PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Founded
in 1393, Empire declared in 1897. Annexed by the Japanese 1910/1945. Republic
declared in 1948. Rulers were...
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King TAEJO (Yi Songgye) 1393/1398, born 1335, married and had issue. He
died 1408.
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King CHONGJONG (Yi Panggwa) (qv)
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King TAEJONG (Yi Pangwon)
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Prince Pangbon, died 1397/1398
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Prince Pangsok, died 1397/1398
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Prince Panggan
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King CHONGJONG (Yi Panggwa) 1398/1400, born 1357, died 1419.
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King TAEJONG (Yi Pangwon) 1400/1418, born 1367, married and had issue.
He died 1423.
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King SEJONG 1418/1450, born 1397, married and had issue. He died 1450.
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King MUNJONG (Yi Hang) (qv)
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King SEJO (Yi Suyang) (qv)
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Prince Anpyong, born 1418, died 1453.
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Prince Kumsong, died 1457.
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King MUNJONG (Yi Hang) 1450/1452, born 1414, married and had issue. He
died 1452.
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King TANJONG 1452/1455, born 1440, died 1457.
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King SEJO (Yi Suyang) 1455/1468, born 1417, married and had issue. He died
1468.
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King YEJONG (qv)
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Prince Tokchong, married and had issue.
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King YEJONG 1468/1469, born 1450, died 1469.
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King SONGJONG 1469/1494, born 1457, married and had issue. He died 1494.
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King YONSAN (qv)
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King CHUNGJONG (qv)
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King YONSAN 1494/1506, died 1506.
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King CHUNGJONG 1506/1544, married and had issue. He died 1544.
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King INJONG (qv)
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King MYONGJONG (qv)
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Prince Tokhung, married and had issue.
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King INJONG 1544/1545, died 1545.
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King MYONGJONG 1545/1567, died 1567.
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King SONJO 1567/1608, born 1552, married and had issue. He died 1608.
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King KWANGHAE (qv)
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Prince Wonjong, married and had issue.
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Prince Imhae
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Prince Yongchang (14th son), born 1606, died 1614.
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King KWANGHAE 1608/1623, died 1642.
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King INJO 1623/1649, married and had issue. He died 1649.
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King HYOJONG (qv)
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Prince Sohyon, born 1612, died 1645.
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Prince Inp'yong, married and had issue.
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Six generations
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Prince Namyon'gun, adopted by Prince Yi Unsin'gun (see below).
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King HYOJONG 1649/1659, married and had issue. He died 1659.
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King HYONGJONG (son) 1659/1674
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King SUKCHONG (Yi Sun) (son) 1674/1720, born 1660, married and had issue.
He died 12th July 1720.
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King KYONGJONG (Yi Kyon) (qv)
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King YONG JO (Yi Eum) (qv)
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King KYONGJONG (Yi Kyon) 1720/1724, born 1688, died 11th October 1724.
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King YONG JO (Yi Eum) 1724/1776, born 1694, married 1stly Queen Chongson,
born 1692, died 1757, 2ndly Lady So, Queen Chongson, born 1745, died 1805,
Regent 1800/1804, 3rdly Queen Yi, 4thly Lady Sonhui, 5thly Lady Chu, 6thly
Mun and had issue, 2s and 12d. He died 22nd April 1776.
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Crown Prince Hyojang (Yi Kyongui) (by Queen Yi), born 1719, married Queen
Hyosun, born 1715, died 1751. He died 1728.
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Princess Hwasun, married Prince Wolsong. She died 1748.
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Princess Hwapyong (by Lady Sonhui), born 1733, married Prince Kumsong.
She died June 1748.
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Crown Prince Sado (Yi Chongjo) (by Lady Yi Yongbin), born 13th February
1735, married 1stly Lady Hong (posthumously created Queen Kyongui), born
1735, died 1815, 2ndly Lady Yongyi, 3rdly Ping-ae and had issue. He died
12th July 1762, buried 10th September 1762.
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Prince Yi Unon'gun (by Lady Hong), married and had issue.
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Prince Chunggye, Taewongun, married and had issue.
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King CHUL JONG (Yi Chung) (qv)
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King CHONG JONG (Yi Sung) (qv)
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Princess Chongyon, born 31st August 1754.
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Princess Ch'ongson, born September 1756.
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Prince Yi Unsin'gun, married and had issue.
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Prince Namyon'gun, adopted, sixth in descent from Prince Inp'yong, son
of King Injo (see above), married and had issue.
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Prince Heungson, born 1827, Taewongun, Regent of Korea 1864/1873,
married and had issue. He died 1898.
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Emperor KOJONG [Yi Hyong] (qv)
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HIH Prince Yi Hui [Lee Jaemyon], born 1845, Prince Wan Heung Gun [cr.1900],
Prince Heung Chungwang [cr.1910], 2nd Head of Unhyun Palace [Unhyeongung],
married and had issue. He died 1912.
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HH Crown Prince Yi Jun Yong, Prince Yeongseon Gun [cr.1910], Prince Wan
Syuk Gun, born 1870, 3rd Head of Unhyun Palace, died 1917.
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Prince Chaeson
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King CHONG JONG (Yi Sung) 1776/1800, born October 1752, married 25th February
1762, Lady Kim (Queen Hyo-eui), born 1753, died 1821, and had issue. He
died 18th August 1800.
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King SUNJO (Yi Kwang) (qv)
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HIH Prince MUNHYO
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King SUNJO (Yi Kwang) 1800/1834, born 1789, married (a) Lady Kin (Queen
Sun-won), born 1789, died 1857, Regent of Korea 1834/1840 & 1849/1850
and had issue. He died 13th December 1834.
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HIH Prince Ikchong, married Cho (Queen Sin Chong), Regent of Korea 1864/1866,
and had issue.
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King HON JONG (Yi Whan) (qv)
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King HON JONG (Yi Whan) 1834/1849, born 1825/1827, married 1stly Lady Kim
(Queen Hyo Hyun), 2ndly Lady Hong (Queen Chong Mok Ta Bi). He died sp
25th July 1849.
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King CHUL JONG (Yi Chung) 1849/1864, born 1831, married Lady Kim (Queen
Nyung Sun) and had issue. He died spm 21st January 1864.
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Daughter, married Prince Kumnung [Pak Yong Hyo], born 1861, died 1939.
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HIM Emperor KOJONG [Yi Hyong] (Gwangmu) 1864/1907 (abdicated), born 8th
September 1852, King (Chonha) of Korea 1864/1897, Emperor (Taehan
Hwangje) of Korea 1897/1907, married 1stly 1866, Lady Yi, married 2ndly,
1866, Lady Min Hung Yo (Queen Myeongseong), born 1851, died 8th October
1895, married 3rdly, Queen Sunheon, born 1854, died 1911, married 4thy
1896, Lady Om, died 1909, married 5thly, Lady ....., died 1929 and had
issue. He died 21st January 1919.
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HH Prince Wanhwa (by Lady Yi), born 1867, died young.
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HH Prince Wonja (by Lady Min), born 1871, died 1871.
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HIH Emperor SUNJONG [Yi Ch'ok] (qv)
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HIH Prince Yi Ko (Yi Kang) [Chin Wang], born 30th March 1877 in Seoul,
married 14 wives, (amongst others) 1898, Lady Kin, born 22nd December 1880,
died 1964, (a) HIH Princess Deogin, born 1881, died 1954, and had issue.
He died 1955.
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HIH Prince Yi Kin, born 28th October 1909 in Seoul, married 1931, HIH Princess
Matsudaira Yoshiko, born 6th October 1911 in Tokyo, and had issue. He died
1991.
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HIH Prince Yi Chu, born 14th August 1932 in Tokyo.
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HIH Prince Yi Ki, born 4th March 1935 in Tokyo.
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HIH Princess Haruko, born 19th December 1938 in Tokyo.
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HIH Prince Yi Wu, born 15th November 1912 in Tokyo, educated at a military
school in Tokyo, 4th Head of Unhyun Palace, adopted by HH Crown Prince
Yi Jun Yong, married 2nd May 1935, Lady Sanshu, born 11th December 1914
in Seoul, died 1995, and had issue. He died 6th August 1945 at Hiroshima.
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HIH Prince Yi Sei [Yi Chung], born 23rd April 1936 in Seoul.
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HIH Prince Yi Gap [Lee Chong-gil], born 1938, married and has issue.
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HIH Prince YI WON (see above and below)
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HIH Prince Yi Seok, born 1940, 11th son, singer ("Home of Doves", 1960)
and entertainer, host of a popular television program in 1964, served during
the Vietnam War, discharged from the army in 1969, curator and cultural
instructor in Chonju, authored a book about the late Choson Kingdom royal
court family and has led an organization dedicated to preserving the culture
of the royal court, married 5 times, (including Princess Jeonghee), and
has issue, 3 children.
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HIH Prince Yi Jeonghun, born 1980.
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HIH Princess Yi Haewon, born 1919.
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HIH Princess Yi Haegyong [Ms. Amy Hai Kyung Lee], 5th daughter, born 1930.
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HIH Prince Yi Shun, married Lady Kin, born 1878. He died 1917.
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HIH Prince Yi Ki, married.
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HIH Crown Prince YI UN (qv)
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HIH Princess Yi Tokhye, born 1912, married (div. 1951), Count So Takeyuki,
born 1908, died 1985, and had issue, 1 daughter. She died 21st April 1989.
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Jung Hye, born 1932, married Suszuki Noboru. She died 1955.
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HIM Emperor SUNJONG [Yi Ch'ok] (Yung Hui) 1907/1910, Head of House 1910/1926,
born 25th March 1874, married (amongst others)(a) HIM Empress Sunjeong,
married (b) 1907, Lady Yun, born 1894, died 3rd February 1966. He died
sp
24th April 1926.
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HIH Crown Prince YI UN, Head of House 1926/1970, born 21st October 1897,
Crown Prince of Korea from 1907, married 28th April 1920, Nashimoto no
Miya Masako Nyoo (Yi Pang-ja), born 4th November 1901, died 30th April
1989 and had issue. He died 1st May 1970.
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HIH Prince Yi Chin, born 18th August 1921, died 11th May 1922.
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HIH Prince YI KU (qv)
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HIH Prince YI KU 1970/2005, Head of the Royal Chosun Dynasty of Korea from
1st May 1970, born 29th December 1931, educated at in Japan's royal school
of Gakushuin, and at M.I.T. (Architecture), after graduation, he worked
for a New York firm of Architects, he lectured on architecture at Seoul
National University and Yonsei University, married 25th October 1958 (div.
1982) in New York, Julia Mullock, born 18th March 1928 and had adopted
issue. He died 16th July 2005 in Tokyo, Japan, buried 24th July at Hongnung
royal mausoleum in Namyangju, Korea.
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HIH Prince YI WON (adopted son, see above)
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Eugenia (adopted daughter).
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HIH Prince YI WON (see above)
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