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He was born as the second and youngest son of Wang Gyun, 6th-generation descendant of King Sinjong from his youngest son, Duke Yangyang. His mother was Princess Boknyeong, a great-granddaughter of King Chungnyeol. He had an older brother, Wang U, Prince Jeongyang. Due to this, the future King had the Goryeo royal family's bloods from both of paternal and maternal line.
At a young age, he was honoured as Prince Jeongchang (정창군; 定昌君) and then married the daughter of No Chaek, Internal Prince Changseong from the Gyoha No clan. His niece, Lady Kang, married Yi Seong-gye as his second wife.
Reign
Although he did everything to prove that he had no political ambitions, Yi Seong-gye's faction used him as a bloodless propaganda tool. In 1389, Yi's supporters forced King Chang from the throne and enthroned King Gongyang in his stead.[3] This faction went on to oversee the events of King Gongyang's brief reign, including the assassinations of King U and King Chang. After the murder of Jeong Mong-ju, the last major supporter of the Goryeo kings, King Gongyang was deposed in 1392 by Yi Seong-gye, his son (Yi Bang-won), Jeong Do-jeon and others, which brought the Goryeo dynasty to an end.[4]
Life after deposition
The former king was initially exiled to Wonju and granted the title of Prince Gongyang (공양군; 恭讓君), but was later moved to Samcheok, where he was assassinated via strangulation in 1394 alongside his son, Crown Prince Wang Seok in Gungchon.[5] In 1416, King Taejong honored him as King Gongyang (공양왕; 恭讓王) and sent an envoy to inspect his tomb.
^Park, Eugene Y. (2019). A Genealogy of Dissent: The Progeny of Fallen Royals in Chosŏn Korea. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN978-1503602083.
^There are debates about this unnamed son. Goryeosa Biographies vol. 91 has it that King Gongyang just had 1 son, Wang Seok. But Taejo Sillok vol. 5 says that King Gongyang had 2 sons whom were killed in 1394 under King Taejo's command.
