Jinseong of Silla

Jinseong of Silla
진성여왕
眞聖女王
Queen of Silla
Reign887-897
Coronation887
PredecessorJeonggang of Silla
SuccessorHyogong of Silla
Born?
Unified Silla
Died897
Unified Silla
HouseKim
FatherGyeongmun of Silla
MotherQueen Munui
ReligionBuddhism
Jinseong of Silla
Hangul
진성여왕
Hanja
眞聖女王
Revised RomanizationJinseong yeowang
McCune–ReischauerChinsŏng yŏwang
Birth name
Hangul
김만, also 김원
Hanja
金曼, also 金垣
Revised RomanizationGim Man, also Gim Won
McCune–ReischauerKim Man, also Kim Wŏn

Jinseong of Silla (c. 865–897), personal name Kim Man, was the fifty-first ruler of the Korean kingdom, Silla from 887 to 897.[1] She was also Silla's third and last reigning queen after Seondeok and Jindeok. Her reign saw the weakening of Unified Silla and the beginning of the Later Three Kingdoms period. According to her older brother Jeonggang, she was smart by nature and tall like a man.[2]

  1. ^ Lee Bae-yong, Women in Korean History, Ewha Womans University Press, 2008, pp. 145-147, ISBN 978-8-973-00772-1.
  2. ^ Kim Bu-sik (1145). Samguk Sagi. Vol. 11.

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