Gyeongsun of Silla

Gyeongsun of Silla (897–978), personal name Kim Pu, was the 56th and final ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla.

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 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 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 Samguk Sagi, Gyeongsun's son, Crown Prince Maui objected to his father's submission to Goryeo and became a hermit in Mount Kumgang.

Family

 * Father: Kim Hyo-jong, King Shinheung of Silla (877 – ?)
 * Grandfather: King Uiheung of Silla (857 – 915)
 * Unnamed grandmother (856 – 916)
 * Mother: Queen Mother Gyea of the Gyeongju Kim clan (886 – ?)
 * Grandfather: King Heongang of Silla (861 – 886)
 * Grandmother: Queen Mother Uimyeong of the Gyeongju Kim clan (861 – ?)
 * Consorts and their Respective Issue:
 * 1) Lady Jukbang of the Juksan Park clan (893 – 954)
 * 2) Kim Il, Crown Prince Maui (912 – ?), sixth son
 * 3) Kim Goeng (914 – 967), seventh son
 * 4) Kim Myeong-jong, Duke Yeongbun (916 – ?), eighth son
 * 5) Lady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan (918 – ?), second daughter
 * 6) Lady Ahn of the Sunheung Ahn clan (899 – ?)
 * 7) Kim Deok-ji (920 – ?), tenth son
 * 8) Princess Nakrang of the Kaesong Wang clan (897 – ?)
 * 9) Lady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan (913 – ?), first daughter
 * 10) Kim Seok, Prince Uiseong (922 – ?), eleventh son
 * 11) Kim Eun-yeol, Prince Daean (934 – 1028), twelfth son
 * 12) Lady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan (936 – ?), third daughter
 * 13) Queen Heonsuk of the Gyeongju Kim clan (937 – ?), fourth daughter
 * 14) Kim Kŏn, Prince Gangreung (940 – ?), thirteenth son
 * 15) Kim Sŏn, Prince Eonyang (943 – ?), fourteenth son
 * 16) Kim Chu, Prince Samcheok (946 – ?), fifteenth son
 * 17) Kim Ryeo-gyeong, Lady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan (950 – ?), fifth daughter
 * 18) Princess Wang of the Kaesong Wang clan – No issue.
 * 19) Lady Songhui of the Seok clan (885 – ?)
 * 20) Kim Jeon (901 – 935), first son
 * 21) Kim Yo (903 – ?), second son
 * 22) Kim Gon (905 – 935), third son
 * 23) Kim Bun (907 – ?), fourth son
 * 24) Kim Yeong (907 – ?), fifth son
 * 25) Kim Jeong (917 – ?), ninth son
 * 26) Lady Ahn (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.