U (25 July 1365 – 31 December 1389) ruled Goryeo (Korea) as the 32nd king from 1374 until 1388. He was the only son of King Gongmin. In the thirteenth...
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ruler of Goryeo from 1351 to 1374. He was the second son of King Chungsuk. Goryeo had been a semi-autonomous vassal state under the overlordship of the...
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ruler of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea. His life and death is often compared with Grand Prince Yeongchang. Prince Chang was the only son of King U and Royal...
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Goryeo (Korean: 고려; Hanja: 高麗; MR: Koryŏ; [ko.ɾjʌ]) was a Korean state founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms...
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the biological mother of King U of Goryeo. She was thrown into the Imjin River by Queen Dowager Myeongdeok after she complained of injustice and insisted...
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U may refer to: Yejong of Goryeo (1079–1122), king of Goryeo Wang U, husband of Princess Suan 1179–1199 (her death) U of Goryeo (1365–1389), king of Goryeo...
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invasions of Goryeo occurred in the 14th century, when the Red Turban Rebellion against the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty spread to the Goryeo dynasty of Korea...
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of King Chungnyeol. He had an older brother, Wang U, Prince Jeongyang. Due to this, the future King had the Goryeo royal family's bloods from both of...
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that given name U of Goryeo (1363–1389), king of Goryeo (Korea), often called King Woo U, Federated States of Micronesia Ü-Tsang, one of three historical...
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Progenitor Wang Kŏn'), was the founder of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea. He ruled from 918 to 943, achieving unification of the Later Three Kingdoms in 936. Wang...
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A series of campaigns were conducted between 1231 and 1270 by the Mongol Empire against the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. There were seven major campaigns at...
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fourth monarch of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. Gwangjong was born in 925 as Wang So, fourth son of King Taejo, who had founded Goryeo in 918. His mother...
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Toqto'a Buqa (category Goryeo royalty)
successor. Yi Inim's faction finally installed Wang U as Goryeo king but the Northern Yuan dynasty (rump state of the Yuan dynasty) attempted to appoint Toghtua...
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August 1237), personal name Wang Yŏng, was the 21st king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. It is said of King Huijong that if he were to have grown old he would...
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Princess Noguk (category Mongol consorts of Goryeo)
stepson, King U of Goryeo's reign. She was a Yuan dynasty imperial family member as the great-granddaughter of Darmabala, and a niece of Princess Joguk who...
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leader of Goryeo Wang U (1079–1122), the personal name of King Yejong of Goryeo Wang U (1365–1389), the personal name of King U of Goryeo Yi U (1912–1945)...
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coup d'etat against King U of Goryeo. In 1897, King Gojong declared the Korean Empire and made the clan symbol the Imperial Seal of Korea. Today, the seal...
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list of notable people from the Goryeo dynasty, a period in Korean history lasting from 918 to 1392. For a chronological list of rulers, see List of Korean...
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the fifth ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was the eldest son of King Gwangjong and was confirmed as Crown Prince in the year of his birth. Upon...
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Goryeo under Mongol rule refers to the rule of the Mongol Empire and the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty over the Korean Peninsula from about 1270 to 1356. After...
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Kaesong) and initiated a coup d'état, overthrowing King U of Goryeo in favor of his son, Chang of Goryeo (1388). Neo-Confucian scholars, who were a small and...
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succeeded by U of Goryeo on the throne of Goryeo (in modern-day Korea). November 25 – James of Baux succeeds his uncle, Philip II, as Prince of Taranto (modern-day...
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for royalty and nobility in Burmese names Banya, mother of the 14th-century King U of Goryeo Bania (caste), also Baniya or Vanika, a trader or merchant...
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– 23 October 945), personal name Wang Mu, was the second king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was preceded by King Taejo and succeeded by King Jeongjong...
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(assassination) Chang of Goryeo, deposed Korean king (b. 1381) U of Goryeo, Korean king (b. 1365) date unknown Isabella, Countess of Fife, Scottish noblewoman...
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Lan. Goryeo Revolution: General Yi Seong-gye begins a four year revolution in Goryeo (modern-day Korea), after being ordered by King U of Goryeo to attack...
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949), personal name Wang Yo, was the third king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was the third son of King Taejo, the dynastic founder. Jeongjong rose...
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king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. Seongjong was born on 15 January 961, the second son of Daejong, and a grandson of King Taejo (the founder of the...
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1308), personal name Wang Kŏ, was the 25th king of Korea's Goryeo dynasty from 1274 to 1308. He was the son of Wonjong, his predecessor on the throne. Chungnyeol...
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the 28th king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was remembered in the Goryeosa for his licentious lifestyle, particularly his habit of abducting, raping...
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