Yi Ŭi-bang (1170–1174) Chŏng Chung-bu (1174–1179) Kyŏng Tae-sŭng (1179–1183) Yi Ŭi-min (1183–1196) Ch'oe Ch'ung-hŏn (1196–1197)
Born
Wang Hŭn 8 November 1131 Yeondeok Palace?, Gaegyeong, Kingdom of Goryeo
Died
3 December 1202 (aged 71) Disputed between: Changrak Palace or Yanghwa Palace, Gaegyeong, Kingdom of Goryeo
Burial
Jireung (지릉, 智陵)
Spouse
Queen Uijeong
(before 1152)
Concubine
Lady Myeongchun Lady Sunju
Issue
Sons: Gangjong of Goryeo Wang Sŏn-sa Wang Hong-gi Wang Hong-chu Wang Hong-gyu Wang Hong-gyun Wang Hong-gak Wang Hong-i
Daughters: Princess Yeonhui Princess Suan A daughter
Posthumous name
Great King Hwangmyeong Gwanghyo 황명광효대왕 (皇明光孝大王)
Temple name
Myeongjong (명종, 明宗)
House
Wang
Dynasty
Goryeo
Father
Injong of Goryeo
Mother
Queen Gongye
Korean name
Hangul
명종
Hanja
明宗
Revised Romanization
Myeongjong
McCune–Reischauer
Myŏngjong
Birth name
Hangul
왕흔, later 왕호
Hanja
王昕, later 王晧
Revised Romanization
Wang Heun, later Wang Ho
McCune–Reischauer
Wang Hŭn, later Wang Ho
Courtesy name
Hangul
지단
Hanja
之旦
Revised Romanization
Jidan
McCune–Reischauer
Chidan
Posthumous name
Hangul
광효대왕
Hanja
光孝大王
Revised Romanization
Gwanghyo Daewang
McCune–Reischauer
Kwanghyo Taewang
Myeongjong of Goryeo (8 November 1131 – 3 December 1202), personal name Wang Ho, was the 19th king of Korea's Goryeo dynasty. He was the third son of King Injong. His reign marked the beginning of the century-long military rule of Korea known as the Goryeo military regime.
Although it was intended that King Injong's second son should succeed his father, he was assassinated because Chŏng Chung-bu feared that he might become a threat to him in the future. Myeongjong was a weak puppet king, and was merely on the throne to show the general populace they still had a king, as the true rulers were the military leaders who had lanuched a coup against Myeongjong's father and had established a military government.[1][2] Despite this, Myeongjong did attempt to play off the military leaders against each other to both secure his own survival but also in an attempt to regain royal authority.[3] His reign saw constant bloodshed as well as the deaths of the military rulers Chŏng Chung-bu, Yi Ŭi-bang, Kyŏng Tae-sŭng, and Yi Ŭi-min.
After twenty-seven years on the throne, he was sent into exile by the military ruler of the time, Ch'oe Ch'ung-hŏn. King Injong's fifth son, King Sinjong, was placed on the throne.
^이, 한우 (September 6, 2009). "[Why] 고려 의종 때 '무신(武臣)의 난' 간신(奸臣) 무참하게 도륙했지만 문극겸 등 충신(忠臣)은 화 면해". Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
^이, 승철 (November 7, 2012). "고려 18대 의종왕 추념식…의종왕의 폐왕무로 원혼 달래며". Geoje News. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
^김, 준태 (September 27, 2020). "[김준태의 호적수(6) 두경승과 이의민] 고려 무신정권 시기 명종의 생존법". The Economist (Korea). Retrieved 28 January 2024.
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