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: |
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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.
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.