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Princess Supreme Gyeguk (Korean: 계국대장공주; Hanja: 薊國大長公主; c.1285 – 15 January 1316; lit. 'Princess-Aunt of the State of Gye'), also known as Princess of Han State (한국공주; 韓國公主) and Grand Princess of Han State (한국장공주; 韓國長公主) was a Yuan Dynasty Imperial family member as the great-granddaughter of Kublai Khan and became a Korean queen consort though her marriage with Chungseon of Goryeo. She was the second Mongol ethnic queen consort from Yuan dynasty to Goryeo after her mother-in-law, Princess Jeguk.
Her personal name was Budashiri (Botashirin), transcribed as 寶塔實憐, pronounced in Korean as Botapsillin. It is from the Sanskrit [Buddha-śrī] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 15) (help). Those ladies who qualified as "princesses supremes" (daejang gongju, 大長公主) were aunts of an emperor. She was the aunt of two emperors: Buyantu Khan and Külüg Khan.
Biography
= Early life and relative
=The future Princess Gyeguk was born in Yuan dynasty as the daughter of Gammala (son of Zhenjin and Kökejin Khatun) and Buyan Kelmish Khatun with the name of Budashiri. She had:
Sünshan (brother)
Yesun Temür (brother)
Delgerbukha (brother)
Radnabala (sister)
Shouning – (sister; mother of Babusha Khatun and Sadabala Khatun)
= Marriage and later life
=In 1296, she married Crown Prince Wang Won and became his Primary Consort, then stayed in Sunggyeong Mansion (숭경부; 崇敬府), Junghwa Palace (중화궁; 中和宮) while went to Goryeo in the following year and became a Queen consort following her husband's first ascension to the throne. Like her mother-in-law who was initially her grandaunt, Budashiri also had her own attendant when came to Goryeo.
However, she and her husband were said to had a bad relationship from the time they were newlywed and when he favoured a Goryeo woman he met before married her, she was so jealous and reported it to Yuan. As the result, the King was forced to abdicated to his father and his favoured one, Lady Jo with her families were taken and detained in Yuan. By this, many historians believed that she raised her own influence which she can easily get the supports from her homeland and families, also contributed to her active personality. Due to this, they didn't have any issue.
Her father-in-law tried to drive her away three times, but all failed.
It was said that she had a close political relationship with Wang Go, which he later married her niece in 1316 and since both Wang Won and Wang Go were married with Yuan's princess, so they were fought for the Goryeo's throne. After her husband won through the support from Külüg Khan, she received her new title as Grand Princess of the Han State (한국장공주; 韓國長公主) and returned to Goryeo again with him. However, there were only 50 carts followed them whom splendor outside but very miserable inside.
After left alone by Chungseon, she started live by visit some Buddhist Temple or attend her stepson, King Chungsuk's banquet prepared by the government, then came back to Yuan not long after that. She caused a lot of political trouble and then died in Yuan in 1315, which her death was problematic. Her body then transferred and buried in Goryeo. In 1343, she was given the Imperial name of Princess Supreme of the Gye State (계국대장공주; 薊國大長公主) by her homeland.
See also
Goryeo under Mongol rule
References
External links
계국대장공주 on the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean).
계국대장공주 on Doosan Encyclopedia (in Korean).