Queen Heonae

Queen Heonae

Queen Heonae of the Hwangju Hwangbo clan (Korean: 헌애왕후 황보씨; Hanja: 獻哀王后 皇甫氏; 964 – 20 January 1029), or formally called Grand Queen Dowager Heonae (Korean: 헌애왕태후; Hanja: 獻哀王太后), was a Goryeo royal family member as the second and oldest daughter of Wang Uk, and younger sister of King Seongjong who became a queen consort through her marriage with her half first cousin, King Gyeongjong as his third wife. After his death, she served as a regent from 997 to 1009 as regent of her son, King Mokjong. From this marriage, Queen Heonae became the third Goryeo queen who adopted her maternal clan's surname after Queen Heonui, her half first cousin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Queen Heonae has received more than 91,168 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Queen Heonae is the 7,922nd most popular politician (down from 6,788th in 2019).