Heonjong of Joseon
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Heonjong of Joseon was the 24th king of the Joseon Dynasty
Joseon Dynasty
Joseon , was a Korean state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul...

 of Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

. He was the grandson of Sunjo
Sunjo of Joseon
Sunjo was the 23rd king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty.He was born His Royal Highness Prince Yi Gong, the 2nd son of King Jeongjo by his concubine, Lady Subin....

, and his mother was Queen Sinjeong of the Pungyang Jo clan. His father was Prince Munjo, posthumously named Ikjong, who died at the age of 21 before becoming king. Heonjong was born three-years before Ikjong's death. At the age of eight, he rose to the throne, but not to power. The kingdom remained in the hands of the Andong Kims, the family of his grandmother Queen Sunwon
Queen Sunwon
Queen Sunwon was a Queen consort of Korea as the spouse of Sunjo of Joseon. She served as regent of Korea from 1834–1841 and from 1849-1852....

. In 1840, power passed to his mother's family, following the anti-Catholic Gihae persecution of 1839.

Heonjong died in 1849 without an heir. He was buried at the Gyeongneung tomb.

As was customary with the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, the chronicle of Heonjong's reign was compiled after his death, in 1851. The compilation of the 16-volume chronicle was supervised by Jo In-yeong.

Family

  • Father: Prince Munjo, then Crown Prince Hyomyoung (왕세자, 1809-1830). Posthumous name: "Ikjong" (익종).
  • Mother: Queen Sinjeong of the Pungyang Jo clan (신정왕후 조씨, 1808-1890), daughter of Jo Man-yeong (조만영, 1776 - 1846) and Lady Seong.
  • Consorts:
  1. Queen Hyohyeon
    Queen Hyohyeon
    Queen Hyohyeon , was a the wife and Queen Consort of King Heonjong of Joseon, the 24st monarch of the Joseon Dynasty.- Sources :...

     of the Andong Kim clan (효현왕후 김씨), daughter of Kim Jo-geun (김조근), posthumously known as "Hyohyeon, The Seong Empress" (효현성황후)
  2. Queen Myeongheon
    Queen Myeongheon
    Queen Hyohyeon , was a the wife and Queen Consort of King Heonjong of Joseon, the 24st monarch of the Joseon Dynasty.- Sources :...

     of the Hong clan (명헌왕후 홍씨)
  3. Royal Noble Consrot Gyeong of the Kim clan (경빈 김씨)
  4. Kim Suk-ui (숙의 김씨)
    • Issue:
  5. A Daughter of Queen Myeongheon of the Hong clan.
  6. A Daughter of Kim Suk-ui.

Full posthumous name

  • King Heonjong Jangsuk Chegeon Gyegeuk Jungjeong Gwangdae Jiseong Gwangdeok Hongun Janghwa Gyungmun Wimu Myeongin Cheolhyo the Great of Korea
  • 헌종장숙체건계극중정광대지성광덕홍운장화경문위무명인철효대왕
  • 獻宗莊肅體健繼極中正光大至聖廣德弘運章化經文緯武明仁哲孝大王

Ancestry


See also

  • List of Rulers of Korea
  • Joseon Dynasty politics
    Joseon Dynasty politics
    The politics of the Joseon Dynasty, which ruled Korea from 1392 to 1910, were governed by the reigning ideology of Korean Confucianism, a form of Neo-Confucianism. Political struggles were common between different factions of the scholar-officials...

  • Joseon Dynasty
    Joseon Dynasty
    Joseon , was a Korean state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul...

  • History of Korea
    History of Korea
    The Korean Peninsula was inhabited from the Lower Paleolithic about 400,000-500,000 years ago. Archeological evidence indicates that the presence of modern humans in northeast Asia dates to 39,000 years ago. The earliest known Korean pottery dates to around 8000 BC, and the Neolithic period began...

  • List of Korea-related topics
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