Princess Joguk

Grand Princess Joguk was a Yuan dynasty imperial family member who became a Korean royal consort as the second wife of King Chungsuk of Goryeo. Her personal name was Borjigin Jintong.

Biography

The future Princess Joguk was born in 1308 in the Yuan dynasty as the daughter of Amuga and the granddaughter of Darmabala, also the sister of Bayankhutag.

In 1325, she married King Chungsuk who was 14 years older than her in Beijing and when they arrived in Goryeo, they go to Yongsan, Hanyang where she gave birth to their son, Heir Successor Yongsan. Not long after that, the Princess died in the Goryeo Royal Palace in Yongsan at the young age. Then, the Yuans sent Tal Pil-al to take care about her ancestral rites.

In the following year, in 1343, the reign Yuan Emperor Toghon Temür gave her the Yuan Imperial Title Grand Princess Joguk for her posthumous name. The future King Gongmin's primary wife, Princess Noguk was Joguk's niece.