Royal Noble Consort Gongbin Choe
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| Gong-bin Choe 공빈 최씨 | |
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| Royal Noble Consort of the First Senior Rank | |
| Born | 1454 Joseon |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Yejong of Joseon (m.1462) |
| Clan | Jeonju Choe (by birth) Jeonju Yi (by marriage) |
| Clan | Yi (by marriage) |
| Father | Choe Do-il |
| Mother | Lady Jeong of the Gyeongju Jeong clan |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 공빈최씨 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gongbin Choessi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kongpin Ch'oessi |
Royal Noble Consort Gong of the Jeonju Choe clan (Korean: 공빈 최씨; Hanja: 恭嬪 崔氏; 1454–?) was a consort of Yejong of Joseon.
Biography
[edit]The future Royal Noble Consort Gong was born in 1454 as the youngest daughter of Choi Do-Il and Lady Jeong of the Gyeongju Jeong clan into the Jeonju Choi clan. She had an older brother and an older sister who also married into the royal family in 1457.
At the age of 8, she was selected as the concubine for Yejong when he was still a Crown Prince on 11 June 1462 (8th year reign of Sejo of Joseon) and was honoured as the Crown Prince's concubine rank junior 5 So-hun (소훈).[2] She had no any issue with Yejong.
It is unknown when she died but her tomb is near from Princess Gyeonghye in Daeja-san, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.[3]
Family
[edit]- Father - Choe Do-il (최도일; 崔道一; 1418–1468)
- Mother - Lady Jeong of the Gyeongju Jeong clan (경주 정씨; 1418–?); third daughter of Jeong Hui-gye (정희계; 鄭熙啓)
- Sibling(s)
- Older brother - Choe Se-hyeon (최세현; 崔世賢; 1439–?)
- Sister-in-law - Lady Kim of the Gwangsan Kim clan (광산 김씨; 1447–1513); eldest daughter of Kim Gyeom-gwang (김겸광, 金謙光; 1419–1490)
- Older sister - Princess Consort Gimje of the Jeonju Choe clan (김제군부인 전주 최씨; 1441–1519)
- Brother-in-law - Yi Bu, Prince Yeongsun, Duke Gongso (이부 영순군 공소공 현록대부; 3 July 1444 – 1 April 1470)[a]
- Older brother - Choe Se-hyeon (최세현; 崔世賢; 1439–?)
- Spouse - Yi Hwang, Yejong of Joseon (조선 예종; 23 January 1450 – 9 January 1470) — No issue.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Was the only son of Yi Yeo, Grand Prince Gwangpyeong (이여 광평대군) and Princess Consort Yeongga of the Pyeongsan Shin clan (영가부부인 평산 신씨). The grand prince was the 5th son of Queen Soheon and King Sejong. The grand prince later became the adoptive son of Yi Bang-beon, Grand Prince Muan (이방번 무안대군) who was the eldest son of Queen Sindeok and King Taejo.