Kyŏn Sin-gŏm

Kyŏn Sin-gŏm
King of Later Baekje
Reign15 November 935 – 936
Coronation15 November 935
PredecessorKyŏn Hwŏn
SuccessorDynasty abolished
(Taejo of Goryeo as the first King of Goryeo)
Died936
Goryeo
Era name and dates
Jeonggae (정개; 正開): 900–936
HouseKyŏn
FatherKyŏn Hwŏn
MotherLady Sangwon
ReligionBuddhism
Kyŏn Sin-gŏm
Hangul
견신검
Hanja
甄神劍
RRGyeon Singeom
MRKyŏn Sin'gŏm

Kyŏn Sin-gŏm (Korean: 견신검; Hanja: 甄神劍; ? – September 936, r. 15 November 935 – 936) was the second and final king of Later Baekje, one of the Later Three Kingdoms of Korea. He came to the throne after conspiring with his two brothers, Yang-gŏm and Yong-gŏm, to overthrow their father Kyŏn Hwŏn and kill the anointed heir, their younger half-brother Kŭm-gang.

The brothers placed Kyŏn Hwŏn in prison, but he was able to escape. Kyŏn Hwŏn led the Goryeo army against them in 936 AD at present-day Seonsan in Gumi, destroying Kyŏn Sin-gŏm's army.

King Taejo of Goryeo deemed that the plot was the work of Kyŏn Sin-gŏm's brothers, and granted Kyŏn Sin-gŏm a noble title. Accounts vary as to whether Yang-gŏm and Yong-gŏm were sent into exile or slain.