Crown Princess Gonghoe

Crown Princess Gonghoe of the Musong Yun clan (Hangul: 공회빈 윤씨, Hanja: 恭懷嬪 尹氏; 11 July 1553 - 14 April 1592[3]) or sometimes called as Yun Gonghoe-bin[4] was a Joseon Crown Princess Consort as the wife of Crown Prince Sunhoe, the only son of Myeongjong of Joseon and Queen Insun.[5]

Crown Princess Gonghoe
공회빈
Crown Princess consort of Joseon
Tenure21 October 1561 - 6 October 1563
PredecessorCrown Princess Park
(Crown Princess Hwang as the designated crown princess consort of joseon)
SuccessorCrown Princess Yu
Born11 July 1553
Kingdom of Joseon
DiedApril 14, 1592(1592-04-14) (aged 39)
Tongmyeong Hall, Changgyeong Palace, Hanseong, Kingdom of Joseon
Burial
Sunchangwon in Seooreung 334-32, Seooreung-ro, Deokyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea[1][2]
Spouse
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(m. 1561⁠–⁠1563)​
HouseMusong Yun (by birth)
House of Yi (by marriage)
FatherYun Ok
MotherLady Yun of the Papyeong Yun clan
Crown Princess Gonghoe
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGonghoe-bin Yunssi
McCune–ReischauerKong h'oe-pin Yunssh'i

Biography

Early life and relatives

The future Crown Princess Gonghoe was born in 1553, she was from the Musong Yun clan (무송 윤씨) as the daughter of Yun Ok and Lady Yun of the Papyeong Yun clan. Lady Yun was the third child of five children.

She later chosen as the consort of Myeongjong of Joseon and Queen Insun's only son, Yi Bu, Crown Prince Sunhoe.[6] He actually already had a wife, Crown Princess Hwang, but after it was discovered that she had colic disease, Hwang was demoted to a concubine. Thus having Yun change her position and become the new crown princess consort.[7]

As Crown Princess and later life

In 1563, 18th year of King Myeongjong's reign, the Crown Prince died young, she became widowed at 10 years old and was named Crown Princess Consort Deok or Consort Deok (덕빈, 德嬪).[8]

She still stayed and lived in the palace even after her husband's death under her mother-in-law, Queen Insun's order. Yun often offered Buddhist rituals to pray for the spirits of her husband. Later, she died in Tongmyeong Hall, Changgyeong Palace on 3 March 1592.

Aftermath

After she died, the crown princess was given the posthumous name of Gonghoe (공회, 恭懷)[9] and her burial palace is located in Sunchangwon (順昌園), Seooreung.[10] Sunchangwon's original name was Sunhoemyo (順懷墓), but was renamed Sunchangwon during the Korean Empire.

However prior to that, when Seonjo of Joseon returned to Hanyang in 1593 and tried to recover her body, he couldn't find it.[11] At the time, it was rumored that Yi Chung (이충, 李忠) buried her body in Hamchunwon (함춘원, 含春苑), but because Yi had already died, King Seonjo asked Yun’s younger brother, Yun Baek-sang, to find her body. He did not have luck finding it.

In 1594, King Seonjo sent officials and soldiers to prepare the ancestral rites of the Crown Prince and Princess.

Family
  • Father - Yun Ok (윤옥, 尹玉) (1511 - 1584)
    • Grandfather - Yun Sa-ik (윤사익, 尹思翼) (1478 - 1563)
    • Grandmother - Lady Jeong of the Dongrae Jeong clan (동래 정씨, 東來 鄭氏) (? - 1545); daughter of Jeong Se-geol (정세걸, 鄭世傑)
  • Mother - Lady Yun of the Paepyeong Yun clan (파평 윤씨, 坡平 尹氏) (? - 1572)
    • Grandfather - Yun Bong-jong (윤봉종, 尹奉宗)
    • Grandmother - Lady Kim of the Andong Kim clan (안동 김씨, 安東 金氏); daughter of Kim Gye-ham (김계함, 金季諴)
  • Sibling(s)
    • Older sister - Lady Yun of the Musong Yun clan (무송 윤씨) (1539 - ?)
      • Brother-in-law - Gu Sa-yeol (구사열)
    • Older brother - Yun Baek-sun (윤백순, 尹百順) (1552 - ?)
    • Younger sister - Lady Yun of the Musong Yun clan (무송 윤씨) (1555 - 1637)
      • Brother-in-law - Yi Ahn-seong (이안성) of the Deoksu Yi clan
        • Nephew - Yi Sik (이식, 李植) (1584 - 1647)
          • Niece-in-law - Lady Sim of the Cheongsong Sim clan (청송 심씨, 靑松 沈氏) (1585 - 1658)[12]
    • Younger half-brother - Yun Baek-sang (윤백상) (? - 1621)
  • Husband - Yi Bu, Crown Prince Sunhoe (순회세자 이부) (1 July 1551 - 6 October 1563) — No issue.

References
  1. "2015년 1월 15일 순회세자와 세자빈 공회빈 윤씨의 순창원". m.blog.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  2. "[경기도의 성곽과 능원] 4. 순창원·수경원·대빈묘". www.kyeonggi.com (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  3. In Lunar Calendar, the crown princess was born on 1 June 1553 and died on 3 March 1592
  4. Ham Kyoo-jin (2006). 왕이 못된 세자들 [The Crown Princes who didn't become the King] (in Korean). Gimyeongsa. ISBN 9788934953487.
  5. "조선왕조실록". sillok.history.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  6. Park Young-kyoo (2019). 조선왕 시크릿 파일: 우리가 몰랐던 조선 왕들의 인성과 사생활 이야기 [The Secret File of the Joseon King: The Personality and Private Life of the Kings of Joseon That We Didn't Know] (in Korean). Okdang Books. ISBN 9791196412890.
  7. "마녀보감 :: 순회세자, 공회빈 윤씨를 아시나요?". m.blog.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  8. "조선왕조실록". sillok.history.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  9. Ilsŏngnok: Chŏngjo vol. 75 (in Korean). University of California: Minjok Munhwa Chʻujinhoe. 1998. p. 294. ISBN 9788979771459.
  10. "Royal Tombs". english.cha.go.kr. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  11. "조선왕조실록". sillok.history.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  12. The granddaughter of Sim Ui-gyeom and the grandniece of Queen Insun, the mother of her husband.
  13. Because of their family marriages, Crown Princess Gonghoe is the daughter-in-law and niece-in-law of the Queen.
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