Queen Munhwa

Queen Munhwa of the Seonsan Kim clan was the second wife of Seongjong of Goryeo and the mother of Queen Wonjeong. She was the first Goryeo's grand consort  even there was King Taejo's daughter who became Daebi too, Sunan Daebi.

She was born in Seonju (now Seonsan-eup, Gumi-si, North Gyeongsang Province) as the daughter of Kim Won-sung and Lady Wang. After her marriage with King Seongjong, she was formally called as Princess Yeonheung while lived in "Yeonheung Palace"  and Princess Hyeondeok  since lived in "Hyeondeok Palace". She was said to has been raised and take care of her husband's two nephews (Wang Song and Wang Sun) as their parents died young. During Hyeonjong's reign, she was denied the title of queen dowager and instead became Grand Consort in 1029 with the equivalent authority of a queen dowager. Various government positions, lands and honours were granted to her relatives.

Although her death date was unknown, but from the day she became grand consort in 1029, it was presumed that she might be died after that. Her funeral procedure became a precedent for Queen Wonmok and Consort Wonsun since when King Munjong discussed what to do with Wonmok's rite, he prepared a plan based on the example of Kim's. Her official residence, Hyeondeok Palace was then inherited by her only daughter with Seongjong, Queen Wonjeong and used as one of the Goryeo royal palaces by King Chungsuk later.

In popular culture

 * Portrayed by Moon Jeong-hee and Kim Min-ji in the 2009 KBS2 TV series Empress Cheonchu.