Yi An-sa

Posthumous name
	First: King Mok (목왕, 穆王; given in 1392 by King Taejo); Last: King Inmun Seongmok the Great (인문성목대왕, 仁文聖穆大王; given in 1411 by King Taejong);
Temple name
	Mokjo (목조; 穆祖)

Yi Ansa
이안사
李安社
Yi Ansa; 이안사; 李安社
King of Joseon (posthumously)
Darugachi
Reign	1252–1274
Born	Yi Ansa (이안사); 1204; Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, Goryeo
Died	3 March 1274 (aged 69-70); Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, Goryeo
Burial	Deokneung tomb
Spouse	Queen Hyogong (m. 1223)
Issue	6 sons
Posthumous name
Posthumous name
	First: King Mok (목왕, 穆王; given in 1392 by King Taejo); Last: King Inmun Seongmok the Great (인문성목대왕, 仁文聖穆大王; given in 1411 by King Taejong);
Temple name
	Mokjo (목조; 穆祖)
House	House of Yi
Father	Yi Yang-mu
Mother	Lady Yi of the Samcheok Yi clan

Yi An-sa (1204 – 3 March 1274) was a Goryeo nobleman who would become the great-great-grandfather of Yi Seonggye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty.^{[citation needed]}

On 28 July 1392, when Taejo made a new dynasty, he was granted the royal title King Mok (목왕; 穆王).^[1] After his death in 1274, he was buried in Deokneung, Neung-ri, Gapyeong-myeon, Sinhung-gun, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea and given the temple name Mokjo (목조; 穆祖) by his great-great-great-grandson, King Taejong on 22 April 1411 along with his posthumous name.^[2]

Family

Father: Yi Yang-mu (이양무; 1186–1231)
- Grandfather: Yi Rin (이린; 1150–?)
- Grandmother: Lady Mun of the Nampyeong Mun clan (남평 문씨; 1149–?); third daughter of Mun Geuk-gyeom (문극겸; 1122–1189).
Mother: Lady Yi of the Samcheok Yi clan (삼척 이씨; 1182–?)
- Grandfather: Yi Gang-je (이강제; 1161–1260)
  - Older brother: Yi An-in (이안인; 1202–?)
  - Younger brother: Yi Yeong-pil (이영필; 1205–?)
  - Younger brother: Yi Yeong-mil (이영밀; 1206–?)
  - Younger brother: Yi Yeong-seup (이영습; 1208–?)
Wife: Queen Hyogong of the Pyeonchang Yi clan (효공왕후 이씨; 1207–?)
- First son: Yi Eo-seong, Grand Prince Ancheon (이어선 안천대군; 1230–1274)
- Second son: Yi Jin, Grand Prince Anwon (이진 안원대군; 1232–?)
- Third son: Yi Jeong, Grand Prince Anpung (이정 안풍대군; 1234–?)
- Fourth son: Yi Haeng-ni (이행리 익조대왕; 1236–?)
- Fifth son: Yi Mae-bul, Grand Prince Anchang (이매불 안창대군; 1238–?)
- Sixth son: Yi Gu-su, Grand Prince Anheung (이구수 안흥대군; 1240–?)

References

목조 on the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean).

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[1] 조선왕조실록. Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty.

[2] 조선왕조실록. Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty.

[3] Those who were listed were not reigning monarchs but posthumously recognized; the year following means the year of recognition.

[4] Only the crown princes that didn't become the king were listed; the former year indicates when one officially became the heir and the latter one is that when one died/deposed. Those who ascended to the throne were excluded in the list for simplification.

[5] The title given to the biological father, who never reigned, of the kings who were adopted as the heir to a precedent king.

[6] The de jure monarch of Korea during the era was the Emperor of Japan, while the former Korean emperors were given nobility title "King Yi" instead.

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