Princess Gyeonghwa

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Princess Gyeonghwa
경화공주
慶華公主
Queen consort of Goryeo
Tenure1333–1339
Coronation1333
PredecessorPrincess Joguk
SuccessorPrincess Deoknyeong
MonarchKing Chungsuk
Royal consort of Goryeo
Tenure?–1344
PredecessorRoyal Consort Im
MonarchKing Chunghye
BornBayankhutag
Yuan dynasty
Died24 July 1344
Goryeo
Burial1344
Unknown
Spouse
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(before 1339)​

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(before 1344)​
Names
Posthumous name
  • Princess Sukgong Hwiryeong (숙공휘령공주, 粛恭徽寧公主; given by Yuan dynasty in 1367)
  • Princess Baek'anholdo (백안홀도공주, 伯顔忽都公主)
HouseHouse of Wang (by marriage)
FatherAmuga (disputed)
Princess Gyeonghwa
Hangul
경화공주
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGyeonghwa Gongju
McCune–ReischauerKyŏnghwa Kongju
Birth name
Hangul
바얀후트 or 백안홀도
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBayanhuteu or Baeganholdo
McCune–ReischauerPayanhut'ŭ or Paeganholto

Bayankhutag (Mongolian: Баян хутаг; Middle Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠺᠣᠲᠣᠭ; Korean: 백안홀도; Hanja: 伯顔忽都), more commonly known by her Korean royal title as Princess Gyeonghwa (Korean: 경화공주; Hanja: 慶華公主; d. 24 July 1344) was a Yuan dynasty woman who became a Korean royal consort as the third wife of King Chungsuk of Goryeo. After his death, she was raped by her stepson, thus she forced to marry him.[1]

Biography

Background

Mysteries surround Bayankhutag's lineage, but since the "Baekan clan" (백안; 伯顔) were nobles at that time, it was believed that she was born into the noble family. Masahiko Morihira has suggested that she was the sister or half-sister of Princess Joguk, King Chungsuk's wife.[2] After her sister's death in 1325, Bayankhutag married her sister's husband, probably between 1330 and 1333 when the King stayed in Yuan dynasty and not long after that they two went back to Goryeo.[3]

Assault

King Chungsuk died in 1339, after which Bayankhutag stayed in Goryeo. The Goryeosa records that, during a meal in her apartments one night, her stepson, Chunghye of Goryeo, got drunk and raped her.[4] The next day, Bayankhutag attempted to flee to the Yuan ambassador for help to leave Goryeo, but Chunghye issued a ban on horses in the city, so she could not leave. He then had her imprisoned in Yeongrak Palace (Hanja: 永樂宮; Korean: 영락궁), told the court that she was ill, and posted guards around her apartments.[5] The Yuan emissary eventually visited the palace and insisted that Bayankhutag be released and Chunghye take her as a consort.[6]

As consort, Bayankhutag is recorded to have offered advice in choosing officials in the Yuan Goryeo government.[7] She died in 1344.[8] In 1367, she received her posthumous name from the Yuan dynasty.[2]

Later life and death

King Chunghye died in 1344 while on the road to exile and Bayankhutag then died not long after that. Her funeral was held on 18th days 9th months (Lunar calendar) in the same year and gave her new title as Princess Gyeonghwa (경화공주; 慶華公主). Later, in 1367, the Yuan dynasty bestowed royal title Princess Sukgong Hwiryeong (숙공휘령공주; 肅恭徽寧公主) as her posthumous name.

In popular culture

See also

References

  1. ^ Goryeosa, volume 89.
  2. ^ a b Morihira (2008), p. 14.
  3. ^ Morihira (2008), p. 15.
  4. ^ Goryeosa, volume 36.
  5. ^ Goryeosa, volume 131.
  6. ^ Goryeosa, volume 89.
  7. ^ Goryeosa, volume 36.
  8. ^ Goryeosa, volume 37.

Works cited

  • Jeong In-ji (1451). 高麗史 [History of Goryeo] (in Traditional Chinese).
  • Morihira, Masahiko (2008). 高麗王家とモンゴル皇族の通婚関係に閲する覚書 [Memoranda on marriage links between the Goryeo royal clan and Mongolian imperial family] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kyoto University Press.

External links

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