Seonjo (Korean: 선조; Hanja: 宣祖; 6 December 1552 – 6 March 1608), personal name Yi Yeon (이연; 李昖), was the 14th monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He...
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(이종; 李倧), was the 16th monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He was a grandson of King Seonjo and the eldest son of Prince Jeongwon. He ascended to...
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of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. As he was deposed in a coup d'état, he did not receive a temple name. Gwanghaegun was the second son of King Seonjo;...
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without any male issue. Yi Gyun, Prince Haseong (later known as Yi Yeon, Seonjo of Joseon), his half-nephew from his older half-brother Grand Internal Prince...
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Jeongjo the Great (정조대왕; 正祖大王), was the 22nd monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He was the second son of Crown Prince Sado and Lady Hyegyŏng, and succeeded...
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Prince Jeongwon (redirect from Wonjong of Joseon)
invasions of Korea, he escaped with his father, King Seonjo and awarded in 1604 in recognition of helping the king to escape. Father: King Seonjo of Joseon (조선...
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李成桂), later Yi Tan (이단; 李旦), was the founder and first monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. After overthrowing the Goryeo dynasty, he ascended to the...
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the 23rd monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He was the second son of King Jeongjo by his concubine, Royal Noble Consort Su of the Bannam Park clan...
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Yi Il (category Joseon generals)
military official of the mid-Joseon Period. During the reign of Seonjo of Joseon, he made a great contribution to the conquest of the Jurchen people...
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more than 500 years. List of monarchs of Korea Historians, The Organization of Korean (2014-01-09). Everyday Life in Joseon-Era Korea: Economy and Society...
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Great of Joseon Queen Jeongsun, consort of Danjong of Joseon Queen Inseong, consort of Injong of Joseon Queen Uiin, first consort of Seonjo of Joseon Queen...
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Hyujeong (category Joseon Buddhist monks)
soldiers invaded Joseon, and the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98) began. At the beginning of the first invasion, Seonjo of Joseon fled the capital...
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(이환; 李烉), was the 24th monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. His father was Crown Prince Hyomyeong, who died at the age of 20 before becoming king, and...
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Princess Jeongmyeong (category Princesses of Joseon)
(Korean: 정명공주; 27 June 1603 – 8 September 1685) was a Joseon Royal Princess as the tenth daughter of King Seonjo from Queen Inmok. During her older half-brother's...
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Yi Won (redirect from Won, Prince of Korea)
posthumous adoption was no longer recognized by legislation as of 2004. House of Yi Joseon dynasty https://web.archive.org/web/20111008010626/http://www...
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Deokheung Daewongun (category House of Yi)
biological father of Seonjo of Joseon. The future Grand Internal Prince Deokheung was born on 2 April 1530 as the 9th son of Jungjong of Joseon and his second...
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Gong of the Gimhae Kim clan (Korean: 공빈 김씨; Hanja: 恭嬪 金氏; 16 November 1553 – 13 June 1577) was a consort of Seonjo of Joseon and the mother of Gwanghaegun...
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Joseon (English: /ˈtʃoʊsʌn/ CHOH-sun; Korean: 조선; Hanja: 朝鮮; MR: Chosŏn; [tɕo.sʰʌn], also romanized as Chosun), officially Great Joseon (대조선국; 大朝鮮國; [tɛ...
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Easterners (Korean political faction) (category Political history of Korea)
faction of the Joseon dynasty. This faction appeared during the reign of Seonjo of Joseon in sixteenth-century Korea, in 1575. Originating from friends of Gim...
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have originated in Daegu and the surrounding Gyeongsang region. King Seonjo of Joseon is said to have enjoyed the dish at his inauguration. Makchang is usually...
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Qing invasion of Joseon (Korean: 병자호란; Hanja: 丙子胡亂) occurred in the winter of 1636 when the newly established Qing dynasty invaded the Joseon dynasty, establishing...
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when Seonjo of Joseon succeeded the throne as the adopted heir to his half-uncle, Myeongjong of Joseon. Based on official advice, instead of giving...
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Grand Prince Yeongchang (category House of Yi)
19 March 1614), personal name Yi Ui, was a Joseon royal prince as the only legitimate son of King Seonjo, from Queen Inmok who was born when his father...
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首陽大君), was the seventh monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He was the second son of Sejong the Great and the uncle of King Danjong, against whom he...
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Sejong the Great (redirect from Sejong of Joseon)
monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He is regarded as one of the greatest rulers in Korean history, and is remembered as the inventor of Hangul, the...
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was the third monarch of the Joseon of Korea and the father of Sejong the Great. He was the fifth son of King Taejo, the founder of the dynasty. Before...
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Won-beom (이원범; 李元範), later Yi Byeon (이변; 李昪), was the 25th monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. After King Heonjong died without any descendants in 1849...
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the 21st monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He was the second son of King Sukjong by his concubine, Royal Noble Consort Suk of the Haeju Choe clan...
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The Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty, sometimes called sillok (실록) for short, are state-compiled and published records, called Veritable Records...
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Li Rusong (category People of the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598))
that took place in the Korean peninsula. Upon the request of the Korean King Seonjo of Joseon, the Ming Wanli Emperor sent reinforcements to support the...
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