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...

he did not receive a temple name. Gwanghaegun was the second son of King Seonjo; born to Royal Noble Consort Gong, a concubine, who later died a year after...

military official and King Seonjo's closest military officer Lee Yoon-sang as young Jong-ryeo Cha Seung-won as King Seonjo, the king of Joseon. Kim Shin-rok...

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 the throne after leading...

the Seonjo Annals were written by the Easterners (who held power in Gwanghaegun's reign during which it was written) while the Revised Seonjo Annals...

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 was already 55 years old...

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...

2024-03-27. Veritable Records of Seonjo, Year 25, October 1, Article 10 (1592). Kim 2012, pp. 242–243. Veritable Records of Seonjo, Year 26, February 16, Article...

Korean 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...

導元帥) of the Joseon military, who, in turn, sent the message to King Seonjo. King Seonjo, who was desperate for victories to loosen the Japanese grip on his...

Westerners faction. He served as Chief State Councillor during the reign of King Seonjo. Yun Du-su was born in 1533 at Hansung. His father was Yun Byeon (윤변, 尹忭;...

He was a son by a concubine to the Joseon dynasty's 14th monarch, king Seonjo, and half brother of king Gwanghaegun and father of king Injo. His birth...

the Joseon period. She became a concubine of King Seonjo and later of his son, Gwanghae, after Seonjo’s death. During the latter's reign, she intervened...

(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. Lady Kim was born into the Gimhae...

to follow Seonjo anyway. On 2 May, he departed for Kaesong with his family, hearing from his younger brother, Yi Jeong-hyeong that Seonjo was staying...

He was the royal chief physician of Naeuiwon during the reign of King Seonjo and King Gwanghae of the Joseon period in Korea. Heo Jun was born in 1539...

Records of Seonjo 33rd June 13 (in Korean and Chinese) Veritable Records of Seonjo 34th May 3 (in Korean and Chinese) Veritable Records of Seonjo 37th May...

husband, King Seonjo. King Seonjo and Lady Park both share King Sejong as their ancestor as he’s their 5th great-grandfather. King Seonjo’s father, Internal...

childhood name Yi Jin-Guk), was a Joseon Royal Prince as the eldest son of King Seonjo and the elder brother of King Gwanghae. He was known for such a violent...

posthumous name bestowed to the wife and second queen consort of Yi Yeon, King Seonjo, the 14th Joseon monarch. She was queen consort of Joseon from 1602 until...

King Seonjo ordered Admiral Yi to capture Kato, but Yi refused to do so, as he knew that the words were the fabrications of Japanese agents. Seonjo was...

Japanese reached Pyongyang. King Seonjo of Joseon fled, and two Korean princes were captured by Katō Kiyomasa. Seonjo dispatched an emissary to the Ming...

Construction of Changdeokgung began in 1405, and was completed in 1412. King Seonjo expanded the palace grounds by about 500,000 square meters, including Huwon...

Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, and Jeolla provinces. The record showed how King Seonjo was urged to sooth the hardship of the country's eastern coastal people...

Myeongjong, but it gained control of the government during the reign of King Seonjo. It soon split into opposing factions known as the Easterners and the Westerners...

made for the late crown prince. A similar event took place in 1568, when Seonjo of Joseon succeeded the throne as the adopted heir to his half-uncle, Myeongjong...

Myeongjong, Seonjo Gwon Cheol 권철 權轍 1567-1571 Seonjo Hong Seom 홍섬 洪暹 1571-1573 Seonjo Park Sun 박순 朴淳 1573-1574 Seonjo Yi Tak 이탁 李鐸 1574 Seonjo Park Sun 박순...

discussed in the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, was published in 1577 by King Seonjo's ministers. As the King had not given permission to print the news bulletins...

of Seonjo 31st November 25 (in Korean and Chinese) Veritable Records of Seonjo 32nd October 4 (in Korean and Chinese) Veritable Records of Seonjo 37th...

the first of the Japanese invasions of Korea in the Joseon Dynasty, King Seonjo took refuge in the north. Food shortages due to the invasion made it difficult...