Great King Munwon
문원대왕
文元大王
Prince of Goryeo
Reign?–?
PredecessorPrince Wang So[1]
SuccessorPrince Jeungtong[2]
Posthumously King of Goryeo
SuccessorKing Jeonggan
BornWang Jeong[3]
Kingdom of Goryeo
SpouseQueen Munhye
IssuePrince Cheonchu[4]
Prince Aji
Queen Heonui[5]
Posthumous name
Munwon (문원, 文元; "Civil and Primary")[6]
HouseHouse of Wang
FatherTaejo of Goryeo
MotherQueen Sinmyeong of the Chungju Yu clan
ReligionBuddhism
Korean name
Hangul
문원대왕
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMunwon Daewang
McCune–ReischauerMunwon T'aewang
Birth name
Hangul
왕정
Hanja
Revised RomanizationWang Jeong
McCune–ReischauerWang Ch'ŏng

Great King Munwon (born Wang Jeong) was a Korean Royal Prince as the 5th son of Taejo of Goryeo and Queen Sinmyeong,[3] also the younger brother of Tae, Yo and So.[3] He later married his half sister, had 2 sons and a daughter who would eventually become the 2nd wife of King Gyeongjong, his nephew. Although his death date was unclear, it considered that he died during the latter half of Gwangjong's reign.[7]

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  1. ^ Full older brother.
  2. ^ Full younger brother.
  3. ^ a b c "문원대왕 왕정(정종과 광종의 동모제, 경종의 장인, 헌의왕후 유씨의 아버지)". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  4. ^ Married his first cousin, Wang Aji who was the eldest daughter of King Gwangjong, Munwon's older brother.
  5. ^ "고려시대 史料 Database". Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  6. ^ "태조 왕자 문원대왕 왕정". Goryeosa. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  7. ^ Since he was Posthumously honored as a King, so it seems that he had some authority at the time, but most of the detailed were unknown and his Posthumous name was presumed given by his own older brother. At the time when the bloody purge of the founding officials and nobles were at its peak, Gwangjong seemed to have in mind Jeong as his successor to the throne in would be impossible without the target of the next succession to replace his son. If Gwangjong's succession was cut off, the next throne will have to go to brotherly inheritance and the fact that a monarch with the same mother will emerge as the heir is even more convincing in that they were full sibling.
  8. ^ "「달려」 달의 연인 보보경심 려 - 역사 인물탐구 14황자 왕정 문원대왕(役 지수)". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved June 10, 2021.
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