Shin Seung-seon

Shin Seung-seon (愼承善, 1436 – 1502) was a civil official of mid-Joseon and the father-in-law of Yeonsangun Yi Yung. His courtesy names were Gyeji (繼之) and Wonji (元之), his pen name was Sajidang (仕止堂), and his family seat was Geochang. His daughter was posthumously granted the title Geochang Prince Consort (居昌府院君) during her time as queen consort.¹

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In 1444 he married Princess Jungmo of the Jeonju Yi clan, granddaughter of King Sejong, Yi Do and daughter of Grand Prince Imyeong Yi Gu. Afterwards, from the reign of King Sejo, he entered the civil service through recommendation under the hereditary privilege system (1456) and by passing the civil service examination as top graduate, and he rose to become Chief State Councillor. He held the posts of Director of the Office of Special Advisors, Vice Minister of Personnel, Vice Minister of War, Vice Minister of Public Works, Deputy Minister of the Office of Royal Relatives, Vice Minister of the Office of Royal Relatives concurrently Guest Official of the Crown Prince's Palace, Minister of Public Works concurrently Guest Official of the Crown Prince's Palace, Minister of War, Special Adviser, Left Assistant State Councillor, Mayor of Hanseong, Minister of Rites, Commander of the Sasodae, Minister of Personnel, and others, before becoming Right State Councillor and Left State Councillor, and then Chief State Councillor.

He was the father of Former Queen Shin, the wife of Yeonsangun, and the maternal great-uncle of Queen Danggyeong Shin, the queen consort of Jungjong of Joseon. He was also a fifth-degree paternal uncle-type relative of , a secondary consort of .