Queen Ingyeong

Queen Ingyeong (25 October 1661 − 16 December 1680), of the Gwangsan Kim clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and first queen consort of Yi Sun, King Sukjong, the 19th Joseon monarch. She was queen consort of Joseon from 1674 until her death in 1680.

Biography
The future queen was born on 25 October 1661 during the reign of King Hyeonjong as the eldest daughter and third child within her siblings. Her name was Kim Ok-hye.

Her father was Kim Man-gi and her mother was member of the Cheongju Han clan. Kim Jang-saeng was her great-great grandfather and Kim Jib was her great-granduncle through her father. She was a second cousin twice removed of Queen Inseon as well as a second cousin once removed of Queen Hyosun.

She was married at the age of 10 to Hyeonjong's only son, Crown Prince Myeongbo, entitling her as crown princess consort (왕세자빈, wangsejabin). With her husband, they were also 4th cousins as they shared King Seonjo as their great-great-great-grandfather. In 1674, her husband ascended to the throne as the 19th Joseon monarch (temple name: Sukjong) and she became queen consort.

In 1677, she gave birth to a daughter who eventually died a year later on 13 March 1678. In 1679, the Queen gave birth to another daughter but she died prematurely a day later. In the summer of 1680, she had been pregnant, but due to an incident she had a miscarriage.

On 8 December 1680, age 19, she showed signs of smallpox and later died on December 16 in Gyeongdeok Palace (now known as Gyeonghui Palace). She is buried in Ikreung in Gyeonggi province.

Family

 * Father
 * Kim Man-Gi (김만기, 金萬基; 1633 – 15 March 1687)
 * Mother
 * Internal Princess Consort Seowon of the Cheongju Han clan (1634–1720)
 * Siblings
 * Older brother - Kim Jin-gu (1651–1704)
 * Older brother - Kim Jin-gyu (1658–1716)
 * Younger brother - Kim Jin-seo (1663–1712)
 * Younger brother - Kim Jin-bu (1676–1693)
 * Younger sister - Kim Han-hye, Lady Kim of the Gwangsan Kim clan
 * Younger sister - Kim Bok-hye, Lady Kim of the Gwangsan Kim clan
 * Husband − Yi Sun, King Sukjong (7 October 1661 – 12 July 1720)
 * Unnamed daughter (27 April 1677 – 13 March 1678)
 * Unnamed daughter (23 October 1679 – 24 October 1679)
 * Unnamed child (22 July 1680); miscarriage

Full posthumous name

 * Queen Ingyeong, Gwangryeol Hyojang Myeonghyeon Seonmok Hyeseong Sunui
 * 광렬효장명현선목혜성순의인경왕후
 * 光烈孝莊明顯宣穆惠聖純懿仁敬王后

In popular culture

 * Portrayed by Ju Jeung-ryu in the 1961 film Jang Hui-bin.
 * Portrayed by Park Soon Chun in the 1988 MBC TV series 500 Years of Joseon:Queen In Hyeon.
 * Portrayed by Sa Mi Ja and Jang Hye Sook in the 1995 SBS TV series Jang Hee Bin.
 * Portrayed by Kim Ha-eun in the 2013 SBS TV series Jang Ok-jung, Living by Love.