Queen Munhwa Explained

Queen Munhwa
문화왕후
Succession:Grand consort of Goryeo
Reign:1029–?
Reign-Type:Tenure
Coronation:1029
Predecessor:Position established
Successor:Grand Consort Hong
Regent:Wang Sun, King Hyeonjong
Reg-Type:Monarch
Father:Kim Won-sung
Mother:Grand Lady Wang of Hwaui County
Spouse:Seongjong of Goryeo (m. 994)
Issue:Queen Wonjeong
Birth Date:960
Death Date:1029
Death Place:Goryeo
Regnal Name:
  • Princess Yeonheung
  • Princess Hyeondeok
  • Grand Consort Kim (Dae-bi; 대비 김씨, 大妃 金氏)
Posthumous Name:Munhwa (문화, 文和; "Civil and Harmonious")
Religion:Buddhism

Queen Munhwa of the Seonsan Kim clan (; 960–?) was the second wife of Seongjong of Goryeo and the mother of Queen Wonjeong.[1] She was Goryeo's first Grand Consort even though King Taejo's daughter, Queen Dowager Sunan, was already Queen Dowager.

Biography

She was born in 960 in Seonju (now Seonsan-eup, Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province) as the daughter of Kim Won-sung and Lady Wang.[2]

After her marriage with King Seongjong, she was formally called as Princess Yeonheung while living in "Yeonheung Palace" and Princess Hyeondeok since she lived in "Hyeondeok Palace" .[3]

She was said to have raised and taken care of her husband's two nephews (Wang Song and Wang Sun) as their parents died young.

During King Hyeonjong's reign, she was denied the title of queen dowager and instead became Grand Consort in 1029 with the equivalent authority of a queen dowager. Various government positions, lands and honours were granted to her relatives.

As her death date was unknown and became grand consort in 1029, it was presumed that she might have died after that. Her funeral procedure became a predicament for Queen Wonmok and Consort Wonsun since King Munjong discussed what to do with Wonmok's rite as he prepared a plan based on the example of the Seonsan Kim clan.

Her official residence, Hyeondeok Palace was then inherited by her only daughter with Seongjong, Queen Wonjeong, and was used as one of the Goryeo royal palaces by King Chungsuk later when he reigned.

Family

In popular culture

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://db.history.go.kr/KOREA/search/searchResult.do?sort=levelId&dir=ASC&limit=20&page=1&pre_page=1&codeIds=PERIOD-0-3&searchTermImages=%EB%AC%B8%ED%99%94%EC%99%95%ED%9B%84&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EB%AC%B8%ED%99%94%EC%99%95%ED%9B%84&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_091r_0020_0050_0020/4/3/4/r. ko:고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa. July 25, 2021. ko.
  2. Web site: http://gumi.grandculture.net/gumi/toc/GC01201111. ko:문화왕후. Gumi Grandculture. October 20, 2021. ko.
  3. Web site: http://db.history.go.kr/KOREA/search/searchResult.do?sort=levelId&dir=ASC&limit=20&page=1&pre_page=1&codeIds=PERIOD-0-3&searchTermImages=%EB%AC%B8%ED%99%94%EC%99%95%ED%9B%84&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EB%AC%B8%ED%99%94%EC%99%95%ED%9B%84&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_088r_0010_0460/4/1/4/r. ko:고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa. July 25, 2021. ko.
  4. Web site: https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/04/28/2009042800885.html. ko:'문화왕후' 문정희, 왕후의 춤사위란 이런것!. The Chosun Ilbo. July 25, 2021. ko.