Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p "This article is about the 3rd monarch of the Goryeo Dynasty in Korea, King Jeongjong. For the 10th Korean monarch during the Goryeo Dynasty, see Jeongjong II of Goryeo."Jeonjong of Goryeo (923 – 13 April 949) (r. 946–949) was the third monarch of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was the second son of King Taejo, the founder of the kingdom, and was born more than a decade before Goryeo was formally established. His mother was the daughter of a noble from the Chungju region, Yu Geung-dal.Jeongjong rose to the throne after his half-brother King Hyejong, and set to reducing the power of various royal in-laws, including Wang Gyu and Pak Sul-hui. However, lacking the support of the Gaegyeong elites, he was unable to substantially strengthen the throne.In 946, he spent 70,000 sacks of grain from the royal storehouses to support Buddhism in the country. In 947, he had the fortress of Pyongyang constructed as the country's Western Capital. He sought to move the capital from Gaegyeong to there, but was not successful.. }
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- Jeongjong,_3rd_Monarch_of_Goryeo abstract ""This article is about the 3rd monarch of the Goryeo Dynasty in Korea, King Jeongjong. For the 10th Korean monarch during the Goryeo Dynasty, see Jeongjong II of Goryeo."Jeonjong of Goryeo (923 – 13 April 949) (r. 946–949) was the third monarch of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was the second son of King Taejo, the founder of the kingdom, and was born more than a decade before Goryeo was formally established. His mother was the daughter of a noble from the Chungju region, Yu Geung-dal.Jeongjong rose to the throne after his half-brother King Hyejong, and set to reducing the power of various royal in-laws, including Wang Gyu and Pak Sul-hui. However, lacking the support of the Gaegyeong elites, he was unable to substantially strengthen the throne.In 946, he spent 70,000 sacks of grain from the royal storehouses to support Buddhism in the country. In 947, he had the fortress of Pyongyang constructed as the country's Western Capital. He sought to move the capital from Gaegyeong to there, but was not successful.".