Cho In-gyu

Cho In'gyu (; 1237 – May 15, 1308) was a Goryeo civil official. Originally an interpreter for the Goryeo crown prince, his success in helping arrange a marriage between the prince and Kublai Khan's daughter propelled Cho's rise in Goryeo officialdom. He would eventually become the chancellor of Goryeo by 1292 and marry his daughter to the crown prince, the future King Chungnyeol.

Biography Cho In'gyu was born in 1237 in Sangwŏn as the son of Cho Yŏng of the Pyongyang Cho clan. Cho's family was thought to be that of originally of commoner status. Cho In'gyu learned the Mongol language, due to Sangwŏn's close proximity to the Mongol-Goryeo border during Mongol invasions of Korea. Cho's courtesy name was Kŏjin, and his posthumous name was Chŏngsuk. He would obtain the offices of lieutenant general, royal secretary, deputy commissioner of the royal secretariat, and 1292, reach the top post of chancellor. When King Chungseon began his second reign as king in 1308, Cho's clan, the Pyongyang Cho clan, was listed as one of the fifteen great ministerial families , eligible for marriage with the royal House of Wang.

Cho was exiled to Anxi and would be released from exile six years later in 1306. After his return, in 1307, he was enfeoffed as the Lord of Pyongyang .