- the
death of
Jindeok of
Silla and the
demise of the "hallowed bone" (성골;
seonggol) rank system. The
royal title Maripgan (마립간) is
analyzed into two elements...
- Bone (
Seonggol), and the king
after Muyeol of
Silla into True Bone (Jingol). The
highest level of the bone rank was the "sacred bone", or
seonggol (성골,...
-
remaining seonggols, and
married a
seonggol princess (King Jinpyeong's
daughter Princess Cheonmyeong),
their child, Kim Ch'un-ch'u,
became seonggol and thus...
-
early age, he is a cold-blooded
Seonggol, who is
competitive and s****s for more power. Choi Min-ho as Kim Soo-ho A
Seonggol aristocrat born with a silver...
- Alcheon, who was a
jingol noble from birth, as Bidam's successor. The
Seonggol lineage,
which had been in a lack of a male heir
since the
death of Jinpyeong...
-
Queen regnant after Queen Seondeok. The last
monarch from the
ranks of the
Seonggol, the
highest class in the Silla's
unique caste system, her real name is...
-
reason Seondeok became a
female monarch was just
because there was no male
Seonggol of Bone-rank system. The
decision was not
accepted by everyone, and as...
- Seok, and Kim
worshipped Bak
Hyeokgeose as
their founding ancestor. When
Seonggols have died out
followed by two
consecutive queens, Kim Chun-Chu from Jingol...
- clans. In the
Silla dynasty, all of the
Cheongju Hans were part of the
seonggol rank.
During the
Joseon dynasty, the
Cheongju Han clan
produced 16 queens...
- a
practice that
limited the
succession to the
throne to
members of the
seonggol, or "sacred bone", rank. To
maintain their "sacred bone" rank, members...
