Yang Gwi-in of the Boknyeong Hall

Imperial Consort Boknyeong Gwi-in of the Cheongju Yang clan (27 September 1882 – 30 May 1929) (복녕당 귀인 양씨), was a consort of Emperor Gojong of Korea. Her personal name was Yang Chun-gi (양춘기, 梁春基).

She entered Deoksugung Palace as a court lady on March 10, 1905. After the birth of the Princess Deokhye on May 25, 1912, she received the title "Boknyeong" (복녕, 福寧).[1] Lady Yang died on May 30, 1929, and is buried at Seosamreung, in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.

Family

  • Father
    • Yang Eon-hwan (양언환, 梁彦煥)
  • Husband
  • Daughter
    • Princess Deokhye (25 May 1912 – 21 April 1989) (덕혜옹주) [2] [3]
      • Son-in-law: Count Sō Takeyuki (16 February 1908 - 22 April 1985) (소 다케유키, 宗 武志)[4][5]
        • Granddaughter: Countess Sō Masae (소 마사에, 宗 正惠), or Sō Jeonghye (소 정혜) (14 August 1932 - 1956)[6]
          • Grandson-in-law: Sō Noboru (소 노보루, 宗 昇) (5 September 1931 - ?)[7]


References

  1. Korea, National Palace Museum of (January 2016). The King at the Palace: Joseon Royal Court Culture at the National Palace Museum of Korea. Designintro. ISBN 978-89-97748-29-7.
  2. Gojong's 4th daughter.
  3. Herbert P. Bix, Hirohito and the making of modern Japan (New York 2016)
  4. A Japanese nobleman of Tsushima.
  5. After the divorce in 1953, he remarried a Japanese woman, Sō Yoshie (소 요시에, 宗 良江), (née Katsumura; 가쓰무라, 勝村), in 1955 and had 3 children (a son, a daughter, and another son).
  6. She reportedly committing suicide due to the stress of her parents' divorce
  7. He changed his last name, Suzuki (스즈키, 鈴木) to Sō (소, 宗) after marrying
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