Queen Daemok
Queen Daemok of the Hwangju Hwangbo clan () or known as Queen Taemok () was a Goryeo Royal Princess as the only daughter of King Taejo and Queen Sinjeong, also the full younger sister of King Daejong who became a Queen Consort through her marriage with her half older brother, King Gwangjong as his first and primary wife. She was the mother of his successor, King Gyeongjong and paternal aunt of his successor-in-throne, King Seongjong. From this marriage, Queen Daemok became the first reigned Goryeo queen who followed her maternal clan, that later commonly used to other queen  consorts. Her marriage with Gwangjong was believed after 937 but before 943. She was best known for included in the law of slaves' emancipation (노비안검법, 奴婢按檢法)'s in 956 which enacted by Gwangjong to correct the slavery's evils as slaves often despised and betrayed their masters. While knowing this, she was said to strongly opposed this with begged him earnestly, but Gwangjong ignored and rejected her pleas, instead keep enacted the emancipation. The Queen's opposition to her husband's implementation represented the interests of the nobles and Hwangju Hwangbo clan still remained behind her. However, in Gwangjong's  eyes, her maternal family was only one of the nobles to be removed. She then enshrined in her husband's shrine and buried in Heolleung along with him. Although her dates are unknown, it seems that the Queen was born in the early 930s and died after 975 but before 1002 when King Mokjong (her only grandson) gave her a posthumous name. In popular culture. Queen Daemok is often portrayed as an antagonist when the stories are based on Gwangjong's reign period.