Queen Jeongseong

Queen Jeongseong
정성왕후(貞聖王后)
Queen consort of Joseon
Tenure16 October 1724 – 23 March 1757
PredecessorQueen Seonui
SuccessorQueen Jeongsun
Crown Princess of Joseon
Tenure15 November 1721 – 16 October 1724
PredecessorCrown Princess Eo
SuccessorCrown Princess Jo
Born2 January 1693
Gahoebang, Hanseong, Joseon
Died23 March 1757 (1757-03-24) (aged 64)
Gwanrigak, Daejojeon Hall, Changdeokgung, Hanseong, Joseon
Burial
Hongneung Tomb, Seooneung Cluster, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
SpouseYeongjo of Joseon (m. 1703–1757)
Issue
Posthumous name
  • 혜경 장신 강선 공익 인휘 소헌 원렬 단목장화 정성왕후
  • 惠敬莊愼康宣恭翼仁徽昭獻元烈端穆章和貞聖王后
ClanDaegu Seo clan (by birth)
Jeonju Yi clan (by marriage)
DynastyHouse of Yi
FatherSeo Jong-jae, Internal Prince Dalseong
MotherInternal Princess Consort Jamseong of the Ubong Yi clan
ReligionKorean Buddhism
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Queen Jeongseong (Korean정성왕후 서씨; 2 January 1693 – 23 March 1757), of the Daegu Seo clan, was the first wife of King Yeongjo of Joseon and the adoptive mother of Crown Prince Sado.[1]

  1. ^ Kim Haboush, JaHyun (2013). The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyŏng: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century Korea (2 ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-20055-5.

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