The ousting of the Queen in 1479, and her subsequent death by poison in 1482 became a source of recurrent political turmoil, culminating with the First literati purge organized in 1498 by Yeonsan in the 4th year of his reign.
Through her brother, her grandniece married Yi Ryang; the maternal uncle of Queen Insun, the wife of King Myeongjong.
When it comes to Queen Yun, the most famous story is that she "scarred King Seongjong's face with her fingernails," but in the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, there is no record of it and since it is a rumor passed down only through private history, the possibility seems very slim given the circumstances and strong male dominant culture plus the fact that her husband was the King at the time.
The meaning of "Pyebi Yun-ssi" (폐비윤씨; 廢妃 尹氏), her current name in Korea,[2] is "deposed consort of the Haman Yun family".
But in 1494, the young king eventually learned of what had happened to his biological mother and attempted to posthumously restore her titles and position.
Because of officials standing in his way, the manner and matter of her death became a pretext for her son to purge the court and government of opponents and critics of his rule.