Jeongjong’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro 3rd king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea
Is Monarch 
From North Korea 
South Korea 
Korea 
Type Royals 
Gender male
Birth 923, Korea, Empire of Japan
Death 949
Family
Mother: Sinmyeongsunseong-wanghu 
Father: Taejo of Goryeo 
Siblings: Wang Tae 
Gwangjong of Goryeo 
Munwon daewan 
Jeungtong guksa 
Nangnang gongju 
Heungbang gungju 
Hyejong of Goryeo 
Daejong 
Anjong 
Hyoeun taeja 
Wonjang taeja 
Daemok wahu 
Sanui-wanghu 
Munhyeo wanghu 
Wang SunAn 
Wang Wonnyeong 
Wang Hyoseong 
Wang Jik 
prince Uiseong Buwon 
Wang SumeonWang Prince KwanjuWang YiWang In AeWang Cho YiWang HeomokWang HeodjiWang HeodjeWang HeomongWang Bop TenWang Chari
Spouse: Queen Mungong 
Queen Munseong 
Cheongju Namwonbuin 
Children: Gyeongchun Wongun 

Jeongjong of Goryeo (923 – 13 April 949) (r. 945–949) was the third monarch of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was the third son of King Taejo, the founder of the kingdom, and was born more than a decade before Goryeo was formally established. His mother was the daughter of a noble from the Chungju region, Yu Geung-dal.

Jeongjong rose to the throne after his half-brother King Hyejong died, and set to reducing the power of various royal in-laws, including Wang Gyu and Pak Sul-hui. However, lacking the support of the Gaegyeong elites, he was unable to substantially strengthen the throne.

In 946, he spent 70,000 sacks of grain from the royal storehouses to support Buddhism in the country. In 947, he had the fortress of Pyongyang constructed as the country’s Western Capital. He sought to move the capital from Gaegyeong to Pyongyang, but was not successful.
Jeongjong became paranoid however that people inside the palace were conspiring to kill him and he then started to go insane. After four years of his reign, he died; just after he signed a royal decree to make the fourth prince Wang So, his brother (also known as Gwangjeon of Goryeo) king instead of his child.

Family

  • Father: King Taejo (31 January 877 – 4 July 943) (고려 태조)
  • Mother: Queen Sinmyeongsunseong of the Chungju Yu clan (900 – 951)(신명순성왕후 유씨)
  • Consorts:
  1. Queen Mungong of the Suncheon Park clan (문공왕후 박씨)
  2. Queen Munseong of the Suncheon Park clan (문성왕후 박씨)
    1. Prince Gyeongchunwon (경춘원군)
    2. Unknown Princess
  3. Lady Cheongjunamwon of the Cheongju Kim clan (청주남원부인 김씨)
  • Portrayed by Kim Young-chan in the 2000-2002 KBS1 TV series Taejo Wang Geon
  • Portrayed by Choi Jae-sung in the 2002 KBS1 TV series The Dawn of the Empire.
  • Portrayed by Ryu Seung-soo in the 2015 MBC TV series Shine or Go Crazy.
  • Portrayed by Hong Jong-hyun in the 2016 SBS TV series Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo.
  • Portrayed by Kim Min-jae and Lee Dong-wook in the 2017 TVN TV series Guardian: The Lonely and Great God.
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