Guhyeong of Geumgwan Gaya

Guhyeong of Geumgwan Gaya, also often Guhae (r. 521–532) was the tenth and final ruler of Geumgwan Gaya, a Gaya state of ancient Korea. He was the son of King Gyeomji and Queen Suk.

Guhyeong of Geumgwan Gaya
King of Geumgwan Gaya
Reign	521 – 532
Predecessor	Gyeomji of Geumgwan Gaya
Successor	Dynasty abolished (Beopheung of Silla as the King of Silla)
Spouse	Lady Gyehwa
House	Kim
Father	Gyeomji of Geumgwan Gaya
Mother	Lady Suk

Guhyeong of Geumgwan Gaya
Hangul	구형왕 or 구해왕
Hanja	仇衡王 or 仇亥王
Revised Romanization	Guhyeong wang or Guhae wang
McCune–Reischauer	Kuhyŏng wang or Kuhae wang

Faced with an onslaught of Silla forces under King Beopheung, King Guhyeong chose to surrender freely, and brought his family and his treasures to Silla. He was received with ceremony and his family were admitted to the second-highest rank of the Silla bone rank system, the "true bone." The king was given the rank of Sangdaedeung, and permitted to keep his former territory as sigeup stipend land. According to the Samguk yusa, this occurred either 520 or 490 years after the kingdom's legendary founding by King Suro.

Family

• Father: King Gyeomji (겸지왕; 鉗知王)
• Mother: Lady Suk (숙부인; 淑夫人)
• Wife: Lady Gyehwa (계화부인; 桂花夫人) – daughter of a suijil named Bunjil (분질).
  • 1st son: Kim Sejong (김세종; 金世宗) – father of Kim Solji (김솔지; 金率支).
  • 2nd son: Kim Muryeok – father of Kim Seohyeon (김서현; 金舒玄).
  • 3rd son: Kim Mudeuk (김무득; 金武得) – father of Kim Changhyeon (김창현; 金昌玄).

See also

• List of Korean monarchs
• History of Korea
• Gaya confederacy
• Three Kingdoms of Korea

References

• Ilyeon (1972). Samguk Yusa, tr. by Ha, Tae-Hung and Mintz, Grafton K. Seoul: Yonsei University Press. ISBN 89-7141-017-5.
• Kim Bu-sik. Silla Bon-gi, Samguk sagi.