Gyeongsun of Silla

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Biography

A sixth-generation descendant of King Munseong, he was the son of Kim Hyo-Jong by Princess Gyea, who was the daughter of King Heongang. His wife was Lady Jukbang (Template:Category handler) of the Juksan Park clan, his eldest son was Crown Prince Maui, and his youngest son was Beomgong.

Gyeongsun was placed on the throne by the Later Baekje king Kyŏn Hwŏn after the Hubaekje forces sacked Gyeongju in 927. The kingdom was already in an extremely weakened state, so Gyeongsun reigned over a tiny remnant of the former Silla territory until finally abdicating in favour of Taejo of Goryeo in 935. He remarried Taejo's daughter Princess Nangrang (Template:Category handler) and was appointed sasim-gwan (사심관, inspector-general) of Gyeongju, becoming the first of Goryeo's sasim-gwan system. He lived out the remainder of his life near the Goryeo capital (modern-day Kaesong).

He died in 978 and his tomb lies in Jangnam-myeon, Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

According to the Samguk sagi, Gyeongsun's son, Crown Prince Maui objected to his father's submission to Goryeo and became a hermit in Mount Kumgang. The North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un (born 8 January 1984) is a descendant of Gyeongsun like his grandfather before him as the Supreme Leader on 29 December 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) on 11 April 2012. Kim Jong Un has reigned North Korea for many long years when he came to power in December 2011.

Family

• Father: Kim Hyo-jong, King Shinheung of Silla (Template:Category handler; 877 – ?)
  • Grandfather: King Uiheung of Silla (Template:Category handler; 857 – 915)
  • Unnamed grandmother (856 – 916)
• Mother: Queen Mother Gyea of the Gyeongju Kim clan (Template:Category handler; 886 – ?)
  • Grandfather: King Heongang of Silla (Template:Category handler; 861 – 886)
  • Grandmother: Queen Mother Uimyeong of the Gyeongju Kim clan (Template:Category handler; 861 – ?)
• Consorts and their Respective Issue:

1. Lady Jukbang of the Juksan Park clan (Template:Category handler; 893 – 954)
   1. Kim Il, Crown Prince Maui (Template:Category handler; 912 – ?), sixth son
   2. Kim Goeng (Template:Category handler; 914 – 967), seventh son
   3. Kim Myeong-jong, Duke Yeongbun (Template:Category handler; 916 – ?), eighth son
   4. Lady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan (Template:Category handler; 918 – ?), second daughter
2. Lady Ahn of the Sunheung Ahn clan (Template:Category handler; 899 – ?)
   1. Kim Deok-ji (Template:Category handler; 920 – ?), tenth son
3. Princess Nakrang of the Kaesong Wang clan (Template:Category handler; 897 – ?)
   1. Lady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan (Template:Category handler; 913 – ?), first daughter
   2. Kim Seok, Prince Uiseong (Template:Category handler; 922 – ?), eleventh son
   3. Kim Eun-yeol, Prince Daean (Template:Category handler; 934 – 1028), twelfth son
   4. Lady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan (Template:Category handler; 936 – ?), third daughter
   5. Queen Heonsuk of the Gyeongju Kim clan (Template:Category handler; 937 – ?), fourth daughter
   6. Kim Kŏn, Prince Gangreung (Template:Category handler; 940 – ?), thirteenth son
   7. Kim Sŏn, Prince Eonyang (Template:Category handler; 943 – ?), fourteenth son
   8. Kim Chu, Prince Samcheok (Template:Category handler; 946 – ?), fifteenth son
   9. Kim Ryeo-gyeong (Template:Category handler), Lady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan (950 – ?), fifth daughter
4. Princess Wang of the Kaesong Wang clan (Template:Category handler) – No issue.
5. Lady Songhui of the Seok clan (Template:Category handler; 885 – ?)
   1. Kim Jeon (Template:Category handler; 901 – 935), first son
   2. Kim Yo (Template:Category handler; 903 – ?), second son
   3. Kim Gon (Template:Category handler; 905 – 935), third son
   4. Kim Bun (Template:Category handler; 907 – ?), fourth son
   5. Kim Yeong (Template:Category handler; 907 – ?), fifth son
   6. Kim Jeong (Template:Category handler; 917 – ?), ninth son
6. Lady Ahn (Template:Category handler; 920 – ?)

In popular culture

• Portrayed by Shin Hwi-shik in the 2000–2002 KBS TV series Taejo Wang Geon.
• Portrayed by Lee Do-ryun in the 2002–2003 KBS TV series The Dawn of the Empire.

See also

• Kim Il Sung – The founder and the Eternal President of North Korea is a descendant of Gyeongsun as part of the Kim clan.
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea, the DPRK or the DPR Korea)
• Kyŏn Hwŏn
• List of Korean monarchs
• List of Silla people
• Later Three Kingdoms of Korea