Queen Janghwa

{{Short description|Queen consort of Goryeo (fl. 10th century)}}

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Queen Janghwa
장화왕후

| image = 왕건과 장화왕후.jpg

| alt = Taejo of Goryeo and Queen Janghwa

| caption = The Queen and her husband, King Taejo

| succession = Queen consort of Goryeo

| reign = ?–?

| reign-type = Tenure

| predecessor = Queen Sinhye

| successor = Queen Sinmyeong

| father = O Ta-ryŏn

| mother = Lady Yŏn Tŏkgyo

| spouse = Taejo of Goryeo

| issue = Hyejong of Goryeo

| birth_date = ?

| birth_place = Geumseong, Silla

| death_date = {{circa}} 934 or 943

| death_place = ??Gaegyeong-si, Goryeo

| place of burial =

| posthumous name = Janghwa (장화, 莊和; "Solemn and Harmonious")

| house = Naju O clan

| religion =

}}

Queen Janghwa of the Naju O clan{{cite web|url=http://www.surname.info/office/wang_hu-go_ryeo.html|script-title=ko:성씨정보 고려 왕후록(王后錄) - 고려의 왕비 :+|website=Surname Info|access-date=October 4, 2021|language=ko}} ({{Korean|hangul=장화왕후 오씨|hanja=莊和王后 吳氏}}; d. {{circa}} 934 or 943) was the second Goryeo queen consort through her marriage as the second wife of Wang Kŏn, its founder and became the mother of his heir and oldest son, King Hyejong.

Biography

Her grandfather, lived in Hamyang but eventually moved to Naju, which at the time was called Geumseong, and was the place that the future Queen was born in. Her father, O Ta-ryŏn, helped King Taejo establish the Goryeo Dynasty.{{Cite book|date=2013-10-15|script-title=ko:김성회의 뿌리를 찾아서 〈59〉오씨(呉氏)、해주오씨|publisher=Segye Ilbo|url=http://www.segye.com/content/html/2013/10/15/20131015006857.html|access-date=2017-02-16|ref={{Harvid|Segye Ilbo|2013}}|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015223544/http://www.segye.com/content/html/2013/10/15/20131015006857.html|archive-date=2013-10-15}} Queen Janghwa is daughter of O Ta-ryon.{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Korean Culture 장화왕후 莊和王后|publisher=Encyclopedia of Korean Culture|url=http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=538669&cid=46621&categoryId=46621&mobile|access-date=2017-02-16}}

Family

  • Father: O Ta-ryŏn (856 – 944)
  • Grandfather - O Pang ({{Korean|hangul=오방|hanja=吳昉|labels=no}}) or O Pusun ({{Korean|hangul=오부순|hanja=吳富純|labels=no}}; 825 – ?)
  • Mother: Lady No Tŏkgyo ({{Korean|hangul= 노덕교|labels=no}})
  • Grandfather - No Yŏnwi ({{Korean|hangul=신라 사간 노연위|hanja=新羅 沙干 連位|labels=no}})
  • Siblings
  • Older brother - O Sang ({{Korean|hangul=오상|hanja=吳相|labels=no}})
  • Older brother - O Hwan ({{Korean|hangul=오환|hanja=吳桓|labels=no}})
  • Younger brother - O Kŏm ({{Korean|hangul=오검|hanja=吳檢|labels=no}})
  • Husband: King Taejo of Goryeo (January 31, 877 – July 4, 943)
  • Son: King Hyejong of Goryeo (912 – October 23, 945)
  • Daughter-in-law: Queen Uihwa of the Jincheon Im clan

References

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