Mokjong of Goryeo

Mokjong of Goryeo
高麗 穆宗
고려 목종
King of Goryeo
Reign997–1009
Coronation997
Gaegyeong, Goryeo
PredecessorSeongjong of Goryeo
SuccessorHyeonjong of Goryeo
BornWang Song
5 July 980
Gaegyeong, Goryeo
Died2 March 1009 (aged 28)
Jeokseong-hyeon, Gaeseong-bu, Gaegyeong, Goryeo
Burial
Gongneung (공릉, 恭陵) → Uireung (의릉, 義陵)
Queen ConsortQueen Seonjeong
ConcubineLady Yoseok
Posthumous name
Great King Hyosa Wihye Geukyeong Jeonggong Seonyang
효사위혜극영정공선양대왕
(孝思威惠克英定恭宣讓大王)
Temple name
Minjong (민종, 愍宗) → Mokjong (목종, 穆宗)
HouseWang
DynastyGoryeo
FatherGyeongjong of Goryeo
MotherQueen Heonae
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMokjong
McCune–ReischauerMokjong
Birth name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationWang Song
McCune–ReischauerWang Song
Courtesy name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHyosin
McCune–ReischauerHy'osin
Posthumous name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeonyang Daewang
McCune–ReischauerSŏn'yang Taewang

Mokjong of Goryeo (5 July 980 – 2 March 1009), personal name Wang Song, was the seventh ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea.

Reign

Born as Wang Song, Mokjong was the only son of King Gyeongjong; however, when his father died, he was too young to become king, so it was his uncle, prince Gaeryeong Wang Chi, who succeeded to the throne as King Seongjong. Mokjong eventually became king after his uncle's death in 997 and chose his mother, Queen Honae, as regent.

Mokjong is known for his reform of the Jeonsigwa (land-allotment system), and for a plot by his mother, Queen Honae and Kim Chi-yang to overthrow him. In the course of the turbulent events surrounding the plot, Mokjong was dethroned by general Gang Jo and sent into exile in Chungju. However, he was slain before he arrived there.

Mokjong's tomb was known as Gongneung, but its present location is not known.

Family

  1. Queen Seonjeong of the Chungju Yu clan (선정왕후 유씨); maternal first cousin or paternal second cousin – No issue.
  2. Palace Lady Yoseoktaek, of the Kim clan (요석택궁인 김씨) – No issue.

In popular culture

See also


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