Royal Noble Consort Gongbin Choe

In this Korean name, the family name is Choe, and Gong-bin is a title, not a personal name.

Gong-bin Choe 공빈 최씨
Royal Noble Consort of the First Senior Rank
Born	1454 Joseon
Burial	Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Spouse	Yejong of Joseon (m.1462)
Clan	Jeonju Choe (by birth) Jeonju Yi (by marriage)
Clan	Yi (by marriage)
Father	Choe Do-il
Mother	Lady Jeong of the Gyeongju Jeong clan

Korean name
Hangul	공빈최씨
Hanja	恭嬪崔氏
Revised Romanization	Gongbin Choessi
McCune–Reischauer	Kongpin Ch'oessi

Royal Noble Consort Gong of the Jeonju Choe clan (Korean: 공빈 최씨; Hanja: 恭嬪 崔氏; 1454–?) was a consort of Yejong of Joseon.

Biography

The future Royal Noble Consort Gong was born in 1454 as the youngest daughter of Choi Do-Il and Lady Jeong of the Gyeongju Jeong clan into the Jeonju Choi clan. She had an older brother and an older sister who also married into the royal family in 1457.

At the age of 8, she was selected as the concubine for Yejong when he was still a Crown Prince on 11 June 1462 (8th year reign of Sejo of Joseon) and was honoured as the Crown Prince's concubine rank junior 5 So-hun (소훈). She had no any issue with Yejong.

It is unknown when she died but her tomb is near from Princess Gyeonghye in Daeja-san, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

Family

• Father - Choe Do-il (최도일; 崔道一; 1418–1468)
• Mother - Lady Jeong of the Gyeongju Jeong clan (경주 정씨; 1418–?); third daughter of Jeong Hui-gye (정희계; 鄭熙啓)
• Sibling(s)
  • Older brother - Choe Se-hyeon (최세현; 崔世賢; 1439–?)
    • Sister-in-law - Lady Kim of the Gwangsan Kim clan (광산 김씨; 1447–1513); eldest daughter of Kim Gyeom-gwang (김겸광, 金謙光; 1419–1490)
  • Older sister - Princess Consort Gimje of the Jeonju Choe clan (김제군부인 전주 최씨; 1441–1519)
    • Brother-in-law - Yi Bu, Prince Yeongsun, Duke Gongso (이부 영순군 공소공 현록대부; 3 July 1444 – 1 April 1470)
• Spouse - Yi Hwang, Yejong of Joseon (조선 예종; 23 January 1450 – 9 January 1470) — No issue.