Queen Janghwa 장화왕후
The Queen and her husband, King Taejo
Queen consort of Goryeo
Tenure	?–?
Predecessor	Queen Sinhye
Successor	Queen Sinmyeong
Born	? Geumseong, Kingdom of Silla
Died	c. 934 or 943 ??Gaegyeong-si, Kingdom of Goryeo
Spouse	Taejo of Goryeo
Issue	Hyejong of Goryeo
Posthumous name Janghwa (장화, 莊和; "Solemn and Harmonious")
House	Naju Oh clan
Father	O Ta-ryŏn
Mother	Lady Yeon Deok-gyo

Queen Janghwa of the Naju Oh clan^[1] (Hangul: 장화왕후 오씨, Hanja: 莊和王后 吳氏; d. c. 934 or 943) was the second Goryeo queen consort through her marriage as the second wife of Wang Geon, its founder and became the mother of his heir and oldest son, King Hyejong.

Biography

Her grandfather, lived in Hamyang but eventually moved to Naju, which at the time was called Geumseong, and was the place that the future Queen was born in. This was later followed by O Ta-ryŏn who helped King Taejo establish the Goryeo Dynasty.^[2] Queen Janghwa is daughter of O Ta-ryon.^[3]

Family

• Father: Oh Hui, Prince Daryeon (다련군 오희, 多憐君 吳禧) or O Ta-ryŏn (856 - 944)
  • Grandfather - Oh Bang (오방, 吳昉) or Oh Bu-sun (오부순, 吳富純) (825 - ?)
• Mother: Lady Yeon Deok-gyo (연덕교)
  • Grandfather - Yeon Wi (신라 사간 연위, 新羅 沙干 連位)
• Siblings
  • Older brother - Oh Sang (오상, 吳相)
  • Older brother - Oh Hwan (오환, 吳桓)
  • Older brother - Oh Geom (오검, 吳檢)
• Husband: King Taejo of Goryeo (31 January 877 – 4 July 943) (고려 태조)
  • Son: King Hyejong of Goryeo (912 – 23 October 945) (고려 혜종)
    • Daughter-in-law: Queen Uihwa of the Jincheon Im clan (의화왕후 임씨)

In popular culture

• Portrayed by Yum Jung-ah in the 2000–2002 KBS1 TV Series Taejo Wang Geon.
• Portrayed by Ban Hyo-jung in the 2002–2003 in the KBS TV Series The Dawn of the Empire.