Queen Gongwon

Queen Gongwon
공원왕후
Consort of Goryeo
Tenure1313–1330
PredecessorPrincess Gyeguk
SuccessorPrincess Deongnyeong
Tenure1332–1339
PredecessorPrincess Deongnyeong
SuccessorPrincess Deongnyeong
Dowager Consort of Goryeo
Tenure1339–1344
PredecessorDowager Consort Gim
SuccessorDowager Consort An
MonarchChunghye (son)
(Royal) Queen Dowager of Goryeo
Tenure1351–1380
PredecessorQueen Dowager Wondeok
SuccessorDynasty abolished
MonarchGongmin (son; 1351–1372)
U (grandson; 1372–1380)
Born25 August 1298
Goryeo
Died12 February 1380 (1380-02-13) (aged 81)
Goryeo
Burial
Yeongneung Mausoleum
Spouse
(m. 1313; died 1339)
IssueChunghye of Goryeo
Gongmin of Goryeo
Regnal name
  • Virtuous Consort Hong (Deokbi Hong; 덕비 홍씨, 德妃 洪氏; from 1313)
  • Dowager Consort Hong (Daebi Hong; 대비 홍씨, 大妃 洪氏)
  • Queen Dowager Myeongdeok (Myeongdeok Taehu; 명덕태후, 明德太后)
  • Royal Queen Dowager Sunggyeong (Sunggyeong Wangtaehu; 숭경왕태후, 崇敬王太后)
Posthumous name
Gongwon (공원; 恭元; lit. "Reverent and Primary")
ClanNamyang Hong clan (by birth)
Gaeseong Wang clan (by marriage)
DynastyHouse of Wang (by marriage)
FatherHong Gyu
MotherLady Gim

Queen Gongwon of the Namyang Hong clan (Korean공원왕후 홍씨; Hanja恭元王后 洪氏; 25 August 1298 – 12 February 1380[a]), more commonly known as Queen Dowager Myeongdeok (명덕태후; 明德太后), was a Korean royal consort as the fourth wife of King Chungsuk of Goryeo and the mother of his two successors, Chunghye and Gongmin.
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