Sansang of Goguryeo

[4] This indicates that the custom of Levirate marriage was still practiced in Goguryeo,[5] but also demonstrated Lady U's power in court.

[6] Balgi, older brother to Sansang, led a rebel force attacking the capital, gaining military support of Chinese faction.

[2] Sansang had his younger brother Gyesu repel the attack, and Balgi committed suicide.

[2][5][11] In the eleventh lunar month of 208, the king chased a sacrificial boar to the village of Jutongchon, where he met a young woman and spent the day with her.

The queen heard of this and sent royal forces, failing to kill her owing to her assertion that she conceived.