Count Gonghwa
{{Short description|Goryeo nobleman (1126–1186)}}
{{For|other people who have the same name "Yeong" (영, 瑛)|Marquess Seowon|Duke Nakrang}}
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{{family name hatnote|Wang|lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Marquess Gonghwa
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Wang Yeong
| birth_date = 1126
| birth_place = Goryeo
| death_date = {{death year and age|1186|1126}}
| death_place = Goryeo
| burial_date =
| burial_place =
| spouse = Princess Seunggyeong
| issue = Lady Wang
Wang Myeon
| regnal name = Count Gonghwa
({{Korean|hangul=공화백|hanja=恭化伯|labels=no}})
Marquess Gonghwa
({{korean|hangul=공화후|hanja=恭化侯|labels=no}}; given in {{circa}}1170)
| posthumous name = Jeongui (정의, 定懿; "Stable and Benign")
| royal house = House of Wang
| father = Wang On, Duke Gangneung
| mother = Lady Gim
| religion = Buddhism
| module = {{Infobox Korean name
| child = yes
| hangul = 공화백, 공화후
| hanja = 恭化伯, 恭化侯
| rr = Gonghwa-baek, Gonghwa-hu
| mr = Konghwabaek, Konghwahu
| hangulborn = 왕영|hanjaborn=王瑛
| rrborn = Wang Yeong
| mrborn = Wang Yŏng
| hangulph = 정의
| hanjaph = 定懿
| rrph = Jeongui
| mrph = Chŏngŭi
| hangulja = 현허
| hanjaja = 玄虛
| rrja = Hyeonheo
| mrja = Hyŏnhŏ
}}
}}
Count Gonghwa or Marquess Gonghwa (1126–1186{{efn|In the Korean calendar (lunisolar), he died on 10th day 10th month 1186.}}), personal name Wang Yeong ({{Korean|hangul=왕영|hanja=王瑛|labels=no}}) was a Goryeo royal family member as the great-grandson of King Munjong who became the maternal uncle of Huijong and Gangjong.
Biography
= Biography =
Although there is not much information left about his life, but it was believed that he had a calm and quiet personality, not greedy and show great enthusiasm for his studies. During the early years of King Uijong, he became a Jeonjungnaegeupsa ({{Korean|hangul=전중내급사|hanja=殿中內給事|labels=no}}){{cite book|last=Yong-sun|first=Kim|date=2001|script-title=ko:역주 고려 묘지명 집성, Volume 1|trans-title=Compilation of the Names of Goryeo Tombs, Volume 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R3IRAQAAMAAJ&q=%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94%ED%9B%84+%EC%99%95%EC%98%81+%EC%A0%84%EC%A4%91%EB%82%B4%EA%B8%89%EC%82%AC|page=403|language=ko|location=University of Michigan|publisher=Hallym University Press|isbn=9788987086330}} and although the King assumed this, he did not allow it since there was no precedent for a son from the royal family who had been given the title of "Marquess" ({{Korean|hangul=후|hanja=侯|labels=no}}) and humbled himself with became a public servant ({{Korean|hangul=공사|hanja=貢士|labels=no}})[http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/Item/E0004328 공사(貢士) - 한국민족문화대백과사전] {{In lang|ko}} from the past.
He then became Count Gonghwa ({{Korean|hangul=공화백|hanja=恭化伯|labels=no}}) on the day he married at his 30s and the King bestowed great favors upon him.{{cite book|last=In-ji|first=Jung|date=2001|title=高麗史|trans-title=History of Goryeo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uXMRAQAAMAAJ&q=%EC%99%95%EC%98%81+%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94%EB%B0%B1+%EC%B1%85%EB%B4%89|page=142|language=ko|location=University of Michigan|publisher=Shinseowon|isbn=9788979400328}} After his brother-in-law, Marquess Ikyang ascended the throne in 1170, Wang Yeong was promoted into Marquess Gonghwa ({{Korean|hangul=공화후|hanja=恭化侯|labels=no}}) and a devout believer in Buddhism on his later years before later died in 1186 at age 61 years old.
=Relatives and marriage=
Wang Yeong had 4 sisters: Queen Janggyeong, Marchioness Daeryeong, Queen Uijeong (mother of King Gangjong), Queen Seonjeong (mother of King Huijong) and a younger brother named Wang Jak ({{Korean|hangul=왕작|hanja=王鷟|labels=no}}).{{cite web|url=http://db.history.go.kr/KOREA/search/searchResult.do?sort=levelId&dir=ASC&limit=20&page=1&pre_page=1&codeIds=PERIOD-0-3&searchTermImages=%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94%EB%B0%B1%C2%A0&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94%EB%B0%B1&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_090r_0010_0470/3/1/3/r|script-title=ko:문종 왕자 조선공 왕도|website=Goryeosa|access-date=November 11, 2021|language=ko}}
According to Goryeosa, Wang Yeong married his half second cousin once removed, Princess Seunggyeong (승경궁주; eldest daughter of King Injong) and together, they had two children: a daughter and a son.{{cite web|url=http://db.history.go.kr/KOREA/search/searchResult.do?sort=levelId&dir=ASC&start=-1&limit=20&page=1&pre_page=1&itemIds=&indexSearch=N&codeIds=PERIOD-0-3&synonym=off&chinessChar=on&searchTermImages=%EC%99%95%EC%98%81+%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EC%99%95%EC%98%81+%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_091r_0020_0130_0020/3/2/3/r|script-title=ko:승경궁주|website=Goryeosa|access-date=November 11, 2021|language=ko}} Through his only son, he would become both brother and in-law to Queen Janggyeong.
- Lady Wang (왕씨, 王氏; 1150–1185), 1st daughter. She was unmarried until her death at 36 years old due to her illness in Changsin Temple (창신사, 彰信寺; Southern Gaeseong).
- Wang Myeon, Duke Gwangneung (광릉공 면, 廣陵公 沔; d. 1218), 1st son. Married his first cousin (his aunt's daughter), Princess Hwasun ({{Korean|hangul=화순궁주|hanja=和順宮主|labels=no}}).
Notes
References
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External links
- [http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/Item/E0039123 Wang Yeong] on the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture {{in lang|ko}}.
- [https://www.doopedia.co.kr/mo/doopedia/master/master.do?_method=view2&MAS_IDX=101013000897125 왕영] on Doosan Encyclopedia {{in lang|ko}}.
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