Queen Munhwa
Queen Consort of Goryeo
About Queen Munhwa
Born 1000.
Queen Munhwa of the Seonsan Kim clan (; 960–?) was the second wife of Seongjong of Goryeo and the mother of Queen Wonjeong. She was Goryeo's first Grand Consort even though King Taejo's daughter, Queen Dowager Sunan, was already Queen Dowager.
Biography She was born in 960 in Seonju (now Seonsan-eup, Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province) as the daughter of Kim Won-sung and Lady Wang.
After her marriage with King Seongjong, she was formally called as Princess Yeonheung while living in "Yeonheung Palace" and Princess Hyeondeok since she lived in "Hyeondeok Palace" .
She was said to have raised and taken care of her husband's two nephews (Wang Song and Wang Sun) as their parents died young.
During King Hyeonjong's reign, she was denied the title of queen dowager and instead became Grand Consort in 1029 with the equivalent authority of a queen dowager.
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Who was Queen Munhwa?
Queen Consort of Goryeo
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Queen Munhwa was born in 1000.
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