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Jeongjo (Korean: 정조; Hanja: 正祖; 28 October 1752 – 18 August 1800), personal name Yi San (이산; 李祘), sometimes called Jeongjo the Great (정조대왕; 正祖大王), was the 22nd monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He was the second son of Crown Prince Sado and Lady Hyegyŏng, and succeeded his grandfather, King Yeongjo, in ...
Yunggeolleung is a burial ground from the Joseon dynasty, located within an oak-forested park in Hwaseong, South Korea. Yungneung is the tomb of Crown Prince Sado and Lady Hyegyeong (posthumously honored as King Jangjo and Queen Heongyeong), while Geolleung houses King Jeongjo and Queen Hyoui. They are an UNESCO World Heritage Site. [3]
Queen Jeongsun (Korean: 정순왕후 김씨; 2 December 1745 – 11 February 1805 [a]), of the Gyeongju Kim clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and second queen consort of Yi Geum, King Yeongjo, the 21st Joseon monarch. [1]
Joseon King accepted Chinese suzerainty and acknowledged the Chinese emperor as their nominal overlord [2] until the Gabo Reform in December 1894. The Primary Consort of the Joseon King bore the title wangbi (왕비, 王妃), [ a ] translated as Queen in English, with the style of "Her Royal Highness" ( baama ; 마마, 媽媽).
But because her tomb was built before her husband died, King Yeongjo reserved a spot next her mound intending to be buried with her. However, when King Yeongjo died in 1776, King Jeongjo was conscious of the Queen Dowager, and built Wonreung to bury the former King and later, the late Queen Dowager. As a result, Queen Jeongseong is buried there ...
The suggestion of executing "Jeong's wife", or alternatively referred as "Jeong Chi-dal's wife" still constantly reoccurs throughout the reign of Jeongjo, according to records from the Journal of the Royal Secretariat, until she died in 1808, during the reign of Sunjo of Joseon, the son of King Jeongjo. [13] [14]
The Queen did not bear King Jeongjo any children, but she adopted the sons of two of her husband's concubines, Royal Noble Consort Ui and Royal Noble Consort Su, as her own. The son of Royal Noble Consort Ui died young, but the son of Royal Noble Consort Su would eventually succeed King Jeongjo on the throne as the twenty-third king of Joseon.
Born in 1357 as the second son of Yi Seong-gye (posthumously King Taejo) and his first wife Lady Han, he was a prudent, generous, brave, and able military officer. During the latter days of the declining Goryeo dynasty , Jeongjong followed his father to various battlefronts and fought at his side.