Sejo dug up Queen Hyeondeok's tomb after her son's fall; the legend says her coffin was thrown into the sea, and her rank came back 56 years later

Kind 1 and kind 2. Lady Gwon, daughter of Gwon Jeon, became consort of the crown prince who later reigned as King Munjong. In 1441 she gave birth to their son, the future King Danjong, and died a day later, aged about 23. She was buried at Soreung in Ansan and honoured as queen when Munjong took the throne. Her son lost the throne to his uncle, who reigned as Sejo. In 1456 her mother and brother were executed for a plot to restore Danjong. In 1457 she was stripped of her rank, her tomb was dug up and abolished, and her tablet was removed from the royal ancestral shrine. A local Ansan legend says she appeared in Sejo's dream and rebuked him, and that he had her coffin thrown into the sea; it washed ashore near Soreung and a farmer buried it. A Newsis report notes this is not official history. A 2005 paper by Lee Hyun-jin of Seoul National University records that Sarim scholars pressed for her restoration through two literati purges. In 1513 King Jungjong restored her rank, and her remains were reburied beside Munjong at Hyeolleung in Donggureung, Guri. A stone sheep from the abandoned Soreung stands at the Ansan Cultural Center.