Chungsuk (30 July 1294 – 3 May 1339), personal name Wang Man (Korean: 왕만; Hanja: 王卍), né Wang To (Korean: 왕도; Hanja: 王燾),also known by his Mongolian name Aratnashiri (阿剌忒訥失里),[1] was the 27th king of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea, reigning from 1313 to 1330 and again from 1332 to 1339.
| Chungsuk 충숙 忠肅 | |||||||||
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| King of Goryeo 1st reign | |||||||||
| Reign | 1313–1330 | ||||||||
| Coronation | 1313 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Chungseon of Goryeo | ||||||||
| Successor | Chunghye of Goryeo | ||||||||
| King of Goryeo 2nd reign | |||||||||
| Reign | 1332–1339 | ||||||||
| Coronation | 1332 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Chunghye of Goryeo | ||||||||
| Successor | Chunghye of Goryeo | ||||||||
| Born | Wang To 30 July 1294 Goryeo | ||||||||
| Died | 3 May 1339 (aged 44) Gaegyeong, Goryeo | ||||||||
| Burial | Uireung (의릉; 毅陵) | ||||||||
| Consort | |||||||||
| Issue | Chunghye of Goryeo Gongmin of Goryeo Prince Yongsan | ||||||||
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| House | Wang | ||||||||
| Dynasty | Goryeo | ||||||||
| Father | Chungseon of Goryeo | ||||||||
| Mother | Yasokjin, Consort Ui | ||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism | ||||||||
| Chungsuk of Goryeo | |
| Hangul | 충숙왕 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 忠肅王 |
| Revised Romanization | Chungsuk wang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ungsuk wang |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 왕도 |
| Hanja | 王燾 |
| Revised Romanization | Wang Do |
| McCune–Reischauer | Wang To |
Biography
editIn 1314 King Chungseon passed the throne to his son King Chungsuk. In 1321 King Chungsuk fathered his son King Chunghye. This prompted the previous crown prince of Goryeo, Öljeyitü, to establish an alliance with Emperor Sidibala, and King Chungsuk was thus interned in 1321. However, Sidibala was assassinated in 1323 and Öljeitü's plan was aborted.
King Chungsuk, who was allowed to return to Goryeo in 1325, passed the throne to King Chunghye in 1330 but was reinstated after two years because King Chunghye was deposed by Yuan dynasty. Letters uncovered from the Vatican potentially suggest that the first contacts between the Vatican and Korea began during Chungsuk's reign, 261 years before Spanish Catholic priest Gregorio de Céspedes visited Joseon, the successor state of Goryeo, though some Korean researchers believe the letters could potentially have been forgeries.[2][3]
King Chungsuk died in 1339.
Family
edit- Father: Chungseon of Goryeo
- Grandfather: Chungnyeol of Goryeo
- Grandmother: Queen Jangmok of the Yuan Borjigin clan
- Mother: Consort Ui
- Consorts and their Respective issue(s):
- Grand Princess Bokguk of the Yuan Borjigin clan (d. 1319) – No issue.
- Grand Princess Joguk of the Yuan Borjigin clan (1308–1325)
- Bayankhutag, Princess Gyeonghwa (d. 1344) – No issue.
- Queen Gongwon of the Namyang Hong clan (1298–1380)
- Royal Consort Su of the Andong Kwon clan (d. 1340) – No issue.
In popular culture
edit- Portrayed by Lee Jung-gil in the 2005 MBC Mini series Jikji.
- Portrayed by Kwon Tae-won in the 2013–2014 MBC TV series Empress Ki.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 范永聰 (2009). 事大與保國 ── 元明之際的中韓關係 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 香港教育圖書公司. p. 58. ISBN 9789882003019.
- ^ 황, 원흥 (October 24, 2016). [독자기고] 로마 교황이 고려 충숙왕에게 보낸 서신과 역사왜곡의 위험. Joongang Ilbo. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Manuscript of 14th Century Pope's Letter to Goryeo King Found". KBS World. October 5, 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- 충숙왕 (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia.
- Kang Jae-eun - Land of Scholars: Two Thousand Years of Korean Confucianism
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