新羅 眞骨의 ‘家系 分枝化’에 대한 재검토-사위의 왕위계승권을 중심으로-

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It has been widely accepted that `true-bone` status has branched from a single patrilineal group to several lineages and the leaders of the lineages fought each other for the throne in the late age(下代) of Silla. However, during the armed conflicts around the throne from the end of the middle age(中代) to the early of the late age(下代), there was no case that a group sharing a particular ancestor was designated as a unit of power. The peculiarity of Silla in the succession of the throne was not the branching of lineages but that the king`s son-in-law could succeed the throne too. The right of succession of son-in-law is shown in the story about succession to the throne at the ealry-late period(上古期), and there are also actual cases like the King Kyeongmun(景文王) who was the son-in-law of the King Heonan(憲安王). It can be confirmed through the list of the ancestors enshrined in the royal ancestral shrine(五廟) that the king Shindeok(神德王) and the king Kyeongsun(敬順王) could succeed the throne as son-in-law and daughter`s son of former king Heongang(憲康王). Wars of succession after the death of the king Heungdeok(興德王), which were regarded as representative examples of collisions between branched lineages, were also battles between sons and son-in-laws of Chunggong(忠恭) who was the rightful successor. Thus, the cases of the dispute over the throne in the middle and the late Silla were not the struggles between the `kingship` and the `nobles`, but the conflicts among those who deserve access to the throne. By the time King Muyeoul(太宗武烈王) was crowned, it became difficult to establish a clear distinction between `royal family` and the other `true-bone` status.

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