Queen Inwon
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| Queen Inwon 인원왕후 | |||||
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| Grand Queen Dowager of Joseon | |||||
| Tenure | 1724 – 1757 | ||||
| Predecessor | Queen Jangryeol | ||||
| Successor | Queen Jeongsun | ||||
| Queen Dowager of Joseon | |||||
| Tenure | 1720 – 1724 | ||||
| Predecessor | Queen Myeongseong | ||||
| Successor | Queen Seonui | ||||
| Queen Consort of Joseon | |||||
| Tenure | 1702 – 1720 | ||||
| Predecessor | Queen Inhyeon | ||||
| Successor | Queen Seonui | ||||
| Born | 3 November 1687 Kingdom of Joseon | ||||
| Died | 13 May 1757 (aged 69) Hanseong, Kingdom of Joseon | ||||
| Spouse | King Sukjong of Joseon | ||||
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| House | Gyeongju Kim | ||||
| Father | Kim Ju-Shin | ||||
| Mother | Lady Jo of the Imcheon Jo clan | ||||
Queen Inwon (3 November 1687 – 13 May 1757) (인원왕후 김씨) also known as Queen Dowager Hyesun was a Korean queen consort, married to King Sukjong of Joseon.
Biography
Born in 1687, on the twenty-ninth day of the ninth month in the thirteenth year of the reign of King Sukjong, the future Queen Inwon was the second daughter of Kim Joo-shin (Hangul: 김주신, Hanja: 金柱臣)[1] and Lady Jo of the Imcheon Jo clan (Hangul: 임천 조씨, Hanja: 林川 趙氏),.[2] She had two brothers, Kim Huyeon (Hangul: 김후연, Hanja: 金後衍) and Kim Guyeon (Hangul: 김구연, Hanja: 金九衍), one older sister who married Mayor Lee Deoklin (Hangul: 시장이덕린, Hanja: 郡守李德隣), and one younger sister who married Yun Myeon-gyo (Hangul: 윤면교, Hanja: 尹勉教).
She married King Sukjong in 1702 as his third queen consort,[3] following the death of Queen Inhyeon and the execution of Jang hui-bin in 1701. She came down with smallpox in 1711, but survived.
Following King Sukjong's death in 1720, she became Queen Dowager (大妃 대비 daebi). Following the death of her stepson, King Gyeongjong, and the accession of her other stepson, King Yeongjo, in 1724, she became Grand Queen Dowager (大王大妃 대왕대비 daewangdaebi).
She died on the twenty-sixth day of the third month in the thirty-third year of the reign of King Yeongjo (1757) at Changdeok Palace, aged 69. She was buried in Myeongreung, Gyeonggi Province, near the tombs of King Sukjong and his second Queen Consort, Queen Inhyeon.
Full posthumous name
She was given the posthumous title
- Queen Inwon, Hyesun Jagyeong Heonryeol Gwangseon Hyeonik Kangseong Jeongdeok Suchang Yeongbok Yunghwa Hwijeong Jeongwoon Jeongui Jangmok Inwon Wanghu
- 혜순자경헌렬광선현익강성정덕수창영복융화휘정정운정의장목인원왕후
- 惠順慈敬獻烈光宣顯翼康聖貞德壽昌永福隆化徽精正運定懿章穆仁元王后.
In popular culture
- Portrayed by Kang Boo-ja in the 1988 MBC TV series 500 Years of Joseon: Memoirs of Lady Hyegyeong.
- Portrayed by Kim Yong-rim in the 1998 MBC TV series The Great's King Road
- Portrayed by Oh Yeon-seo in the 2010 MBC TV series Dong Yi.[4]
- Portrayed by Kim Hae-sook in the 2015 film The Throne.
- Portrayed by Nam Ki-ae in the 2019 SBS TV series Haechi.
References
- ^ Entitled as "Internal Prince Gyeongeun" (경은부원군)
- ^ Entitled as "Lady Garim, Princess Consort to the Internal Prince" (가림부부인)
- ^ Technically, she was King Sukjong's fourth Queen Consort, but is officially recorded as the third Queen Consort of King Sukjong. Jang Ok-jeong was the actual third Queen Consort, but was ousted upon Queen Inhyeon's reinstatement.
- ^ Lee, Ga-on (7 May 2010). "Han Hyo-joo says she "hold fast" to her role in Dong Yi". 10Asia. Retrieved 3 February 2013.