Chungnyeol of Goryeo
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| Chungnyeol of Goryeo | |
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| Hangul: | 충렬왕 |
| Hanja: | 忠烈王 |
| Revised Romanization: | Chungnyeol-wang |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Ch'ungnyǒl-wang |
Chungnyeol of Goryeo (1236-1308, r. 1274-1308) was the 25th ruler of the medieval Korean kingdom of Goryeo. He was the son of Wonjong, his predecessor on the throne.
Chungnyeol was the first Goryeo ruler to be remembered by the title wang, meaning "king." Previous rulers had received posthumous names with the suffix jo or jong, meaning "revered ancestor." The Mongol Empire found this threatening and ordered that the Goryeo rulers could not receive such names henceforth.
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