Lady Hyegyeong
| Hyegyŏng | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Queen of Joseon (Posthumous) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 August 1735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 January 1816 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial |
1816 Yungneung, Hwaseong 37°12′44″N 126°59′26″E / 37.21222°N 126.99056°ECoordinates: 37°12′44″N 126°59′26″E / 37.21222°N 126.99056°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Crown Prince Sado | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issue | Jeongjo of Joseon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| House | Poongsan Hong | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Joseon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Lady Hyegyeong, Queen Heongyeong (6 August 1735–13 January 1816) was the wife of Crown Prince Sado and mother of Yi San who became King Jeongjo during the Joseon Dynasty.
Royal life
Lady Hyegyeong witnessed her husband's execution which was ordered by her father-in-law King Yeongjo of Joseon and later wrote the The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyeong (Hangul: 한중록; RR: Hanjungnok), detailing her life as the ill-fated Crown Princess, her husband's descent into madness and the deeds for which he was eventually put to death.[1][2][3][4]
In popular culture
- Played by Choi Myung-gil in the 1988 MBC TV series The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyeong.
- Played by Ha Hee-ra in the 1998 KBS TV series Heaven Heaven.
- Played by Kyeon Mi-ri in the 2007 MBC TV series Yi San.
- Played by Jung Ae-ri in the 2007 CGV cable miniseries Eight Days, Assassination Attempts against King Jeongjo.
- Played by Kim Sung-ryung in the 2014 film The Fatal Encounter.
- Played by Park Eun-bin in the 2014 SBS TV series Secret Door.
- Played by Moon Geun-young in the 2015 film The Throne.
- The novel The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble is based on the story of Lady Hyegyeong.[5]
References
- ↑ Byun, Eun-mi (3 February 2013). "The annals of the Joseon princesses.". The Gachon Herald. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
- ↑ Kim Haboush, JaHyun (1996). "The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century Korea". University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520200555.
- ↑ Choe-Wall, Yang Hi (1985). "Memoirs of a Korean Queen: memoirs of Lady Hong of Hyegyong Palace". Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 9780710300522.
- ↑ 사도세자 죽음 담은 '한중록'의 진은. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). 19 June 2011. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
- ↑ Drabble, Margaret (October 3, 2005). The Red Queen. Mariner Books. ISBN 0156032708. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
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