In 1277, King Chungseon was confirmed as Crown Prince; the following year he travelled to China and received his Mongolian name.高麗史, the 1st source written in Chinese, the file type is PDF.) Seoul National Univ. According to the above, he got a Mongolian name at his birth time.--> In 1296, he married
Borjigin Budashiri, a Yuan princess and great-granddaughter of Kublai Khan. However, he already had three Korean wives, who were daughters of the powerful nobles. King Chungseon's mother died in 1297, and this was followed by a violent purge brought on by allegations that she had been murdered. Perhaps upset by these events, King Chungnyeol petitioned Yuan to abdicate the throne and was accordingly replaced by his son in 1298. Faced with intense plotting between the faction of his Mongol Queen and his Korean wife,
Royal Consort Jo of the Pungyang Jo clan, King Chungseon returned the throne to his father shortly thereafter. As the grandson of Kublai Khan, Chungseon had significant sway in the
Kuriltais of the early 14th century gathered to elect the new Khan. When Temür Khan's death spurred a competition to the throne, his wife Bulugan put Ananda as successor. Ayurbarwada, who was put to exile, rebelled with his brother Khayishan. King Chungseon who was their cousin, was intimate with them since his days in China, supported them. He supported
Khayishan (Külüg Khan) to the throne in 1307, and supported
Ayurbarwada (Buyantu Khan) to the throne in 1311. Külüg Khan thanked his efforts by giving him a new title on top of his kingship of Goryeo, the
Prince/King of Shenyang, in 1307 or 1308 specifically mentioned as thanks to his efforts of bringing the Khan to power. After his father's death in 1308, King Chungseon obliged to return to the throne of Goryeo and made efforts to reform court politics, but spent as much time as possible in China. In 1310, his Chinese title was changed to
Prince/King of Shen. He is a very rare case of
personal unions in
East Asia. He retired from the throne in 1313, and was replaced by his son,
Wang Do. After the death of
Buyantu Khan (Renzong of Yuan 元仁宗) in 1320, King Chungseon was briefly sent into exile to
Tibet (lately
Sakya) by the new Khan, but was permitted to return to
Khanbaliq soon thereafter, where he died in 1325. ==Family==