Deposed Crown Princess Kim
| Deposed Crown Princess Kim | |
|---|---|
| Crown Princess of Joseon | |
| Tenure | 14 May 1427 – 27 August 1429 |
| Predecessor | Crown Princess Shim |
| Successor | Crown Princess Bong |
| Born | after 1410 Joseon |
| Died | after 1429 Joseon |
| Spouse | |
| Clan |
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| Dynasty | Yi |
| Father | Kim O-mun |
| Mother | Lady, of the Hadong Jeong clan |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 폐빈 김씨 |
| Hanja | 廢嬪 金氏 |
| RR | Pyebin Gimssi |
| MR | P'yebin Kimssi |
Deposed Crown Princess Kim (Korean: 폐빈 김씨; Hanja: 廢嬪 金氏), of the (old) Andong Kim clan, also known as Crown Princess Hwi, was the first wife of Crown Prince Hyang (King Munjong), later the fifth monarch of Joseon. She was demoted to commoner status and banished from the palace after using witchcraft to gain her husband's affection.[1]
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Lady Kim was most likely born during the reign of King Taejong, but the exact date and year of birth are unknown. Her father was Kim O-mun, a high-ranking official in charge of military affairs, and her mother was a lady from the Hadong Jeong clan.
She had at least one elder brother, who married a daughter of Princess Gyeongjeong (경정공주), King Taejong's second daughter.
Her paternal aunt was Concubine Myeong (명빈), a consort of King Taejong.
Through her great-great-great-grandfather, Min Jeok (민적), she was a second cousin twice removed of Queen Wongyeong.
Life in the palace
[edit]Lady Kim was invested as crown princess in 1427, but Crown Prince Hyang showed little interest in her.[2][3]
Court records indicate that in the winter of 1428, Lady Kim asked her maid, Ho-cho (호초), how she could gain a man's love. Ho-cho told her to burn her rivals' shoes to ash, grind them into powder and have the man drink it. She recommended that Lady Kim test the method on two palace ladies of whom she was already jealous, Hyo-dong (효동) and Deok-geum (덕금), which she promptly did. When this didn't work out, Lady Kim then requested further methods. Ho-cho instructed her to drain the fluids from a snake and rub those essences onto a cloth, claiming that if Lady Kim wore that cloth in the crown prince's presence, he would love her. Meanwhile, another maid named Sun-deok (순덕), whom Lady Kim had brought to the palace from her natal home, found remains of the burnt shoes in her perfume pouch and reported the matter to Lady Kim's mother.[1]
When King Sejong and Queen Soheon belatedly discovered Lady Kim's actions and interrogated her, she readily confessed.[1] After Sun-deok presented the shoe remains and all testimonies were clear, Ho-cho was executed by beheading and Lady Kim was demoted to commoner status,[4][5] while her father's official titles were revoked and her brother was removed from his position.
There are no surviving records about Lady Kim's life after her banishment from the palace; as such, it remains unknown when she died and where her tomb is located.
Titles
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- During the reign of King Taejong (r. 1400–1418):
- Lady, of the Andong Kim clan (안동 김씨; 安東金氏)
- Kim O-mun's daughter (김오문의 딸)
- Lady Kim (김씨; 金氏)
- Lady, of the Andong Kim clan (안동 김씨; 安東金氏)
- During the reign of King Sejong (r. 1418–1450):
- Crown Princess Hwi (휘빈; 徽嬪; from 14 May 1427)
- Commoner (서인; 庶人; from 27 August 1429)
Family
[edit]- Father: Kim O-mun (김오문)
- Mother: Lady, of the Hadong Jeong clan (하동 정씨)
- Sibling(s)
- Brother: Kim Jung-eom (김중엄)
- Husband: King Munjong (문종대왕; 15 November 1414 – 10 June 1452) — No issue.
- Father-in-law: King Sejong (세종대왕; 15 May 1397 – 8 April 1450)
- Mother-in-law: Queen Soheon (소헌왕후), of the Cheongsong Shim clan (청송 심씨; 20 October 1395 – 28 April 1446)
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Veritable Records of Sejong, volume 45.
- ↑ Veritable Records of Sejong, volume 36.
- ↑ Seong-Rae, Park (July 1978). "Birth of Neo-Confucian Portentism in Early Yi Korea". Korea Journal (in Korean). 18 (7): 4–14. ISSN 0023-3900.
- ↑ 黜還私第, 終不使薄行之人, 汚我家法。
- ↑ 한, 희숙 (September 2010). 조선 태조･세종대 세자빈 폐출 사건의 의미 -현빈 유씨, 휘빈 김씨, 순빈 봉씨를 중심으로-. 한국인물사연구. 14: 218–249. ISSN 1738-3307.
Works cited
[edit]- 世宗實錄 [Veritable Records of Sejong]. 1454.
- 文宗實錄 [Veritable Records of Munjong] (in Literary Chinese and Korean). 1455.