Daejong of Goryeo

{{Short description|Korean prince (? – 969)}}

{{For|his half-brother with the same name in hangul|Anjong of Goryeo}}

{{Infobox royalty

| name =Daejong
{{lang|ko|대종}}
{{lang|ko|戴宗}}

| title =King of Goryeo (posthumously)

| image =

| caption =

| spouse =Queen Seonui{{cite book|date=2006|script-title=ko:국역 "고려사".: 열전. 20-28|trans-title=Goryeosa Records 20-28|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v3QRAQAAMAAJ&q=%EB%8C%80%EC%A2%85+%EC%99%95%EC%9A%B1|page=14|language=ko|location=University of Michigan|publisher=National culture|isbn=9788982080951}}

| issue =Prince Hyodeok
Wang Chi
Prince Gyeongjang
an unborn daughter
Queen Heonae
Queen Heonjeong

| royal house =Wang

| father =Taejo of Goryeo

| mother =Queen Sinjeong

| birth_name =Wang Uk ({{Korean|hangul=왕욱|hanja=王旭|labels=no}})

| birth_date =

| birth_place =Goryeo

| death_date =969

| death_place =Goryeo

| place of burial={{ill|Taereung Tomb|ko|태릉 (고려)}}{{cite web|url=http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/Item/E0071020|script-title=ko:태릉 (泰陵)|date=2012|website=Encyclopedia of Korean Culture |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies|access-date=July 3, 2021|language=ko}}

| posthumous name=King Yeseong Hwagan Gongsin Hyeonheon Seongyeong the Great
예성화간공신현헌선경대왕
(睿聖和簡恭愼顯獻宣慶大王)

| temple name =Daejong ({{Korean|hangul=대종|hanja=戴宗|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=%EC%99%95%EC%9A%B1+%EB%8C%80%EC%A2%85&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EC%99%95%EC%9A%B1+%EB%8C%80%EC%A2%85&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_090_0010_0060/1/0/1/o|script-title=ko:고려시대 史料 Database|website=db.history.go.kr|access-date=July 3, 2021|language=zh}}

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Daejong (died 969;{{efn|In the Korean calendar (lunisolar), Daejong died in the 11th month of 969.}} born Wang Uk) was a Goryeo Royal Prince as the only son of King Taejo and Queen Sinjeong,{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} elder brother of Queen Daemok and father of King Seongjong.{{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%A0%EB%A0%A4+%EB%8C%80%EC%A2%85&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EA%B3%A0%EB%A0%A4+%EB%8C%80%EC%A2%85&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_003r_0010/5/1/5/r|script-title=ko:고려시대 史料 Database|website= db.history.go.kr|access-date=July 3, 2021|language=ko}} Through his children, he became the grandfather of Queen Wonyong and maternal grandfather to both Mokjong and Hyeonjong.{{cite book|date=2006|title=韓國人物史硏究|trans-title=Korean History's Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=anZKAQAAIAAJ&q=%EB%8C%80%EC%A2%85+%EC%99%95%EC%9A%B1|language=ko|publisher=Jingren Cultural Society|pages=84, 86, 93}}{{cite book|script-title=ko:역사저널 그날 고려 편 1|trans-title=The History of Goryeo Letters 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mYSkDwAAQBAJ&dq=%EB%8C%80%EC%A2%85+%EC%99%95%EC%9A%B1&pg=PT211|language=ko|publisher=KBS History|isbn=9788937417498}}

He married his younger half-sister, Queen Seonui, and had 3 sons and 3 daughters.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} However, both of them died in 969{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} and their young children were raised by his mother.{{cite book|last=Sung-hee|first=Jeong|date=Feb 15, 2007|script-title=ko:이야기 고려왕조사|trans-title=The History of Goryeosa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pm4RAQAAMAAJ&q=%EA%B3%A0%EB%A0%A4+%EC%84%A0%EC%9D%98%EC%99%95%ED%9B%84|page=438,853,856|language=ko|location=University of Michigan|publisher=Cheonga Publishing House|isbn=9788936803605|access-date=June 23, 2021}} After Gyeongjong's death, Uk's second son, Wang Chi, ascended the throne as Seongjong and then gave posthumous name and temple name to his late parent. He and his wife were buried in Taereung Tomb ({{Korean|hangul=태릉|hanja=泰陵|labels=no}}).{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}