Lady Gyeonghwa


Lady Gyeonghwa of the Jincheon Im clan was a Goryeo Royal Princess as the first and oldest daughter of King Hyejong and Queen Uihwa who became the second wife of her half uncle, King Gwangjong, which she then followed her maternal clan. As a Princess, she therefore was called as Princess Gyeonghwa or Grand Princess Gyeonghwa.
When Wang Gyu accused the King's half-brothers, Yo and So of plotting treason, the King then gave his eldest daughter to So as his 2nd wife, and it was believed that they were married in 944. Meanwhile, her father's effort to safeguard his own life from the political treatment meant she was married to her uncle who had already secured his position in the royal family through his first marriage. Gyeonghwa's marriage with So was a purely political marriage. Due to her father's status as King she was a Royal Princess by birth, but in later years was better known as Gwangjong's "Madam" rather than "Queen consort" as the title of Queen Consort belonged to Daemok, his first wife.

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