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Chungmok of Goryeo

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Reign
  
1344-1348

Mother
  
Princess Deongnyeong

Father
  
King Chunghye


Successor
  
king Chungjeong

Predecessor
  
king Chunghye

Name
  
Chungmok Goryeo

Born
  
15 May 1337 (
1337-05-15
)

Died
  
25 December 1348(1348-12-25) (aged 11)

King Chungmok of Goryeo (15 May 1337 – 25 December 1348, r. 1344–1348) was the 29th king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea.

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Biography

He was the eldest son of King Chunghye, and his mother was Princess Deoknyeong. Chungmok is known in some records by his Mongolian name, which is rendered in hanja as Palsamanaeisa.

After King Chunghye was deposed in 1343, King Chungmok had an audience with the Yuan Emperor Togon-temür. He was asked whether he would prefer to follow the ways of his mother or his father; when King Chungmok answered that he would prefer to follow his mother, the Emperor said that this was a child who knew the difference between right and wrong, and made him king.

Family

  • Father: King Chunghye of Goryeo (22 February 1315 – 30 January 1344) (고려 충혜왕)
  • Grandfather : King Chungsuk of Goryeo (30 July 1294 – 3 May 1339) (고려 충숙왕)
  • Grandmother : Queen Gongwon of the Namyang Hong clan (18 July 1298 – January 1380) (공원왕후 홍씨)
  • Mother: Princess Consort Deoknyeong of the Borjigin clan (? – 1375) (덕녕공주)
  • Min Byeong-hyeon - Shin Don (MBC, 2005-2006)

    • References

    Chungmok of Goryeo Wikipedia
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