Crown Princess Gonghoebin

Crown Princess Gonghoe of the Musong Yun clan (Hangul: 공회빈 윤씨, Hanja: 恭懷嬪 尹氏; 1552 - 3 March 1592) or sometimes called as Yun Gonghoe-bin[3] was a Joseon Crown Princess Consort as the wife of Crown Prince Sunhoe, the only son of Myeongjong of Joseon and Queen Insun.[4]

Crown Princess Gonghoe
공회빈
Crown Princess consort of Joseon
Tenure21 October 1561 - 20 September 1563
PredecessorCrown Princess Park
(Crown Princess Hwang as the designated crown princess consort of joseon)
SuccessorCrown Princess Yu
Born1552
Kingdom of Joseon
Died3 March 1592(1592-03-03) (aged 39–40)
Tongmyeong Hall, Changgyeong Palace, Hanseong, Kingdom of Joseon
Burial
Sunchangwon in Seooreung 334-32, Seooreung-ro, Deokyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea[1][2]
Spouse
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(m. before 1563)​
HouseMusong Yun (by birth)
House of Yi (by marriage)
FatherYun-Ok
MotherLady, of the Papyeong Yun clan
Crown Princess Gonghoebin
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGonghoe-bin Yunssi
McCune–ReischauerKong h'oe-pin Yunssh'i

Biography

Early life and relatives

The future Crown Princess Gonghoe was born in 1552 from the Musong Yun clan (무송 윤씨) as the daughter of Yun-Ok (윤옥), the son of Yun Sa-ik (윤사익) and Lady Jeong of the Dongrae Jeong clan (부인 동래 정씨). Her mother was Lady Yun of the Papyeong Yun clan (부인 파평 윤씨), Yun also had 1 little brother, Yun Baek-Sang (윤백상).

She later chosen as the consort of Myeongjong of Joseon and Queen Insun's only son, Yi Bu, Crown Prince Sunhoe.[5] Actually he was already had a wife, Crown Princess Hwang but after she had a colic disease, Yun then changed her position and becomes the new crown princess consort.[6]

As Crown Princess and later life

In 1563 (18th years of King Myeongjong's reign), when the Crown Prince died at a young, she became widowed at 10 years old and was named Deok-bin (덕빈, 德嬪; literally: Consort Deok).[7]

She still stayed and lived in the palace even after her husband's death under her mother-in-law, Queen Insun's order. Yun often offered Buddhist rituals to pray for the spirits of her husband. Later, she died in Tongmyeong Hall, Changgyeong Palace on 3 March 1592.

Others

After died, Yun was given the Posthumous name as Gonghoe (공회, 恭懷)[8] and her burial palace is located in Sunchangwon (順昌園), Seooreung.[9] Sunchangwon's original name was Sunhoemyo (順懷墓), but was renamed Sunchangwon during the Korean Empire. However, when Seonjo of Joseon returned to Hanyang in 1593 and tried to recover her body, he couldn't find it.[10]

References
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  2. "[경기도의 성곽과 능원] 4. 순창원·수경원·대빈묘". www.kyeonggi.com (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  3. Ham Kyoo-jin (2006). 왕이 못된 세자들 [The Crown Princes who didn't become the King] (in Korean). Gimyeongsa. ISBN 9788934953487.
  4. "조선왕조실록". sillok.history.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  5. Park Young-kyoo (2019). 조선왕 시크릿 파일: 우리가 몰랐던 조선 왕들의 인성과 사생활 이야기 [The Secret File of the Joseon King: The Personality and Private Life of the Kings of Joseon That We Didn't Know] (in Korean). Okdang Books. ISBN 9791196412890.
  6. "마녀보감 :: 순회세자, 공회빈 윤씨를 아시나요?". m.blog.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  7. "조선왕조실록". sillok.history.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  8. Ilsŏngnok: Chŏngjo vol. 75 (in Korean). University of California: Minjok Munhwa Chʻujinhoe. 1998. p. 294. ISBN 9788979771459.
  9. "Royal Tombs". english.cha.go.kr. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  10. "조선왕조실록". sillok.history.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
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