Count Gonghwa


Count Gonghwa or Marquess Gonghwa, personal name Wang Yeong was a Goryeo royal family member as the great-grandson of King Munjong who became the maternal uncle of Huijong and Gangjong.

Biography

Biography

Although there is not much information left about his life, but it was believed that he had a calm and quiet personality, not greedy and show great enthusiasm for his studies. During the early years of King Uijong, he became a Jeonjungnaegeupsa and although the King assumed this, he did not allow it since there was no precedent for a son from the royal family who had been given the title of "Marquess" and humbled himself with became a public servant from the past.
He then became Count Gonghwa on the day he married at his 30s and the King bestowed great favors upon him. After his brother-in-law, Marquess Ikyang ascended the throne in 1170, Wang Yeong was promoted into Marquess Gonghwa and a devout believer in Buddhism on his later years before later died in 1186 at age 61 years old.

Relatives and marriage

Wang Yeong had 4 sisters: Queen Janggyeong, Marchioness Daeryeong, Queen Uijeong, Queen Seonjeong and a younger brother named Wang Jak.
According to Goryeosa, Wang Yeong married his half second cousin once removed, Princess Seunggyeong and together, they had two children: a daughter and a son. Through his only son, he would become both brother and in-law to Queen Janggyeong.