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King Chungnyeol of Goryeo

Type Figure Region Goryeo Time 1236–1308 Also known as King Chungnyeol of Goryeo、Wang Geo、王昛、충렬왕、Wang Kŏ、景孝大王

Chungnyeol (1236–1308), 25th monarch of Goryeo, first Goryeo king to marry a Yuan princess, assisted Yuan campaigns against Japan, and received the p…

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  1. 1236–1274Ganghwa Island · GoryeoEldest son of Wonjong, born on Ganghwa Island in 1236. Named crown prince in 1260, ordered in 1272 to marry Kublai's daughter Princess Qi (Queen Jangmok), and succeeded in 1274 after his father's death, becoming Goryeo's first king married to a Yuan princess.
  2. 1274–1298Kaesong · GoryeoAfter accession he reformed the official system at Yuan demand and adopted Mongol dress to show vassalage. He assisted Yuan expeditions to Japan in 1274 and 1281, with the Eastern Expedition Province established in Goryeo and Chungnyeol holding its offices. He worked to recover territories seized by Mongol darughachi and consolidate royal authority.
  3. 1298–1308Kaesong · GoryeoIn 1298 he abdicated to Crown Prince Chungseon, becoming Grand King Emeritus, and was restored the same year after Chungseon was deposed by the Yuan court. In his later years he fought fiercely with Chungseon's faction at the Yuan court; after the Yuan sided with Chungseon in 1306 he lost real power, dying at Kaesong in 1308, buried at Gyeongneung, with the posthumous name Chungnyeol granted by the Yuan.

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