Hangul 정종 Hangul 왕요 Hanja 定宗 Hanja 王堯 | Revised Romanization Jeongjong Name Jeongjong, Monarch McCune–Reischauer Chongjong | |
Jeongjong of Goryeo (923 – 13 April 949) (r. 945–949) was the third monarch of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was the third son of King Taejo, the founder of the kingdom, and was born more than a decade before Goryeo was formally established. His mother was the daughter of a noble from the Chungju region, Yu Geung-dal.
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Jeongjong rose to the throne after his half-brother King Hyejong, and set to reducing the power of various royal in-laws, including Wang Gyu and Pak Sul-hui. However, lacking the support of the Gaegyeong elites, he was unable to substantially strengthen the throne.
In 946, he spent 70,000 sacks of grain from the royal storehouses to support Buddhism in the country. In 947, he had the fortress of Pyongyang constructed as the country's Western Capital. He sought to move the capital from Gaegyeong to there, but was not successful.
Family
- Queen Mungong of the Suncheon Park clan (문공왕후 박씨)
- Queen Munseong of the Suncheon Park clan (문성왕후 박씨)
- Prince Gyeongchunwon (경춘원군)
- Unknown Princess
- Lady Cheongjunamwon of the Cheongju Kim clan (청주남원부인 김씨)