| Inbin Kim | |||||||||
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| Royal Consort of the Senior First Rank | |||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1555 Haeju-mok, Hwanghae Province, Joseon | ||||||||
| Died | 30 November 1613 (aged 58) Hanseong, Joseon | ||||||||
| Burial | Sunkangwon, Namyangju, South Korea | ||||||||
| Consort of | Seonjo of Joseon | ||||||||
| Issue Detail | 4 sons and 5 daughters, including Prince Jeongwon | ||||||||
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| Clan | |||||||||
| Dynasty | Yi | ||||||||
| Father | Kim Han-u | ||||||||
| Mother | Lady, of the Jeonju Yi clan | ||||||||
| Korean name | |||||||||
| Hangul | 인빈 김씨 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 仁嬪金氏 | ||||||||
| RR | Inbin Gimssi | ||||||||
| MR | Inbin Kimssi | ||||||||
Inbin Kim (Korean: 인빈 김씨; Hanja: 仁嬪 金氏; 31 March 1555 – 30 November 1613), or Concubine In, of the Suwon Kim clan, was a consort of Seonjo of Joseon and the biological grandmother of King Injo.
Lady Kim was born in the Suwon Kim clan as the daughter of Kim Han-u (김한우) and his wife. Her maternal grandfather was of the royal Jeonju Yi clan as a descendant of Grand Prince Hyoryŏng, King Taejong's second son; this made Lady Kim a distant cousin of King Seonjo. Her elder sister's daughter later became Sowon Shin, a relatively low-ranked consort of Gwanghaegun.
Concubine Gyeong, one of Lady Kim's cousins, who was a consort of King Myeongjong, raised her in the palace. Lady Kim caught the eye of King Seonjo's adoptive mother, Queen Insun, who recommended her to the king as a consort. In 1573, Lady Kim was appointed as a royal consort of the junior fourth rank (숙원; 淑媛; sugwon), the lowest rank of the king's consorts. She was promoted in the following years, finally rising in 1604 to the senior first rank (빈; 嬪; pin), with the honorific title in (인; 仁), meaning "benevolence".
During her time spent in the palace, she gave birth to four sons and five daughters; her first son died young. The king favoured her second son, Prince Shinseong, hoping to make him crown prince. However, after the Imjin War broke out, Prince Shinseong died in Uiju County and his elder half-brother, Gwanghaegun, was named heir. Lady Kim defended Gwanghaegun later in life, although her relationship with his biological mother, the late Concubine Gong, hadn't been good in their youth.
Lady died on 30 November 1613, aged 58, during Gwanghaegun's reign.