화빈 윤씨 和嬪 尹氏
Royal consort of King Jeongjo (Consort Hwa)
| Life | 1765년 ~ 1824년 |
| Era | 조선 후기 |
| Clan | 남원 윤씨 |
Life & career
Consort Hwa of the Namwon Yun clan (和嬪 尹氏, 1765-1824) was the second consort chosen by selection for King Jeongjo, the 22nd king of Joseon. She was the daughter of Yun Chang-yun, a magistrate, and of a lady of the Byeokjin Yi clan (daughter of Yi Hun-bo). Wikipedia says she entered the palace after three rounds of selection and was invested as bin before the wedding rites.
In February 1780 (Jeongjo 4) the queen dowager Jeongsun asked for a selection of consorts. The queen Hyoui had no child and the first selected consort, Wonbin Hong, had died childless within a year. The age limit for candidates was first sixteen to eighteen but, because applicants were few, was widened to fifteen to nineteen. On 10 March she was invested at sixteen as Hwabin with the palace name Gyeongsu.
Wikipedia summarizes that the birthing office stood for over thirty months with no record of a birth, so she bore no child. Hwang Yun-seok's Iijae Nango records news of a pregnancy and the setting up of the birthing office, but whether it was a real or false pregnancy is unknown. She died on the 14th of the first lunar month of 1824 (Sunjo 24) at sixty and is buried in the consorts' cemetery at Seosamneung, Goyang. The Gyeongsugung Baewi Uijeol is a book setting out the etiquette for attendants when she traveled.
Her natal Namwon Yun family
Wikipedia lists among her natal relations Yun Chang-ryeom and Yun Chang-sun (a sixth-generation kinsman of Yun Ja-sin), her father Yun Chang-yun, and in-laws such as Seo Myeong-seon and Jo Si-wi. A Namwon Yun lady (1768-1801), known as the author of the gasa Myeongdo Jatansa, is also listed as a relative.
Surviving traces
Wikipedia says a blue-and-white porcelain square bottle with flower designs connected with Hwabin is Seoul Tangible Cultural Property No. 402. She also appears in the MBC dramas Yi San (2007-2008) and The Red Sleeve (2021).
Grave
Buried in the consorts' cemetery at Seosamneung, Goyang (Wikipedia).
Descendants
She had no children.