Empress Sunjeonghyo

Empress Sunjeonghyo
15–16 year old Empress Sunjeonghyo, ca. 1910
Empress consort of Korea
Tenure23 July 1907 – 29 August 1910
PredecessorEmpress Myeongseong
SuccessorTitle and dynasty abolished
Crown Princess of Korea
Tenure24 January 1907 – 23 July 1907
PredecessorCrown Princess Min
SuccessorCrown Princess Euimin
Born(1894-09-07)7 September 1894
Munho-ri, Seojong-myeon, Yangpyeong County, Gyeonggi Province, Joseon Dynasty (now South Korea)
Died3 February 1966(1966-02-03) (aged 71)
Nakseon Hall, Changdeok Palace, Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1907; died 1926)
Posthumous name
헌의자인순정효황후 獻懿慈仁純貞孝皇后
ClanHaepyeong Yun clan (by birth)
Jeonju Yi clan (by marriage)
DynastyHouse of Yi
FatherYun Taek-yeong
MotherInternal Princess Consort Gyeongheung of the Gigye Yu clan
ReligionKorean Buddhism
Korean name
Hangul
순정효황후
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSunjeonghyo Hwanghu
McCune–ReischauerSunjŏnghyo Hwanghu
Birth name
Hangul
윤증순
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYun Jeungsun
McCune–ReischauerYun Chŭngsun
36-year-old Empress Sunjeonghyo in 1930

Empress Sunjeonghyo[a] (Korean순정효황후; 7 September 1894 – 3 February 1966),[1] was the second wife of Sunjong of Korea, and was also the first (and last) Empress consort of Korea.


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  1. ^ In lunar calendar, the empress was born on 20 August 1894

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