Hangul 정종 Hangul 신조 Hanja 靖宗 Hanja 申照 | Revised Romanization Jeongjong Name Jeongjong, Monarch McCune–Reischauer Chongjong | |
Jeongjong II of Goryeo (31 August 1018 – 24 June 1046) (r. 1034–1046) was the 10th ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was the second son of Hyeonjong, and the younger brother of Deokjong. At the age of four in 1022, he was made Naesaryeong, a position of high rank, and designated the Prince of Pyongyang.
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Jeongjong II was greatly concerned with national defense, and began constructing fortresses along the northern border in the first year of his reign. In 1037, the country suffered an invasion from the northern Khitan tribes. In 1044, the Cheolli Jangseong was completed, an enormous wall across northern Korea. Jeongjong II also concerned himself with the material support of the army, distributing state land to indigent soldiers in 1036.
Just before his death in 1046, Jeongjong II established primogeniture as national law.
Family
- Queen Yongshin of the Danju Han clan (? – 24 July 1036) (용신왕후 한씨)
- Unnamed son
- Queen Yongui of the Danju Han clan (용의왕후 한씨)
- Wang Bang, Prince Aesang (왕방 애상군)
- Wang Gyeong, Prince Nakrang (왕경 낙랑후)
- Wang Gye, Prince Kaesong (? – 1062) (왕개 개성후)
- Queen Yongmok of the Lee clan (용목왕후 이씨)
- Princess Donae (? – 1157) (도애공주)
- Royal Consort Yongjeol Deok-Bi of the Gyeongju Kim clan (? – March 1102) (용절덕비 김씨)
- Princess Yeonchang of the No clan (? – 16 March 1048) (연창궁주 노씨)
Popular culture
In television, Jeongjong of Goryeo was portrayed by the following actors: