Duke of Joseon information

Seonjeong. He was known as Marquess Joseon and Duke Joseon during his lifetime. Born as the eldest son of Munjong of Goryeo and Princess Suryeong, he was...

Joseon (Korean: 조선; Hanja: 朝鮮; MR: Chosŏn; [tɕo.sʌn]), officially Great Joseon State (대조선국; 大朝鮮國; [tɛ.tɕo.sʌn.ɡuk̚]), was a dynastic kingdom of Korea...

Yung (이융; 李㦕), was the 10th monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. Often considered the worst tyrant in Joseon's history and perhaps all Korean history...

1495), personal name Yi Hyeol (이혈; 李娎), was the ninth monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. Before succeeding his uncle, King Yejong, he was known as...

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...

1457), personal name Yi Hong-wi (이홍위; 李弘暐), was the sixth monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He was forced to abdicate by his uncle, Grand Prince Suyang...

(진성대군; 晉城大君), was the 11th monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He succeeded to the throne after the deposition of his elder half-brother, the tyrannical...

monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. Today he is regarded as one of the greatest rulers in Korean history and is remembered as the inventor of Hangul...

personal name Yi Hyang (이향; 李珦), was the fifth monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. As the eldest son of Sejong the Great and Queen Soheon, he succeeded to...

titled Grand Prince Haeyang (해양대군; 海陽大君), was the eighth monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He succeeded his father, King Sejo, in 1468, when he was...

of Yi, also called the Yi dynasty (also transcribed as the Lee dynasty), was the royal family of the Joseon dynasty and later the imperial family of the...

brother of King Huijong. He was deposed by Yi Seong-gye, who then established the new Joseon Dynasty. He was born as the second and youngest son of Wang...

action. July 12 – Joseon Dynasty official Choe Bu returns to Korea, after months of shipwrecked travel in China. July 28 – Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier:...

The Duke Yansheng, literally "Honorable Overflowing with Wisdom", sometimes translated as Holy Duke of Yen, was a Chinese title of nobility. It was originally...

status during the Joseon era as yangban families). List of Noble families in Korea, such as: House of Yi (Joseon Dynasty) House of Moon (East Tamna Dynasty...

dedicate Notably to create New kingdom is also same as Marquess. In the Joseon dynasty, there was no title equivalent to marquess. In Maritime Southeast...

a coup led by General Yi Seong-gye, who established Joseon in 1392. The first 200 years of Joseon were marked by peace, the Korean alphabet was created...

Japanese navy and the combined fleets of the Joseon Kingdom and the Ming dynasty. It took place in the early morning of 16 December (19 November in the Lunar...

generation of high-ranking officials of rank 3 or of higher ranks, which is the result of the four Min clan produced during the Joseon Dynasty. Since one of the...

father of the duke Cheomji fraction (僉知公派). His official position was Cheomjungchu (僉中樞 currently a major general in the military rank) during the Joseon Dynasty...

1637. Most notable of these invasions is the Japanese invasions of Korea. The combined force of the Ming dynasty of China and the Joseon dynasty repelled...

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...

October 6, 1398 Yi Bang-Seok (son of Taejo of Joseon & Queen Sindeok), 1382 – October 6, 1398 Danjong of Joseon, August 9, 1441 – December 24, 1457 Alexios...

of Joseon Queen Sinjeong, regent for King Gojong of Joseon Heungseon Daewongun, regent for King Gojong of Joseon Queen Min, regent for King Gojong of...

and Queen Inseon (Hyojong of Joseon's queen consort) was her distant relative. According to the tradition, the half-brothers of the crown prince, in this...

1420) of the Yeoheung Min clan, was the primary wife of Taejong of Joseon, and the mother of Sejong the Great. She was queen consort of Joseon from 1400...

Goguryeo around the beginning of the Common Era; it was first used in Northeast Asia in the 4th century BCE in Old Joseon, before "emperor", or huangdi...

12 – Yejong of Joseon, Joseon King (d. 1469) May 18 – Piero Soderini, Florentine statesman (d. 1513) June 22 – Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara (d...