of Korea . 1984, p.  104 .
personal data
SURNAME Jeongjong
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wang Yo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 3. King of the Goryeo Empire and the Goryeo Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH 923
PLACE OF BIRTH Songak , Goryeo
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 949
Place of death Songak , Goryeo