Royal Consort Suk of the Haeju Choe clan (; ; d. 1184), also known as Princess Jangsin () was a Korean royal consort as the fourth wife of King Yejong of Goryeo.
Biography Early life Lady Choe was born as the third daughter of Choe Yong and Lady Kim,今將以辰韓公長女, 大卿崔湧季女, 備之內職, 有司宜據禮典, 定名以聞 《고려사》권14〈세가〉권14 - 예종 16년 1월 - 왕이 귀비와 숙비를 맞아들이기로 하다 참고. into the Haeju Choe clan (). Her father was a great-grandson of Choe Chung (). She had eight brothers and four sisters.
Marriage and later life In 1121, King Yejong decided to make Lady Choe his concubine《고려사》권14〈세가〉권14 - 예종 16년 1월 - 왕이 귀비와 숙비를 맞아들이기로 하다 and she entered the palace not long after that.《고려사》권14〈세가〉권14 - 예종 16년 1월 - 숙비를 맞아들이다 She then given the royal title of Princess Jangsin () and gave birth to a son, Wang Gak-gwan.
On 1129, she was honoured as Suk-bi (; "Pure Consort") by King Injong, her husband's only son by his second wife. In 1144 (22nd year reign of King Injong), Lady Suk-bi's father was granted the title Susagong ().
The widowed consort died in 1184, during the 14th year of King Myeongjong's reign.《고려사》권88〈열전〉권1 - 숙비 최씨 The location of her tomb is unknown.
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