Queen Ansun
| Queen Ansun 안순왕후 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Consort of Joseon | |||||
| Tenure | 1468 – 1469 | ||||
| Predecessor | Queen Jeonghui | ||||
| Successor | Queen Gonghye | ||||
| Queen Dowager of Joseon | |||||
| Tenure | 1469 – 1494 | ||||
| Predecessor | Queen Jeonghui | ||||
| Successor | Queen Jeonghyeon | ||||
| Grand Queen Dowager of Joseon | |||||
| Tenure | 1494 – 1498 | ||||
| Predecessor | Queen Jeonghui | ||||
| Successor | Queen Munjeong | ||||
| Born | 12 March 1445 | ||||
| Died | 3 February 1499 | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Spouse | King Yejong of Joseon | ||||
| Issue | Yi Hyeon, Grand Prince Jean King Seongjong of Joseon (adopted) Princess Hyeonsuk Princess Hyesun | ||||
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| House | Cheongju Han | ||||
| Queen Ansun | |
| Hangul | 안순 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 安順 |
| Revised Romanization | Ansun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ansun |
Queen Ansun (12 March 1445 – 3 February 1499) also known as Queen Dowager Inhye (인혜왕대비) was the second wife and Queen Consort of King Yejong of Joseon, the 8th monarch of the Joseon Dynasty.[2][A 1]
Life
After Princess Jangsun died, Lady Han, who was born in the same year as the crown princess, was chosen to become the crown prince’s concubine of fifth junior rank sohun. Although she was not an official consort of the crown prince, she received treatment just like one. She gave birth to two daughter and two sons, but only one prince and one princess survived through childhood, one of them being royal grandson Grand Prince Jean. The crown prince took over the throne as Yejong after Sejo’s abdication due to his illness, but Lady Han was the one nominated by the former king to become the queen consort. Since she was almost due at that time, guards were sent to her maternal home to guide the future queen.
Her years as the queen was short as Yejong died 13 months after his ascension to the throne and to make the situation worse, Grand Prince Jean was deemed too young to be invested as the next king. Hence, Queen Jeonghui and Han Myeong-Hoe, the Prime Minister at that time, chose Prince Jasan, Han Myeong-Hoe’s son-in-law and her nephew, to become her husband’s successor. Since she was the former king’s wife, she was legally the new king, Seongjong’s mother and received the title Royal Queen Dowager Inhye (인혜 왕대비). Conflicts happened when Seongjong’s birth parents were posthumously declared as king and queen as there was a need to determine the rank between Queen Dowager Inhye and Queen Dowager Insu. They both became Great Royal Queens Dowager when Yeonsangun became the nation’s ruler. She died when she was 53 years old and posthumously known as Queen Ansun (안순왕후).
In response to the early death of Queen Gonghye, age 19, the Ksitigarbha Pranidahana Sutra (The Great Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva) was commissioned by the three queen dowagers, Jeonhui (wife of Sejo), Insu (wife of Crown Prince Uigyeong), and Ansun through the Royal Treasury Agency. This Sutra is now considered an important artifact for the study of printing and Buddhism during the Joseon Dynasty.[2]
Family
- Father: Han Baek-Ryun (1427 – 1474) (한백륜)
- Grandfather: Han Chang (1411 – 1451) (한창)
- Grandmother: Lady Lee of the Jeonui Lee clan (전의 이씨)
- Mother: Lady Im of the Pungcheon Im (? – 1472) (풍천 임씨)
- Grandfather: Im Yu (임유)
- Husband: King Yejong of Joseon (14 January 1450 – 31 December 1469) (조선 예종)
- Son: Yi Hyeon, Grand Prince Jean (13 February 1466 – 14 December 1525) (이현 제안대군)[A 2]
- Daughter-in-law: Princess Consort Sangsan of the Sangju Kim clan (상산부부인 상주 김씨)
- Daughter-in-law: Princess Consort Seungpyeong of the Suncheon Park clan (승평부부인 순천 박씨)
- Daughter: Princess Hyeonsuk (1464 – May 1502) (현숙공주)[A 3]
- Son-in-law: Im Gwang-Jae (? – 1495)(임광재)
- Daughter: Princess Hyesun (September 1468 – 5 August 1469) (혜순공주)
- Son: Yi Hyeon, Grand Prince Jean (13 February 1466 – 14 December 1525) (이현 제안대군)[A 2]
Popular culture
- Portrayed by Lee Yeon-doo in the 2011 JTBC TV series Insu, The Queen Mother.
Notes
- ^ Daughter of Han Baek-Ryun (한백륜), Lord Yang-Hye (양혜공), Internal Prince Cheongcheon (청천부원군); and Lady Seoha, Princess Consort to the Internal Prince, of the Im clan (서하부부인 임씨)[citation needed]
- ^ One of his domestic slaves, Jang Nok-su (장녹수), became the infamous concubine of Prince Yeonsan[citation needed]
- ^ Later married Im Gwang-jae (임광재), 1st son of Im Sa-hong (임사홍); created Military Officer Pungcheon (풍천위). His younger brother (Im Sung-jae (임숭재)) would be the husband of the next king's daughters.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Royal Tombs; Seooreung, Onreung, Seosamneung". Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea. 2008-06-27. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- ^ a b "Treasure 1567". Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea. 2006. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- "Royal Ladies of Joseon Dynasty". The Talking Cupboard.