King Gongmin loved his wife so much he basically destroyed his own kingdom when she died

Gongmin and Queen Noguk were that couple. Like genuinely in love, in an era where royal marriages were 100% political. When she died during childbirth in 1365, Gongmin completely unraveled. He stopped governing. Spent years building her tomb — personally supervising every detail, painting portraits of her himself (he was actually a talented painter). Then he spiraled into depression, paranoia, and increasingly erratic behavior. The kingdom fell apart. Corrupt monk Shin Don basically ran the country. It's one of the most tragic love stories in Korean history and it literally contributed to the fall of Goryeo. Mans was down bad on a civilizational scale.