Soseong of Silla

39th monarch of Silla (r. 798–800)

King Soseong 소성왕 昭聖王
King of Silla
Reign	798-800
Predecessor	Wonseong of Silla
Successor	Aejang of Silla

Born	???
Died	800 Silla
House	House of Kim
Father	Prince Hyechung
Mother	Queen Seongmok

Birth name
Soseong of Silla
Hangul	소성왕
Hanja	昭聖王
Revised Romanization	Soseong Wang
McCune–Reischauer	Sosŏng Wang
Hangul	김준옹
Hanja	金俊邕
Revised Romanization	Gim Jun-ong
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Chunong

Silla
Monarchs of Korea
(Post-unification)
Munmu 661–681 Sinmun 681–691 Hyoso 692–702 Seongdeok 702–737 Hyoseong 737–742 Gyeongdeok 742–765 Hyegong 765–780 Seondeok 780–785 Wonseong 785–798 Soseong 798–800 Aejang 800–809 Heondeok 809–826 Heungdeok 826–836 Huigang 836–838 Minae 838–839 Sinmu 839 Munseong 839–857 Heonan 857–861 Gyeongmun 861–875 Heongang 875–886 Jeonggang 886–887 Jinseong 887–897 Hyogong 897–912 Sindeok 912–917 Gyeongmyeong 917–924 Gyeongae 924–927 Gyeongsun 927–935
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Soseong of Silla (died 800) (r. 798–800) was the 39th to rule the Korean kingdom of Silla. He was the grandson of King Wonseong, his father Kim In-gyeom having died before he could take the throne. He married Lady Gyehwa, the daughter of the daeachan Suk-myeong.

Soseong died only nineteen months after taking the throne. On his deathbed, King Soseong, he called his younger brothers, including Eonseung, and told them that he would hand over the throne to his son as his grandfather had wished, and that they should respect the succession. However, this was ignored as Aejang was usurped, which brought on a renewal of the succession strife which typified later Unified Silla.^[1]

Soseong of Silla, who was raised in the royal court before he ascended the throne, was given a royal rite in 789, and went to the Tang dynasty in 790. He was appointed to the Si-jung in October 791, but retired due to illness in August the following year. When Uncle Uiyoung died early in 794, he was proclaimed Crown Prince in the year 795.^[2]

Family

Grandfather: Wonseong of Silla
Grandmother: Queen Kim (Lady Yeonhwa)(숙정부인 김씨), of the Kim clan
Father: Prince Hyechung (혜충태자; 750–791/792), posthumously named King Hyechung (혜충왕)
Mother: Queen Seongmok, of the Kim clan ( 성목태후 김씨)
Wife:
- Queen Gyehwa, of the Kim clan (계화부인 김씨)
  - Son: Aejang of Silla (애장왕; 788–809)–was the 40th ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla
  - Son: Prince Chemyeong (체명)
  - Daughter: Madame Janghwa (장화부인)– became the Queen consort of Heungdeok of Silla

References

^ 강, 시일 (June 19, 2023). "신라사람들 62 헌덕왕". Daegu News. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
^ "소성왕(昭聖王)". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-06-24.