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Royal Consort Sugui Bang

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Sug-ui Bang
숙의방씨
Royal Consort of the Second Junior Rank
Born?
Joseon
Died1878
Joseon
Burial
SpouseCheoljong of Joseon
Issue2 unnamed daughters
HouseOnyang Bang clan (by birth)
House of Yi (by marriage)
ReligionKorean Buddhism
Korean name
Hangul
숙의방씨
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSugui Bangssi
McCune–ReischauerSugŭi Pangssi

Royal Consort Sug-ui of the Onyang Bang clan (Korean숙의 방씨; Hanja淑儀 方氏; ?–1878) was a concubine of King Cheoljong of Joseon.[1]

Biography

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On February 22, 1851, Lady Bang gave birth to their daughter, who died at a young age. In 1853, she gave birth to a second daughter, but she too died soon after.[2]

When Royal Consort Sug-ui passed away in 1878 (15th year of King Gojong's reign), she was first buried in Hawolgok-dong, Seongbuk District, Seoul, but in 1969, her tomb was moved to Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.[3]

On May 26, 1970, her tomb become the Korean Historic Site No. 200.

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  • Portrayed by Lee Min-ah in the 1975 TBC TV Series King's First Love.

References

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  1. ^ "종 2품 숙의 방씨". 경남도민신문. March 26, 2014.
  2. ^ "조선왕조실록". Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty.
  3. ^ "묘 이야기". royaltombs.cha.go.kr.