Count Gonghwa or Marquess Gonghwa (1126–1186[a]), personal name Wang Yeong (왕영; 王瑛) was a Goryeo royal family member as the great-grandson of King Munjong who became the maternal uncle of Huijong and Gangjong.
Although there is not much information left about his life, but it was believed that he had a calm and quiet personality, not greedy and show great enthusiasm for his studies.
During the early years of King Uijong, he became a Jeonjungnaegeupsa (전중내급사; 殿中內給事)[1] and although the King assumed this, he did not allow it since there was no precedent for a son from the royal family who had been given the title of "Marquess" (후; 侯) and humbled himself with became a public servant (공사; 貢士)[2] from the past.
He then became Count Gonghwa (공화백; 恭化伯) on the day he married at his 30s and the King bestowed great favors upon him.
[3] After his brother-in-law, Marquess Ikyang ascended the throne in 1170, Wang Yeong was promoted into Marquess Gonghwa (공화후; 恭化侯) and a devout believer in Buddhism on his later years before later passed away in 1186 at his 61 years old.