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    Empress Myeongseong (Korean: 명성황후; Hanja: 明成皇后; 17 November 1851 – 8 October 1895) was the official wife of Gojong, the 26th king of Joseon and the first...
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    Gorō. After her death, she was posthumously given the title of "Empress Myeongseong". The attack happened at the royal palace Gyeongbokgung in Seoul...
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  • Empress Myeongseong (Korean: 명성황후; Hanja: 明成皇后) is a 2001 and 2002 South Korean television series that aired on KBS2. Empress Myeongseong is considered...
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  • Chi-rok, the father of Empress Myeongseong. Thus making her adoptive uncle the adoptive older brother of Empress Myeongseong who became Queen in 1866...
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  • the subsequent retirement of Daewongun, Queen Min (later called Empress Myeongseong) gained complete control over her court and placed her family in...
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    such as Bari, Annie Quang, All That Jazz, Broadway 42nd Streets, Empress Myeongseong, Love in the Rain, and Mamma Mia. Since 2004, she started play the...
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    annexed in 1910. Sunjong was the second son of Emperor Gojong and Empress Myeongseong. When he turned two years old in 1876, Sunjong was proclaimed the...
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  • 1895 (Its Russian old calendar = 8 Oct 1895) On 8 October 1895, Empress Myeongseong (referred to as "Queen Min") was assassinated by Japanese agents...
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    abdication in 1907. His wife, Queen Min (posthumously honored as Empress Myeongseong), played an active role in politics until her assassination carried...
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    particularly royalty; she has portrayed Empress Elisabeth of Austria in Elisabeth, Empress Myeongseong in The Last Empress and Marie Antoinette in Marie Antoinette...
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  • actress and model. She is known for her portrayal of the future Empress Myeongseong in the television series Kingmaker: The Change of Destiny (2020)...
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  • As a musical actor he has appeared in musicals Bonnie & Clyde, Empress Myeongseong, Frankenstein, and Kinky Boots. In 2022, he got recognition in the...
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  • Queen Cheorin (category Korean posthumous empresses)
    Daewongun Portrayed by Yoo Hye-yeong in the 2001–2002 KBS TV series Empress Myeongseong Portrayed by Shin Hye-sun in the 2020 tvN TV series Mr. Queen. Located...
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  • Gamgodang. This house eventually housed the birth of the future Empress Myeongseong. But at some point, Palace Lady Jang was then banished from the palace...
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  • Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil Empress Myeongseong, first principal wife of Gojong, the first emperor of the Korean Empire Empress Eugénie, consort of Napoleon...
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  • Queen Myeongseong (Korean: 명성왕후 김씨; 3 June 1642 – 11 January 1684) of the Cheongpung Kim clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and queen consort...
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    Sunheon. Prior to the marriage, the Imo Incident of 1882 had forced Empress Myeongseong to flee from the palace, which brought Eom to demonstrate extreme...
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  • Marquis of Jin (died 678 BC), Chinese monarch Empress Myeongseong (1851–1895), informally Queen Min, empress of Joseon Menes or Min (a spelling variant no...
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    and yellow melons. Yeoju is the birthplace of Korea's last queen, Empress Myeongseong. Yeoju's institution of higher learning includes Yeoju Institute...
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    unequal treaties with foreign powers. After the assassination of Empress Myeongseong by Japanese mercenaries in 1895, the Donghak Peasant Revolution,...
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    subsequent retirement of Heungseon Daewongun, Queen Min (later called Empress Myeongseong) became a power in the court, placing her family in high court positions...
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    screen in 2001 as the young Empress Myeongseong (Lee Mi-yeon played the adult version) in the historical drama Empress Myeongseong. In 2002, Moon made her...
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  • The Sword with No Name (category Empress Myeongseong)
    is a 2009 South Korean film based on a fictionalized account of Empress Myeongseong. The film sold 1,671,387 tickets nationwide. Mu-myeong is a bounty...
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  • Consort Sunmok (Heungseon Daewongun's wife) and Empress Myeongseong, and the 18th great-grandfather to Empress Sunmyeong. She was a first cousin once removed...
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    the 1998 sitcom Soonpoong Clinic, followed by historical dramas Empress Myeongseong and Jang Gil San. In 2005, he starred with Yoo Seung-ho in KBS' children...
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    1852 – 21 January 1919) Adoptive daughter-in-law - Min Ja-yeong, Empress Myeongseong of the Yeoheung Min clan (명성태황후 민씨; 17 November 1851 – 8 October...
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    activities, such as participating in the infamous assassination of Korean Empress Myeongseong of the Joseon Dynasty in 1895, the Eulmi Incident.[citation needed]...
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    establish a pro-Japanese government. In 1895, after the assassination of Empress Myeongseong by Japanese agents, her husband, Emperor Gojong, left the palace...
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  • Korean political figure of the Joseon period. He was the father of Empress Myeongseong and the maternal grandfather of King Sunjong of Korea. After he died...
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    posthumously honored as empresses: Empress Myeongseong (consort and regent of Emperor Gojong and the mother of Emperor Sunjong) and Empress Sunmyeonghyo (consort...
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