Chungsuk of Goryeo

Chungsuk (30 July 1294 – 3 May 1339), personal name Wang Man (Korean: 왕만; Hanja: 王卍), né Wang To (Korean: 왕도; Hanja: 王燾), also known by his Mongolian name Aratnashiri (阿剌忒訥失里),^[1] was the 27th king of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea, reigning from 1313 to 1330 and again from 1332 to 1339.

King Chungsuk 충숙왕 忠肅王
King of Goryeo 1st reign
Reign	1313–1330
Coronation	1313
Predecessor	Chungseon of Goryeo
Successor	Chunghye of Goryeo
King of Goryeo 2nd reign
Reign	1332–1339
Coronation	1332
Predecessor	Chunghye of Goryeo
Successor	Chunghye of Goryeo
Born	Wang To 30 July 1294 Goryeo
Died	3 May 1339 (1339-05-04) (aged 44) Gaegyeong, Goryeo
Burial	Uireung (의릉; 毅陵)
Consort	Queen Gongwon ​ (m. 1313⁠–⁠1339)​ Princess Bokguk ​ ​ (m. 1316; died 1319)​ Princess Joguk ​ ​ (m. 1325; died 1325)​ Princess Gyeonghwa ​ (before 1339)​
Issue	Chunghye of Goryeo Gongmin of Goryeo Prince Yongsan
Names Goryeo: Wang To (왕도; 王燾), later Wang Man (왕만; 王卍) Yuan: Aratnashiri (아라트나시리/아랄특눌실리, 阿剌忒訥失里) Posthumous name Great King Uihyo (의효대왕, 懿孝大王; given by Goryeo dynasty) King Chungsuk (충숙왕, 忠肅王; given by Yuan dynasty)
House	Wang
Dynasty	Goryeo
Father	Chungseon of Goryeo
Mother	Yasokjin, Consort Ui
Religion	Buddhism

Chungsuk of Goryeo
Hangul	충숙왕
Hanja	忠肅王
Revised Romanization	Chungsuk wang
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ungsuk wang
Birth name
Hangul	왕도
Hanja	王燾
Revised Romanization	Wang Do
McCune–Reischauer	Wang To

Biography

In 1314 King Chungseon passed the throne to his son King Chungsuk. In 1321 King Chungsuk fathered his son King Chunghye. This prompted the previous crown prince of Goryeo, Öljeyitü, to establish an alliance with Emperor Sidibala, and King Chungsuk was thus interned in 1321. However, Sidibala was assassinated in 1323 and Öljeitü's plan was aborted.

King Chungsuk, who was allowed to return to Goryeo in 1325, passed the throne to King Chunghye in 1330 but was reinstated after two years because King Chunghye was deposed by Yuan dynasty. Letters uncovered from the Vatican potentially suggest that the first contacts between the Vatican and Korea began during Chungsuk's reign, 261 years before Spanish Catholic priest Gregorio de Céspedes visited Joseon, the successor state of Goryeo, though some Korean researchers believe the letters could potentially have been forgeries.^[2][3] On December 13, 1335, after having a dream, the King changed his personal name from To (도; 燾) to Man (만; 卍).^[4]

King Chungsuk died in 1339.

Family

• Father: Chungseon of Goryeo
  • Grandfather: Chungnyeol of Goryeo
  • Grandmother: Queen Jangmok of the Yuan Borjigin clan
• Mother: Consort Ui
• Consorts and their Respective Issue(s):

1. Grand Princess of Bok State of the Yuan Borjigin clan, personal name Yilianzhenbala – No issue.
2. Grand Princess of Jo State of the Yuan Borjigin clan, personal name Jintong.
   1. Heir Successor Yongsan, 2nd son
3. Princess Gyeonghwa, personal name Bayankhutag – No issue.
4. Queen Gongwon of the Namyang Hong clan
   1. Crown Prince Wang Jeong, 1st son
   2. Wang Ki, Grand Prince Gangneung, 3rd son
5. Royal Consort Su of the Andong Kwon clan – No issue.

In popular culture

• Portrayed by Lee Jung-gil in the 2005 MBC Mini series Jikji.
• Portrayed by Kwon Tae-won in the 2013–2014 MBC TV series Empress Ki.

See also

• List of Goryeo people
• History of Korea
• Korea under Yuan rule