Queen Wondeok
| Queen Wondeok 원덕왕후 | |||||||||
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| Crown Princess of Goryeo | |||||||||
| Tenure | 1175–1197 | ||||||||
| Coronation | 1175 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Deposed Crown Princess Yi | ||||||||
| Successor | Deposed Crown Princess Wang | ||||||||
| Queen consort of Goryeo | |||||||||
| Tenure | 1212–1213 | ||||||||
| Coronation | 1212 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Queen Seongpyeong | ||||||||
| Successor | Queen Anhye | ||||||||
| Queen dowager of Goryeo | |||||||||
| Tenure | 1213–1239 | ||||||||
| Coronation | 1213 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Queen Dowager Jeongseon | ||||||||
| Successor | Queen Dowager Myeongdeok | ||||||||
| Monarch | King Gojong (son) | ||||||||
| Born | c.1167 Goryeo | ||||||||
| Died | 1239 (aged about 72/3) Goryeo | ||||||||
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| Issue | Gojong of Goryeo | ||||||||
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| Father | Wang Sŏng, Marquess Sinan | ||||||||
| Mother | Princess Changrak | ||||||||
Queen Wondeok of the Yu clan (Korean: 원덕왕후 유씨; Hanja: 元德王后 柳氏; d. 1239) was a Goryeo royal family member as the descendant of King Munjong. She became queen consort through her marriage to her cousin once removed, King Gangjong, becoming his second wife She then changed her initial clan and became the mother of his only successor, King Gojong. Gangjong was her close relative in the maternal line, but very distant in the paternal line.
At one time, she was the second-in-command in the inner list of the main palace, but was dethroned and came back as a queen consort and queen dowager (first-in-command). Due to the war, her husband was exiled and they hid in Ganghwa Island. She is recognised for her dynamic life.