Kyŏn Sin-gŏm

In this Korean name, the family name is Kyŏn.

Kyŏn Sin-gŏm (Korean: 견신검; Hanja: 甄神劍; ? – September 936,^[a] r. 15 November 935 – 936^[b]) was the second and final king of Later Baekje, one of the Later Three Kingdoms of Korea.^[1] He came to the throne after conspiring with his two brothers, Yang-gŏm and Yong-gŏm, to overthrow their father Kyŏn Hwŏn and kill the anointed heir, their younger half-brother Kŭm-gang.^[2][3]

Kyŏn Sin-gŏm
King of Later Baekje
Reign	15 November 935 – 936
Coronation	15 November 935
Predecessor	Kyŏn Hwŏn
Successor	Dynasty abolished (Taejo of Goryeo as the first King of Goryeo)
Died	936 Goryeo
Era name and dates Jeonggae (정개; 正開): 900–936
House	Kyŏn
Father	Kyŏn Hwŏn
Mother	Lady Sangwon
Religion	Buddhism

Kyŏn Sin-gŏm
Hangul	견신검
Hanja	甄神劍
Revised Romanization	Gyeon Singeom
McCune–Reischauer	Kyŏn Sin'gŏm

The brothers placed Kyŏn Hwŏn in prison, but he was able to escape. Kyŏn Hwŏn led the Goryeo army against them in 936 AD at present-day Seonsan in Gumi, destroying Kyŏn Sin-gŏm's army.^[4][5]

King Taejo of Goryeo deemed that the plot was the work of Kyŏn Sin-gŏm's brothers, and granted Kyŏn Sin-gŏm a noble title. Accounts vary as to whether Yang-gŏm and Yong-gŏm were sent into exile or slain.

See also

• History of Korea

Notes

1. In the Korean calendar (lunisolar).
2. In the Korean calendar (lunisolar), he reigned on 17 October 935 – September 936.