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Jeongjong, 10th monarch of Goryeo

King of Goryeo from 1034 to 1046

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Jeongjong (31 August 1018 – 24 June 1046), personal name Wang Hyŏng, was the 10th king of Korea's Goryeo dynasty. He was the second son of King Hyeonjong, and the younger brother of King Deokjong. At the age of four in 1022, he was made Naesaryeong, a position of high rank, and designated the Prince of Pyongyang.

Jeongjong was greatly concerned with national defense, and began constructing fortresses along the northern border in the first year of his reign. In 1037, Goryeo was invaded by the Liao dynasty. In 1044, the Cheolli Jangseong was completed, an enormous wall across northern Korea. Jeongjong 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 established primogeniture as national law.

Grandmother: Queen Heonjeong of the Hwangju Hwangbo clan

Mother: Queen Wonseong of the Ansan Kim clan

Grandmother: Grand Lady of Ansan County of the Gyeongwon Yi clan (안산군대부인 이씨)

Consorts and their Respective Issue(s):

Queen Yongsin of the Danju Han clan

Queen Yongui of the Danju Han clan

Wang Pang, Prince Aesang, 2nd son

Wang Kyŏng, Marquess Nakrang, 3rd son

Wang Kye, Marquess Gaeseong, 4th son

Queen Yongmok of the Buyeo Yi clan

Virtuous Consort Yongjeol, of the Gyeongju Kim clan – No issue.

Princess Yeonchang of the No clan – No issue.

Jeongjong, 3rd Monarch of Goryeo

정종 (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia.

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