Queen Munhye

Queen Munhye of the Jeongju Ryu clan (Korean: 문혜왕후 류씨; Hanja: 文惠王后 柳氏) was a Goryeo princess[3] as the first and oldest daughter of King Taejo and Queen Jeongdeok who became the wife of her half brother, King Munwon.[4] With this marriage, she then followed her maternal clan, the Jeongju Ryu.[5] Though her younger sister, she would become the maternal aunt of King Seongjong and became the mother-in-law of her half nephew, King Gyeongjong since her only daughter married him as his second wife. Alongside her husband who was posthumously honoured as a king, she was also posthumously honoured as a queen.

Queen Munhye
Princess of Goryeo
PredecessorQueen Daemok[1]
SuccessorQueen Seonui[2]
MonarchWang Geon, King Taejo
SpouseKing Munwon
IssuePrince Cheonchu
Prince Aji
Queen Heonui
Posthumous name
Munhye (문혜, 文惠; "Civil and Kind")
HouseHouse of Wang (by birth)
Jeongju Ryu (by marriage)
FatherTaejo of Goryeo
MotherQueen Jeongdeok of the Jeongju Ryu clan
ReligionBuddhism
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMunhye-wanghu
McCune–ReischauerMunh'ye-wanghu

References

  1. Half older sister.
  2. Only full younger sister.
  3. "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Chinese). Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  4. "고려01대 태조자식 - 문혜왕후 유씨(文惠王后 柳氏) 문원대왕(文元大王)의 아내". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  5. Gwang-kui, Lee (1990). 韓國 의 家族 과 宗族 [Korean Clans] (in Korean and Chinese). University of Michigan, United States: Min In-si, 民音社. p. 63. ISBN 9788937430404.
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