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The Yi Dynasty

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1724 - 1776 H.M. Great King [Kwangsuk] Yŏngjo [Changsun Chihaeng Sundŏk Yŏngmo Ui’yŏl Chang-hui Hong-non Kwang-in T’onhui Ch’ech’ŏn Kŏngŭk Sŏnggong Sinhwa T’aesŏng Kwangun Kaet’ae Kiyŏng Yomyŏng Sunch’ŏl Kŏn-gŏn Konyŏng Paemyŏng Sutong Gyŏngnyŏk Honghyu Chunghwa Yungdo Sukjang Changhun Chŏngmun Sŏnmu Huigyŏng Hyŏnhyo T’ae-wang], King of Korea. b. at the Kyongch’un-jon, Ch’anggyong-won, Seoul, 12th October 1694, as Yi Kŭm, fourth son of Great King Suk-jong [Hyon-ŭi], by his fourth wife, Lady Ch’oe, the Suk-bin, educ. privately. Granted the title of Prince of Yŏnging (Yeonging-gun) in his youth, and appointed as Heir Presumptive (Wang-se-son) by his elder half-brother 1721. Succeeded on his death, 6th October 1724. Presided over a brilliant period of reforms during the first part of his reign. Assumed the titles of Chi-haeng (perfect action) Sun-dŏk (purest virtue) Yŏng-mo (glorious plain) Ui-yŏl (resolute valour) Chang-hui (manifest righteousness) Hong-non (profound principal) Kwang-in (true blessing) and T’on-hui (shining principal), Ch’e-ch’ŏn (heavenly substance), Kŏn-gŭk (ultimate establishment) Sŏng-gong (sagacious merit) and Sin-hwa (divine influence) in 1756, T’ae-sŏng (…) Kwan-gun (..) Kae-t’ae (great opening) and Ki-yŏng (permanent foundation) in 1772, and Yom-yŏng (brilliance of Yao) Sun-ch’ŏl (wisdom of Shun) Kŏn’-gŏn (strength of heavan) and Kon-nyŏng (peace on earth) on 14th March 1776. m. (first) Lady Yi, Chŏng-bin (b. 1694; d. 16th November 1721, bur. Won’gil-won, P’aju). m. (second) 1759, H.M. Queen Sŏ [ChŏngsŏngWang-hu] (b. 12th January 1693; d.s.p. at the Kwanhihap Palace, Seoul, 3rd April 1757, bur. Hong-nŭng, Koyang), granted the title of Princess Consort Chŏngsŏng (Cheongseong gun-bi) 1759, and promoted to Queen Consort with the title of Chŏngsŏng Wang-hu, daughter of Sŏ Chong-je, of T’alsung, by his wife, Lady Yi. m. (third) Lady Yi, Yŏng-bin [Sŏnhui-kung] (b. 18th July 1696; d. 26th July 1764, bur. Wan’gyong-won, So-o-nŭng), raised to the posthumous title of Uiyol (shining righteousness), daughter of Yi Yupŏn, by his wife, Lady Kim. m. (fourth) 1751, Lady Mun, So-ŭi (d. at Seoul, 1776), sister of Mun Songguk, Sayak. m. (fifth) 1759, H.M. Queen Kim [Chŏngsun Wang-hu] (b. at Suhsan, Ch’ungch’ong Province, 3rd December 1745; d.s.p. 11th February 1805, bur. Won-nŭng, Yangju), Senior Great Queen Regent for her grandson as T’ae-wang T’ae-bi 1800-1805, raised to the posthumous title of Chŏngsun Wang-hu, daughter of H.E. Kim Han’ku, Prince Ohŭng, from Kyŏngju, by his wife, Lady Kim. m. (sixth) Lady Cho, Kwi-in. He d. at the Ch’angui Palace, Seoul, 22nd April 1776 (bur. Won-nŭng, Yangju), had issue, two sons and twelve daughters:
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1776 - 1800 H.M. Great King Chŏngjo [Kyŏngchŏn Myŏngdo Hongdŏk Hyŏnmo Munsŏng Munyŏl Sŏngin Changhyo T’ae-wang], King of Korea. b. at Ch’anggyŏng Palace, Seoul, 28th October 1752, as Yi Sun, second son of King Chang-jo, by his first wife, Queen Hong Hye-gyong-gong, educ. privately. Granted the title of Prince Hyong (Hyong-gun). Appointed as Crown Prince (Wang-se-ja), September 1762. Appointed as the adopted son of his late uncle, King Chin-jong Ou-yang in 1764. Appointed as Regent by his incapacitated grandfather in January 1776. Proclaimed on his death, 27th April 1776. Korea suffered from several major natural disasters during his reign, including floods, fires, drought and famine. Began the persecution of Christians in 1791. m. (first) at Seoul, 2nd February 1762, H.M Queen Kim [Hyoŭi Wang-hu] (b. 5th January 1754; d.s.p. at Ch’anggyŏng Palace, Seoul, 10th April 1821, bur. Kŏn-nŭng, Hwasŏng, Suwon), daughter of H.E. Kim Simuk, Lord Ch’ŏngwŏn, sometime Vice-Minister of State, by his wife, Lady Hong, a lady from the Hong clan of Namyang. m. (second) at Seoul, June 1778, Lady Hong, Won-bin (b. 1766; d.s.p. 1779, bur. Wonbin-myo, So-sam-nŭng, Koyang), daughter of Hong Nak-chung, of P’yŏngsan. m. (third) 1781, Lady Yun, Hwa-bin (b. 2nd April 1765; d.s.p. 1825, bur. Hwabin-myo, So-sam-nŭng, Koyang), daughter of Yun Chang-yun. m. (fourth) Lady Sŏng, Ui-bin (b. 8th July 1753; d. during the tenth month of her third pregnancy, at Seoul, 14th September 1786, bur. Uibin-myo, So-sam-nŭng, Koyang), granted the rank of Sang-ui January 1782, prom to So-yong 7th September 1782, and to Ui-bin 27th November 1782, daughter of Sŏng Yun-u, by his wife, Lady Im. m. (fifth) at Seoul, 1787, Lady Pak, Ka Sun-kung (b. 8th May 1770; d. at Seoul, 26th December 1822, bur. Hwigyong-won), granted the title of Hyŏn-bin 1782, and prom to Ka Su-bi 12th February 1787, daughter of H.E. Pak Chun-wŏn, sometime Minister for Justice, by his wife, Lady Won. He d. at Ch’anggyŏng Palace, Seoul, 18th August 1800 (bur. Kŏn-nŭng, Hwasŏng, Suwon), having had issue, two sons and two daughters:
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1800 - 1834 H.M. Great King Sunjo [Sŏngak Yŏndŏk Hyŏndo Gyŏngin Sunhui Chesŏng Ŭngmyŏng Hŭmgwang Sŏkgyŏng Kyechŏn P’aegŭk Yungwon T’onhyu Ŭihaeng Soyun Huihwa Junryŏl T’aechung Chichŏng Honghun Chŏlmo Kŏnsi T’aehyŏng Changun Honggi Komyŏng Pakhu Kanggŏn Sujŏng Kyetong Suryŏk Kongyu Pŏmmun Anmu Chŏngnyŏng Kyŏngsŏng-hyo T’ae-wang], King of Korea. b. at the Ch’ippokhŏn, Ch’anggyŏng Palace, Seoul, 27th July 1790, as Yi Kong, second son of H.M. Great King Chŏngjo [Kyŏngchŏn Myŏngdo Hongdŏk Hyŏnmo Munsŏng Munyŏl Sŏngin Changhyo T’ae-wang], King of Korea, by Lady Pak, Ka Su-bi, educ. privately. Granted the title of Prince of Kongbo (Kongbo-gun) by his father, and appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Crown Prince (Wang-se-ja) 1800. Succeeded on the death of his father later that same year, 18th August 1800. Enthroned at the Injŏng-jŏn, Ch’anggyŏng Palace, Seoul, 24th August 1800. Reigned under the Regency of Great Dowager Queen Kim Chong-sun. Author of “Sunjaego”. m. (first) H.M. Queen Sin Chun-gik. m. (second) at Seoul, 1802, H.M. Queen Kim [Sunwon Wang-hu] (b. 9th June 1789; d. at the Yangsimgak, Ch’angdŏk Palace, Seoul, 1st October 1857, bur. in her husband’s tomb, Ill-nŭng, Kwangju), raised to the rank of Great Queen Regent as Wang T’ae-bi 13th December 1834 to 1840, and Senior Great Queen Regent as T’ae-wang T’ae-bi from 28th July 1849, and subsequently raised to the posthumous title of Sunwon Suk Hwang-hu, daughter of H.E. Kim Cho-sun, Prince of Yongan (Yŏngan Puwon-gun), Regent 1839-1846 and Sec to King Chongjo, a Catholic convert from the Andong Kim clan. m. (third) Lady Pak, Suk-ŭi (d. at Seoul, 1854). He d. at the Hŏsang-jŏn, Kyŏnghui Palace, Seoul, 13th December 1834 (bur. Chang-nŭng, near Munsan, and reburied in 1856 at Ill-nŭng, Kwangju), having had issue, three sons and four daughters:
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1834 - 1849 H.M. Great King [Wŏnhŏn] Hŏnjong [Changsuk Ch’egŏn Kyegŭk Chungjŏng Kwangdae Chisŏng Kwangdŏk Hongun Changhwa Kyungmun Wimu Myŏngin Ch’ŏlhyo T’ae-wang], King of Korea. b. at the Kyongch’un-jon, Ch’anggyong-won, Seoul, 8th September 1827, as Yi Hwan, only son of H.R.H. Prince Yi Ta, Crown Prince of Hyomyong, by his wife, Queen Shinjong, educ. privately. Appointed as Heir Presumptive with the title of Wang-se-son 1827 and raised to the title of Great Prince of Munŭng (Mu-nŭng T’ae-gun) 1830. Became Heir Apparent on the death of his father, 25th June 1830. Succeeded on the death of his paternal grandfather 13th December 1834. Enthroned at the Injŏng-jŏn, Ch’angdŏk Palace, Seoul, 19th December 1834. m. (first) at Seoul, 1837, H.M. Queen Kim [Hyohyŏn Wang-hu] (b. 27th April 1828; d.s.p. at Seoul, 18th October 1843, bur. Kyong-nŭng, Yangju), raised to the rank of Queen as Hyo-hyon-bi 1837, daughter of Kim Cho-gun, of Andong. m. (second) at Seoul, 1844, H.M. Queen Hong [Myŏnghŏn T’ae-hu] (b. at Hamyul, Chulla, 7th March 1831; d.s.p. at Seoul, 17th February 1904, bur. Kyong-nŭng, Yangju), raised to the rank of Queen as Hyojong-bi 1844, prom to Great Queen as T’ae-bi 1849, Great Queen Regent as Wang T’ae-bi 1857, and granted the titles of Ui-hen 18th July 1892, and Myŏnghŏn T’ae-hu 14th October 1897, daughter of H.E. Hong Chae-nyong, Prince Chayŏng (Chayeong Pu-won-gun), Minister of the Royal Court. m. (third) at Seoul, 1846, Lady Kim, Kyŏng-bin (b. 27th August 1832; d.s.p. at Naksŏn-jae, Ch’angdŏk Palace, Seoul, 1908, bur. Kyongbin-myo, So-sam-nŭng, Koyang). m. (fourth) Lady Kim, Hwarak-dang Suk-ŭi (b. 10th January 1813; d. at the Hwarak-dang, Ch’angdŏk, Palace, Seoul, 12th November 1886, bur. Sukui-myo, So-sam-nŭng, Koyang). He d.s.p.m. at Seoul, 25th July 1849 (bur. Kyŏng-nŭng, Yangju), having had issue, two daughters:
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1849 - 1864 H.M. Great King Ch’ŏljong [Kanghwa T’oryŏng] [Huiyun Chŏnggŭk Sudŏk Sunsŏng Hŭmmyung Kwangdo T’onwon Changhwa Munhyŏn Musŏng Hŏnin Yŏnghyo T’ae-wang], King of Korea. b. at Seoul, 25th July 1831, as Yi Pyŏn, youngest son of H.R.H. Prince Chŏn’gye, Prince of the Great Court, by his Lady Yom, Princess Consort of the Great Court Yongsŏng. Banished to Kanghwa island with his elder brother and the rest of his family in 1844. Granted the title of Prince T’osung (Tosung-gun). He was selected as successor to King Hŏnjong, three days after his death, adopted and given the personal name of Yi Wonbŏm, 28th July 1849. Enthroned at the Injŏng-jŏn, Ch’angdŏk Palace, Seoul. m. (first) at Seoul, 1851, H.M. Queen Kim [Ch’ŏl-lin Wang-hu] (b. at Andong, 27th April 1837; d. at the Yanghwa-dang, Ch’anggyŏng Palace, Seoul, 29th June 1878, bur. Yae-nŭng, Koyang), raised to the posthumous title of Ch’ŏl-lin Wang-hu, and granted the honorifc of Ŭi-Hén 18th July 1892, daughter of H.E. Kim Mun-gun, Prince of Yŏngŭn (Yeongeun Puwŏn-gun), of Andong, sometime Grand Master of the Household, by his wife, Lady Min. m. (second) Lady Pak, Kwi-in (bur. Kwiin-myo, So-sam-nŭng, Koyang). m. (third) Lady Cho, Kwi-in (bur. Kwiin-myo, So-sam-nŭng, Koyang). m. (fourth) Lady Yi, Kwi-in. m. (fifth) Lady Pang, Suk-ŭi (bur. Kwiin-myo, So-sam-nŭng, Koyang). m. (sixth) Lady Pŏm, Suk-ŭi (b. 15th July 1838; d. at the Pŏmsugi Palace, Seoul, 26th December 1883, bur. Sukui-myo, So-sam-nŭng, Koyang). m. (seventh) Lady Yi, Kung-in. m. (eighth) Lady Kim, Kung-in (bur. Kwiin-myo, So-sam-nŭng, Koyang). m. (ninth) Lady Pak, Kung-in. He d. at the T’aejo-jon, Ch’angdŏk Palace, Seoul, 16th January 1864 (bur. Yae-nŭng, Koyang) (succ. by the posthumously adopted son of King Ik-jong), having had issue, five sons and six daughters, of whom only one daughter survived infancy:
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