Heo Hwang-ok
| Heo Hwang-ok | |||||
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| Empress Heo | |||||
A commemorative Rs. 5.00 postage stamp on Queen Heo Hwang-ok was issued by India in 2019. | |||||
| Queen consort of Geumgwan Gaya | |||||
| Tenure | 189 AD | ||||
| Predecessor | Princess Mother Jeonggyeon | ||||
| Successor | Lady Mojeong | ||||
| Born | 32 AD State of Ayuta | ||||
| Died | 189 AD (aged about 157) (1st day, 3rd months in Lunar) Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province | ||||
| Burial | Tomb of Queen Consort of King Suro, Gimhae, South Korea | ||||
| Spouse | King Suro of Gaya | ||||
| Issue | King Geodeung of Gaya 10 other sons Lady Kim of Garak State | ||||
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| Korean | 허황옥 許黃玉 | ||||
Heo Hwang-ok (Korean: 허황옥; Hanja: 許黃玉; 32–189AD) also known as Empress Boju (보주태후; 普州太后), was a legendary queen mentioned in the Samguk yusa, a 13th-century Korean chronicle.
According to the Samguk yusa, she became the wife of King Suro of Geumgwan Gaya (part of the Kaya confederacy) at the age of 16, after having arrived by boat from a distant kingdom called "Ayuta (阿踰陁)" with many theorizing it to be located in India, Thailand or Central Asia (i.e. Tibet).
There is a tomb in Gimhae, South Korea, that is believed to be hers, and a memorial in Ayodhya, India, built in 2020.