Duke Changwon
{{Short description|Goryeo prince (1197–1262)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Wang Ch'i
| image =
| caption =
| succession = Heir Successor (wonja) of Goryeo
| reign = {{circa}}1200–1204
| coronation =
| regent = King Sinjong (grandfather)
| reg-type = Monarch
| succession1 = Crown Prince of Goryeo
| reign1 = 1204–1211
| coronation1 = 1204
| predecessor1 = Crown Prince Wang Yŏng
| successor1 = Crown Prince Wang Chin
| regent1 = King Huijong (father)
| reg-type1 = Monarch
| spouse =
| issue =
| royal house = Wang
| father = Huijong of Goryeo
| mother = Queen Seongpyeong
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1197
| birth_place = Gaegyeong, Goryeo
| death_date = 1262 (aged about 65/6)
| death_place = Goryeo
| burial_date =
| burial_place =
| regnal name = * The Deposed Crown Prince ({{Korean|hangul=폐태자|hanja=廢太子|labels=no}})
- Marquess Changwon ({{Korean|hangul=창원후|hanja=昌原侯|labels=no}})
- Duke Changwon ({{Korean|hangul=창원공|hanja=昌原公|labels=no}})
| posthumous name =
| religion =
| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes
|hangul=왕지|hanja=王祉|rr=Wang Ji|mr=Wang Ch'i}}
}}
Wang Ch'i (1197–1262{{efn|In the Korean calendar (lunisolar), he died on 17th day and 12th month of 1262.}}) was a Goryeo Royal Prince as the first and oldest son of King Huijong and Queen Seongpyeong,{{cite book|last=Young-kyoo|first=Park|date=2000|script-title=ko:한권으로읽는고려왕조실록|trans-title=Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty in one volume|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dXIRAQAAMAAJ&q=%EC%99%95%EC%A7%80+%EC%B0%BD%EC%9B%90%EA%B3%B5|language=ko|location=University of Michigan|publisher=Deullyeok|isbn=9788975271540|page=367}} who got exiled to Inju following his father who was forced to abdicated the throne by Ch'oe Ch'ung-hŏn. Wang Ch'i was known for being the Deposed Crown Prince.
Biography
Wang Ch'i was born in 1197 as the first child and son of Wang Yŏng, from his wife, Lady Im, making him became the eldest grandson to King Sinjong and Queen Seonjeong. He had four younger brothers{{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%B0%BD%EC%9B%90%EA%B3%B5&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EC%B0%BD%EC%9B%90%EA%B3%B5&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_091r_0010_0030/4/2/4/r|script-title=ko:고려사 > 권91 > 열전 권제4 > 종실(宗室) > 희종 소생 왕자|website=History of Goryeo|access-date=April 17, 2022|language=ko}} and five sisters,{{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=%ED%9D%AC%EC%A2%85+%EC%86%8C%EC%83%9D+%EA%B3%B5%EC%A3%BC&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%ED%9D%AC%EC%A2%85+%EC%86%8C%EC%83%9D+%EA%B3%B5%EC%A3%BC&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_091r_0020_0170_0010/1/0/1/r|script-title=ko:고려사 > 권91 > 열전 권제4 > 공주(公主) > 희종 소생 공주 > 희종 소생 공주|website=History of Goryeo|access-date=April 17, 2022|language=ko}} which the first sister became the wife of the future King Gojong.{{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%95%88%ED%98%9C%ED%83%9C%ED%9B%84&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EC%95%88%ED%98%9C%ED%83%9C%ED%9B%84&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_088r_0010_1000/6/2/6/r|script-title=ko:고려사 > 권88 > 열전 권제1 > 후비(后妃) > 고종 후비 안혜태후 유씨|website=History of Goryeo|access-date=April 17, 2022|language=ko}}
When King Myeongjong exiled by the Goryeo military regime, Wang T'ak, as his younger brother, succeeded the throne instead of his only son, Crown Prince Wang O.{{cite web|url=http://db.history.go.kr/KOREA/search/searchResult.do?sort=levelId&dir=ASC&start=-1&limit=20&page=2&pre_page=1&itemIds=&indexSearch=N&codeIds=PERIOD-0-3&synonym=off&chinessChar=on&searchTermImages=%EC%8B%A0%EC%A2%85+%EC%99%95%EC%9C%84&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EC%8B%A0%EC%A2%85+%EC%99%95%EC%9C%84&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_020r_0190_0040_0030/24/0/24/r|script-title=ko:고려사 > 권20 > 세가 권제20 > 명종(明宗) 27년 > 9월 > 최충헌 형제가 왕을 유폐시키고 왕민을 새로 옹립하다|website=History of Goryeo|access-date=April 17, 2022|language=ko}} However, Wang T'ak suddenly died in 1204 and his eldest son, Wang Yŏng succeeded the throne. As a monarch's eldest son, the Heir Successor ({{Korean|hangul=원자|hanja=元子|labels=no}}) Wang Ch'i became the crown prince at the age 8 in 1204{{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=%C2%A0%EC%9B%90%EC%9E%90+%EC%A7%80%EB%A5%BC+%EC%99%95%ED%83%9C%EC%9E%90%EB%A1%9C+%EC%82%BC%EB%8B%A4&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EC%9B%90%EC%9E%90+%EC%A7%80%EB%A5%BC+%EC%99%95%ED%83%9C%EC%9E%90%EB%A1%9C+%EC%82%BC%EB%8B%A4&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_021r_0120_0110_0010/1/0/1/r|script-title=ko:고려사 > 권21 > 세가 권제21 > 희종(熙宗) 즉위년 > 11월 > 원자 지를 왕태자로 삼다|website=History of Goryeo|access-date=April 17, 2022|language=ko}} and did the Guan Li seven years later in 1211.{{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=%EA%B4%80%EB%A1%80&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EA%B4%80%EB%A1%80&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_021r_0190_0030_0020/68/16/68/r|script-title=ko:고려사 > 권21 > 세가 권제21 > 희종(熙宗) 7년 > 4월 > 태자 지의 관례를 행하다|website=History of Goryeo|access-date=April 17, 2022|language=ko}}
However, the powerful Ch'oe Ch'ung-hŏn deposed King Huijong from the throne and sent him into exile at Ganghwa Island in the same year after Ch'oe discovered that Huijong plotted to kill him in a conspiracy along with his eunuch, Wang Chun-myŏng ({{Korean|hangul=왕준명|labels=no}}) and others.{{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%A4%80%EB%AA%85&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EC%99%95%EC%A4%80%EB%AA%85&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_021r_0190_0100_0010/4/0/4/r|script-title=ko:고려사 > 권21 > 세가 권제21 > 희종(熙宗) 7년 > 12월 > 최충헌 암살 시도가 실패하다|website=History of Goryeo|access-date=April 17, 2022|language=ko}} Thus, Wang Ch'i was exiled to Inju and the former-crown-prince Wang O ascended the throne as King Gangjong in 1212.{{cite book|last=Jae-ha|first=Yoo|date=2000|title=高麗王朝史: 明宗 - 元宗|trans-title=Goryeo Dynasty History: Myeongjong - Wonjong|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XXcRAQAAMAAJ&q=%ED%8F%90%ED%83%9C%EC%9E%90+%EC%B0%BD%EC%9B%90%EA%B3%B5|page=280|language=ko|location=University of Michigan|publisher=Scholarship|isbn=9788946790797}}
After suffered throughout of his life and being pardoned, Wang Ch'i became Marquess Changwon ({{Korean|hangul=창원후|hanja=昌原侯|labels=no}}) and Duke Changwon ({{Korean|hangul=창원공|hanja=昌原公|labels=no}}) while later died unmarried at the age 66 in 1262 (3rd years reign of King Wonjong).{{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%B0%BD%EC%9B%90%EA%B3%B5&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EC%B0%BD%EC%9B%90%EA%B3%B5&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_025r_0050_0070_0030/4/0/4/r|script-title=ko:고려사 > 권25 > 세가 권제25 > 원종(元宗) 3년 > 12월 > 창원공 왕지가 죽다|website=History of Goryeo|access-date=April 17, 2022|language=ko}} There was no records left about where is his death place or tomb location.
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References
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- [http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/Item/E0055482 Wang Ji] on the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture {{in lang|ko}}.
- [https://www.doopedia.co.kr/mo/doopedia/master/master.do?_method=view2&MAS_IDX=101013000945855 Wang Ji] on Doosan Encyclopedia {{in lang|ko}}.
- [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%B0%BD%EC%9B%90%EA%B3%B5+%EC%99%95%EC%A7%80&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EC%B0%BD%EC%9B%90%EA%B3%B5+%EC%99%95%EC%A7%80&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_091r_0010_0040/4/3/4/r Wang Ji] on Goryeosa {{in lang|ko}}.
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