Minae of Silla

{{Short description|44th monarch of Silla (r. 838–839)}}

{{Infobox royalty

| name = King Minae
민애왕
閔哀王

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| succession = King of Silla

| reign = 838-839

| predecessor = Huigang of Silla

| successor = Sinmu of Silla

| father = Kim Chung-gong

| mother = Lady Gwibo

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| birth_date = 817

| death_date = 839

| death_place = Silla

| house = House of Kim

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{{Infobox Korean name

|hangul=민애왕

|hanja=閔哀王

|rr=Minae wang

|mr=Minae wang

|hangulborn=김명

|hanjaborn=金明

|rrborn=Gim Myeong

|mrborn=Kim Myŏng

}}

{{Silla monarchs 2}}

Minae (c. 817–839) (r. 838–839) was the 44th ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla. He was a great-grandson of King Wonseong, and the son of Daeachan Kim Chung-gong. His mother was a Kim, Lady Gwibo. He married the daughter of Gakgan Kim Yeong-gong.

Being of true bone rank, Minae rose to the rank of sangdaedeung. He then schemed with Kim Rihong and others to overthrow King Huigang.{{cite news |script-title=ko:희강왕 |url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/2062570#home |access-date=21 February 2024 |agency=Joongang Ilbo |date=August 3, 1986}} They threatened the King and drove him to kill himself, which began to destabilize Silla, as Minae had defied the traditional hierarchy of the royal family of Silla and destroyed its legitimacy.{{cite news |publisher=Wando Cultural Center |script-title=ko:장보고와 장흥 천관산 |url=https://www.wandonews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=217372 |access-date=20 February 2024 |agency=Wando News |date=February 5, 2021}} In the following year, Kim Ujing allied himself with Jang Bogo, who sent his forces into the capital (Gyeongju) to topple and slay the king.{{cite news |script-title=ko:희강왕 |url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/2062570#home |access-date=21 February 2024 |agency=Joongang Ilbo |date=August 3, 1986}} King Minae attempted to defeat the rebels but his generals were all defeated.{{cite news |last1=천 |first1=광공 |script-title=ko:화랑도(花郞徒)와 성(性) 그리고 태권도(跆拳道) |url=https://www.bostonkorea.com/news_test.php?mode=view&num=33978 |access-date=20 February 2024 |agency=Boston Korea |date=June 6, 2022}} Minae died at the soldiers' hands in the twelfth lunar month, early in 839.