Queen Seongpyeong

Queen Seongpyeong of the Jangheung Im clan (Korean: 성평왕후 임씨; Hanja: 成平王后 任氏; d. 1247) was a Korean Royal Family member as the maternal granddaughter of King Myeongjong who became the Queen Consort as the second wife of her maternal first cousin once removed or paternal fifth cousin, King Huijong of Goryeo[1] and followed her maternal clans as the result since they were came from the same one.

Although her marriage date with Huijong was unknown, but later in 1211 (7th year reign of her husband), she was given royal title as Princess Hampyeong (함평궁주, 咸平宮主) and formally became the Queen, so it seems that they were married when Huijong was still Crown Prince.[2] They later had 5 sons and 5 daughters. While her husband tried to shoot Choe Chung-heon in Suchang Palace, he was failed and forced to abdicated the throne as the result. Then Huijong and their eldest son got exiled to the nowadays Incheon and she was the only one left in the main palace. The reason why she was left in the palace was probably because she was a close relative of the next Kings, Gangjong and Gojong.

Later, when the Goryeo-Mongol war broke out, the court moved the Palace and the Queen followed it which she later died without being able to leave Ganghwa-gyeong (강화경, 江華京) on 1247 (34th year reign of Gojong of Goryeo) and was buried in Soreung tomb.[3] Then, in 1253, she was given name Jeongjang (정장, 貞章) by her son-in-law, King Gojong.