Heo Hwang-ok

Heo Hwang-ok, also known as Suriratna, is a legendary queen mentioned in Samguk Yusa, a 13th-century Korean chronicle. According to Samguk Yusa she became the wife of King Suro of Geumgwan Gaya at the age of 16, after having arrived by boat from a distant kingdom called "Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu", making her the first queen of Geumgwan Gaya. More than six million present day Koreans, especially from Gimhae Kim, Heo and Lee (Yi) clans, trace their lineage to the legendary queen as the direct descendants of Queen Heo Hwang-ok's 12 children with King Kim Suro. Her native kingdom is believed to be located in India by some; there is, however, no mention of her in any pre-modern Indian sources. There is a tomb in Gimhae, Korea, that is believed by some to be hers, and a memorial in Ayodhya in India.