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Gongyang of Goryeo

King of Goryeo from 1389 to 1392

Summary

King of Goryeo from 1389 to 1392

FieldValue
nameGongyang
successionKing of Goryeo
reign1389–1392
coronation1389
predecessorChang of Goryeo
successorDynasty abolished
(Taejo of Joseon as the first King of Joseon)
spouse
issuePrince Jeongseong
Princess Suknyeong
Princess Jeongsin
Princess Gyeonghwa
**Prince Jeongchang ({{Koreanhangul정창군hanja=定昌君labels=no}})
**Internal Prince Jeongchang ({{Koreanhangul정창부원군hanja=定昌府院君labels=no}})
**Prince Gongyang ({{Koreanhangul공양군hanja=恭讓君labels=no}})
**King Ganseong ({{Koreanhangul간성왕hanja=杆城王labels=no}})
**King Gongyang ({{Koreanhangul공양왕hanja=恭讓王labels=no}})
posthumous nameKing Gongyang The Great
공양대왕
恭讓大王
houseWang
fatherWang Kyun, Internal Prince Jeongwon
motherGrand Consort Wang of Samhan State
birth_nameWang Yo
birth_date9 March 1345
birth_placeGoryeo
death_date
death_placeSamcheok-hyeon, Gangwon Province, Joseon
burial_placeGoryeo:
Goreung tomb
San 65–6, Wondang-dong, Deokyang-gu, Goyang, South Korea
Joseon:
Gongyang Royal Tomb
178, Gungchon-ri, Geundeok-myeon, Samcheok, Gangwon Province, South Korea
religionBuddhism
module{{Infobox Korean name/auto
hangulmo^공양왕
hanjamo恭讓王
hangul%왕요
hanja王瑤
childyes

(Taejo of Joseon as the first King of Joseon) Princess Suknyeong Princess Jeongsin Princess Gyeonghwa

  • Before ascended the throne:
    • Prince Jeongchang ()
    • Internal Prince Jeongchang ()
  • After dethroned and ended of the Goryeo period:
    • Prince Gongyang ()
  • In the exile place:
    • King Ganseong ()
  • After Yi Bang-won ascended the throne:
    • King Gongyang () 공양대왕 恭讓大王 Goreung tomb San 65–6, Wondang-dong, Deokyang-gu, Goyang, South Korea Joseon: Gongyang Royal Tomb 178, Gungchon-ri, Geundeok-myeon, Samcheok, Gangwon Province, South Korea Gongyang (9 March 1345 – 17 May 1394), personal name Wang Yo, was the 34th and final ruler of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea. He was the descendant of Duke Yangyang, brother of King Huijong. He was deposed by Yi Sŏnggye, who then established the new Joseon.

Biography

Background and early life

He was born as the second and youngest son of Wang Kyun, 6th-generation descendant of King Sinjong from his youngest son, Duke Yangyang. His mother was Princess Boknyeong, a great-granddaughter of King Chungnyeol. He had an older brother, Wang U, Prince Jeongyang. Due to this, the future King had the Goryeo royal family's bloods from both of paternal and maternal line.

At a young age, he was honoured as Prince Jeongchang () and then married the daughter of No Ch'aek, Internal Prince Changseong from the Gyoha No clan. His niece, Lady Kang, married Yi Sŏnggye as his second wife.

Reign

Although he did everything to prove that he had no political ambitions, Yi Sŏnggye's faction used him as a bloodless propaganda tool. In 1389, Yi's supporters forced King Chang from the throne and enthroned King Gongyang in his stead. This faction went on to oversee the events of King Gongyang's brief reign, including the assassinations of King U and King Chang. After the murder of Chŏng Mong-ju, the last major supporter of the Goryeo kings, King Gongyang was deposed in 1392 by Yi Sŏnggye, his son (Yi Pangwŏn), Chŏng Tojŏn and others, which brought the Goryeo dynasty to an end.

Life after deposition

The former king was initially exiled to Wonju and granted the title of Prince Gongyang (), but was later moved to Samcheok, where he was assassinated via strangulation in 1394 alongside his son, Crown Prince Wang Sŏk in Gungchon. In 1416, King Taejong honored him as King Gongyang () and sent an envoy to inspect his tomb.

Family

  • Father: Wang Kyun, Internal Prince Jeongwon ()
    • Grandfather: Wang Yu, Marquess Sunhwa ()
    • Grandmother: Consort Myeongye of the Mahan State of the Sin clan ()
  • Mother: Grand Consort of Samhan State of the Wang clan ()
    • Grandfather: Wang Hun, Grand Prince Yeondeok ()
    • Grandmother: Consort Anui of the Cho clan () Consorts and their Respective Issue(s):
  1. Royal Consort Sun of the Gyoha No clan
  2. Crown Prince Wang Sŏk, 1st son
  3. Princess Suknyeong, 1st daughter
  4. Princess Jeongsin, 2nd daughter
  5. Princess Gyeonghwa, 3rd daughter
  6. Unknown
  7. 2nd sonThere are debates about this unnamed son. Goryeosa Biographies vol. 91 has it that King Gongyang just had 1 son, Wang Seok. But Taejo Sillok vol. 5 says that King Gongyang had 2 sons whom were killed in 1394 under King Taejo's command.

Ancestry

공양왕 왕요 정원부원군 왕균 삼한국대비 왕씨 순화후 왕유 부인 이천신씨 연덕부원대군 왕훈 조씨 익양후 왕분 부인 밀양박씨 강양공 왕자

Notes

References

References

  1. (June 23, 2021). "King Gongyang, the last king of Goryeo and Yi Seong-gye, founder of Joseon.".
  2. (June 23, 2021). "King Gongyang, the last king of Goryeo and Yi Seong-gye, founder of Joseon.".
  3. (June 23, 2021). "King Gongyang, the last king of Goryeo and Yi Sŏnggye, founder of Joseon.".
  4. (2019). "A Genealogy of Dissent: The Progeny of Fallen Royals in Chosŏn Korea". Stanford University Press.
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