Prince Yongsan (Korean: 용산원자; Hanja: 龍山元子; lit. Primary Son Yongsan; 1325–1341) was a Goryeo royal prince and the heir to the throne as the only son of King Chungsuk of Goryeo and Princess Joguk.[1] However, his mother died at 17 years old not long after he was born.[2][3]
| Heir Successor Yongsan | |
|---|---|
| Heir Successor (Prince) of Goryeo | |
| Reign | 1325–1341 |
| Coronation | 1325 |
| Predecessor | Wang Jeong[a] |
| Successor | Wang Gi[b] |
| Monarch | King Chungsuk |
| Born | 1325[c] Yongsan District, Hanyang, Goryeo |
| Died | 1341 (aged about 17) Empire of Great Yuan |
| House | House of Wang |
| Father | Chungsuk of Goryeo |
| Mother | Princess Joguk of the Yuan Borjigin clan |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 용산원자 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yongsan Wonja |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yongsan Wonch'a |
According to Goryeosa records written by Jeong Bang-gil (정방길) in 1330,[4] it was said that the Prince didn't have a good relationship with his half older brother, the 16 years old Prince Wang Jeong who was 10 years older than Yongsan. Then, Bang-gil told Wang Jeong who wanted go to Yuan dynasty for join with Prince Yongsan to go there, but Jo Ik-cheong (조익청) said "It's Impossible" (불가하다) and he then stopped it. Meanwhile, considering that Yongsan was in Yuan until his death, it is highly probable that he went to the Yuan dynasty between 1330 and 1341 and died in there during his stay. After his death, his body was transported to Goryeo for the funeral, but his tomb site was unknown because no records left about that.
Ancestry
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Notes
edit- ^ Half older brother.
- ^ Half younger brother.
- ^ In the Korean calendar (lunisolar), on 15 August 1325 (12th year reign of his father), he was honoured as Heir Successor Yongsan because his birth place was Yongsan, so was he named that.
- 《고려사》권35〈세가〉권35 - 충숙왕 12년 8월 - 왕과 공주가 한양 용산의 언덕에서 묵다
- 《고려사》권91〈열전〉권4 - 용산원자
References
edit- ^ 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa (in Korean).
- ^ 《고려사》권35〈세가〉권35 - 충숙왕 12년 10월 - 공주가 죽다
- ^ 고려시대 史料 Database. Goryeosa (in Korean).
- ^ "정방길". Goryeosa : Yeoljeon (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ Lee Eun-shik (2008). 이야기 고려 왕조 실록 [History of Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty] (in Korean). University of Michigan: Cheongmoksan. pp. 396, 410. ISBN 9788996152415.