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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