Gyeongsun of Silla


Gyeongsun, personal name Kim Pu, was the 56th and final ruler of the Koreanic kingdom Silla.

Biography

A sixth-generation descendant of King Munseong, he was the son of Kim Hyo-Jong by Princess Gyea, who was the daughter of King Heongang. His wife was Lady Jukbang of the Juksan Park clan, his eldest son was Crown Prince Maui, and his youngest son was Beomgong.
Gyeongsun was placed on the throne by the Later Baekje king Kyŏn Hwŏn after the Hubaekje forces sacked Gyeongju in 927. The kingdom was already in an extremely weakened state, so Gyeongsun reigned over a tiny remnant of the former Silla territory until finally abdicating in favour of Taejo of Goryeo in 935. He remarried Taejo's daughter Princess Nangrang and was appointed sasim-gwan of Gyeongju, becoming the first of Goryeo's sasim-gwan system. He lived out the remainder of his life near the Goryeo capital.
He died in 978 and his tomb lies in Jangnam-myeon, Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
According to the Samguk sagi, Gyeongsun's son, Crown Prince Maui objected to his father's submission to Goryeo and became a hermit in Mount Kumgang.

Family

  1. Lady Jukbang of the Juksan Park clan
  2. #Kim Il, Crown Prince Maui, sixth son
  3. #Kim Goeng, seventh son
  4. #Kim Myeong-jong, Duke Yeongbun, eighth son
  5. #Lady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan, second daughter
  6. Lady Ahn of the Sunheung Ahn clan
  7. # Kim Deok-ji, tenth son
  8. Princess Nakrang of the Kaesong Wang clan
  9. #Lady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan, first daughter
  10. #Kim Seok, Prince Uiseong, eleventh son
  11. #Kim Eun-yeol, Prince Daean, twelfth son
  12. #Lady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan, third daughter
  13. #Queen Heonsuk of the Gyeongju Kim clan, fourth daughter
  14. #Kim Kŏn, Prince Gangreung, thirteenth son
  15. #Kim Sŏn, Prince Eonyang, fourteenth son
  16. #Kim Chu, Prince Samcheok, fifteenth son
  17. #Kim Ryeo-gyeong, Lady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan, fifth daughter
  18. Princess Wang of the Kaesong Wang clan – No issue.
  19. Lady Songhui of the Seok clan
  20. # Kim Jeon, first son
  21. # Kim Yo, second son
  22. # Kim Gon, third son
  23. # Kim Bun, fourth son
  24. # Kim Yeong, fifth son
  25. # Kim Jeong, ninth son
  26. Lady Ahn

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