Royal Tombs of the Goryeo Dynasty information

The Royal Tombs of the Goryeo Dynasty are a group of tombs of members of the Korean Goryeo Dynasty (918 – 1392). The royal tombs are scattered around southwestern...

Haeson Village, in the city of Kaesong, North Korea. It is one of the Royal Tombs of the Goryeo Dynasty. The site consists of two separate burial mounds...

Gwangjong of Goryeo (925 – 4 July 975), personal name Wang So, was the fourth monarch of Korea's Goryeo dynasty. Gwangjong was born in 925 as Wang So...

Progenitor Wang Kŏn), was the founder of the Korean Goryeo dynasty. Taejo ruled from 918 to 943, achieving unification of the Later Three Kingdoms in 936...

Gojong of Goryeo (1192–1259), personal name Wang Ch'ŏl, was the 23rd king of the Korean Goryeo dynasty, ruling from 1213 to 1259. Gojong's reign was marked...

Gongyang of Goryeo (9 March 1345 – 17 May 1394) was the 34th and final ruler of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea. He was the descendant of Duke Yangyang, brother...

son of King Chungsuk. Goryeo had been a semi-autonomous vassal state under the overlordship of the Mongol Yuan dynasty since the Mongol invasions of Korea...

Huijong of Goryeo (21 June 1181 – 31 August 1237, r. 1204–1211), personal name Wang Yŏng, was the 21st king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. It is said of King...

elite. Architecture and Layout: Koryö royal tombs share similarities with Chinese imperial tombs from the Song dynasty (960-1279) but are smaller in scale...

from the World Heritage Site Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty because of their location in North Korea. Since Kaesong was the capital of Goryeo for 487...

officials. Despite being the tomb of a Joseon monarch, the site was excluded from the World Heritage Site "Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty" as it is located...

Balhae, Goryeo, Later Tang, and the Song dynasty. Its conquests include the Sixteen Prefectures (including present-day Beijing and part of Hebei) by...

(then under the late Goryeo Dynasty) began to see a number of changes to its military. Japanese paintings of Korean/Mongol warriors during the two Mongol...

also known by his Mongolian name Ijir Bukhqa (益知禮普花), was the 26th ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He reigned in 1298, and again from 1308 to 1313...

Daejong of Goryeo (died 969; born Wang Uk) was a Goryeo Royal Prince as the only son of King Taejo and Queen Sinjeong,[citation needed] elder brother of Queen...

figurines portraying Middle Eastern merchants. It was only during the Goryeo dynasty during Hyeonjeong's reign when trade with Persia was officially recorded...

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by the death of Yeon Gaesomun. After its fall, its territory was divided between the Tang dynasty, Later Silla and Balhae. The name "Goryeo" (alternatively...

accommodated itself to the tianxia of the Tang dynasty. Taejo of Goryeo founded Goryeo in 918 as a successor to Goguryeo. He adopted the era name of "Bestowed by...

on all surfaces. The earliest surviving Korean paintings are murals in the Goguryeo tombs, of which considerable numbers survive, the oldest from some...

(이단; 李旦), was the founder and first monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. After overthrowing the Goryeo dynasty, he ascended to the throne in 1392...

Song dynasty style clothing, from the painting Royal Palace Mandala, late Goryeo Portrait of Lady Jo ban (1341-1401 AD), Goryeo dynasty. Portrait of Yi...

Injong of Goryeo (29 October 1109 – 10 April 1146) (r. 1122–1146), personal name Wang Hae, was the 17th monarch of the Korean Goryeo dynasty. He was the eldest...

Mongol invasions in the 13th century brought Goryeo under the influence of the Mongol Empire and the Yuan dynasty of China until the mid-14th century. In...

Goryeo women sent to Yuan by the Goryeo court were considered of low origins at that time; moreover, the previous Yuan dynasty Emperors followed the will...

the crown prince was given the family name Wang (왕, 王), the royal family name of the Goryeo dynasty, and included in the royal household by Wang Geon, who...

chambers of the Baisha tomb also feature conical-shaped roofs. Flanking the avenues leading to these tombs are lines of Song dynasty stone statues of officials...

Yejong of Goryeo (11 February 1079 – 15 May 1122; r. 1105–1122), personal name Wang U, was the 16th king of the Korean Goryeo dynasty. He was the eldest...

also adopted by the rulers of neighbouring countries, such as Korea (Goryeo and Joseon dynasties), Vietnam (Nguyễn dynasty), and the Ryukyu Kingdom. Chinese...