Mundeok

Queen Mundeok of the Chungju Yu clan (; 955–?) was a Goryeo princess as the youngest daughter and child of King Gwangjong and Queen Daemok, also the youngest sister of King Gyeongjong.

Biography The future Queen was born in 955 as the youngest child of King Gwangjong and Queen Daemok. Although she was recognized as being part of the royal Wang clan, she was put under her paternal grandmother's clan, the Chungju Yu clan.

She firstly married Wang Gyu, who was also the grandson of Lady Heondok and King Taejo, the only son of Crown Prince Sumyeong. They had a daughter together who would eventually marry King Mokjong, the son of King Gyeongjong.

But after Wang Gyu's death, Lady Yu remarried again and became a queen consort through her marriage with her half first cousin, King Seongjong, as his first and primary wife. From this marriage, Queen Mundeok became the fifth reigned Goryeo queen who followed her maternal clan after Queen Heonjeong, her half first cousin and the first Goryeo queen who remarried.

Her death date is unknown, but seeing that her son-in-law (biologically, her nephew), King Mokjong gave her posthumous names in 997, it seemed that she died sometime before that.

Posthumous name In April 1002 (5th year reign of King Mokjong), name Hyo-gong was added. In March 1014 (5th year reign of King Hyeonjong), name Sun-seong was added. In April 1027 (18th year reign of King Hyeonjong), name Yeong-yong and Suk-jeol was added. In October 1056 (10th year reign of King Munjong), name Won-heon was added. In October 1253 (40th year reign of King Gojong), name Seon-wi was added to her posthumous name too.

Family

Father - Wang So, Gwangjong of Goryeo (; 925 – 4 July 975) Mother - Queen Daemok of the Hwangju Hwangbo clan (; 925–?) Siblings Older sister - Wang Ah-ji, Lady Cheonchujeon (; 950–?) Older brother - Wang Ju, Gyeongjong of Goryeo (; 9 November 955 – 13 August 981) Younger brother - Crown Prince Hyohwa (; 956–959) Sister - Royal Lady Bohwa Spouses Wang Gyu, Prince Hongdeok (; 951–?) Father-in-law - Crown Prince Sumyeong (; 904–?) Unnamed mother-in-law (908–?) Wang Chi, Seongjong of Goryeo (15 January 961 – 29 November 997) Mother-in-law - Queen Seonui of the Jeongju Yu clan (; 937–?) Father-in-law - Wang Ok, Daejong of Goryeo (; 937–969) Issue Daughter - Queen Seonjeong of the Chungju Yu clan (; 980–?); with Wang Gyu Son-in-law - Wang Song, Mokjong of Goryeo (; 980 – 1009)

In popular culture Portrayed by Lee Hyun-kyung and Baek Seung-hee in the 2009 KBS2 TV series Empress Cheonchu.