Queen Munhye

Queen Munhye of the Jeongju Ryu clan (Korean: 문혜왕후 류씨; Hanja: 文惠王后 柳氏) was a Korean Royal Princess[3] as the first and oldest daughter of Taejo of Goryeo and Queen Jeongdeok[4] who became the wife of her half brother, King Munwon.[4] Since married her relative, she then changed her clan into Jeongju Ryu following her mother's clan.[5] She was the older sister of Queen Seonui, which made her became the maternal aunt of Seongjong of Goryeo and though her only daughter, she became the mother-in-law of Gyeongjong of Goryeo, her half nephew. Following her husband who posthumously honoured as King, she also posthumously as Queen Consort.

Queen Munhye
Princess of Goryeo
PredecessorQueen Daemok[1]
SuccessorQueen Seonui[2]
SpouseGreat King Munwon
IssuePrince Cheonchu
Prince Aji
Queen Heonui
HouseHouse of Wang (by birth)
Jeongju Ryu (by marriage)
FatherTaejo of Goryeo
MotherQueen Jeongdeok of the Jeongju Ryu clan
ReligionBuddhism

References

  1. Half older sister.
  2. Only full younger sister.
  3. "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Chinese). Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  4. "고려01대 태조자식 - 문혜왕후 유씨(文惠王后 柳氏) 문원대왕(文元大王)의 아내". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  5. Gwang-kui, Lee (1990). 韓國 의 家族 과 宗族 [Korean Clans] (in Korean and Chinese). University of Michigan, United States: Min In-si, 民音社. p. 63. ISBN 9788937430404.
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