Queen Jeongsun (Wonjong)
Queen Jeongsun of the Gyeongju Gim clan (; 1222 – 29 July 1237) or known as Queen Gyeongsun () and formally called as Queen Mother Sungyeong () was the first and primary wife of Wonjong of Goryeo who became the mother of his successor, Chungnyeol of Goryeo. Biography. Early life. The future Queen Jeongsun was born in 1222 into the Gyeongju Gim clan as the daughter of Gim Yak-seon (김약선) the Duke Jangik (장익공, 莊翼公). Her mother was Lady Choe (부인 최씨), the eldest daughter of Choe U (최우) who was the second dictator of the Ubong Choe Military regime , made she became the maternal granddaughter of U. Marriage and death. In 1235, she married Crown Prince Wang Jeong, given the royal title of Worthy Consort Gyeongmok (경목현비, 敬穆賢妃) and became his consort (황자비, 太子妃) not long after his appointment as a Crown Prince. A year later, she gave birth into their eldest son (the future King Chungnyeol) but eventually died only at 15 years old on 29 July 1237 after gave birth to a daughter who believed to died young as no records since then. After her husband ascended the throne, she was given a Posthumous name of Queen  Jeongsun (정순왕후, 靜順王后) in 1262 and after their son ascended the throne, King Chungnyeol bestowed the name of Queen Mother Sungyeong (순경태후, 順敬太后) towards his mother in 1274. In 1310, by the new order (제서, 制書) from Emperor Wuzong of Yuan, Gim was titled as Queen Consort of Goryeo (고려왕비, 高麗王妃) since she was the grandmother of the reign king and was said by Wuzong to be clean and prudent in her behavior, gentle and beautiful in the Dharma, praised her diligence and modesty. Due to this, she became the last queen who received Posthumous names like the other one  in the early Goryeo periods. Tomb. In 1244 (31st year reign of her father-in-law, King Gojong), she was buried in "Gareung tomb" (가릉, 嘉陵) located at Neungnae-ri, Yangdo-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon-si which becomes one of the Goryeo Royal Tombs located in South Korea. In 1992, it was designated as "Incheon Historic Site no. 370".