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7 unusual facts about Gojong of the Korean Empire


David Kwang-sun Suh

Suh traces the origins of minjung theology to the March First Movement of 1919, an independence movement triggered by the end of World War I and the death of King Kojong, the last king of the Yi Dynasty.

John McLeavy Brown

While serving in this capacity he was offered, by King (later Emperor) Kojong, a position as financial advisor and Chief Commissioner of Customs in 1893.2

Kim Jeong-hui

Hongseon Daewon-gun (興宣大院君, 1820–1898), King Gojong’s father, who served as his regent and was also a noted calligrapher, was one of Kim’s pupils for a while.

He was related to Queen Jeongsun, the second wife of King Yeongjo, and by his adoptive mother, Nam Yang-hong, he was a cousin to Namyeon-gun Yi Gu, who was destined to be the grandfather of King Gojong (高宗, later titled 光武帝 Gwangmu Emperor. 1852–1919).

William McEntyre Dye

In 1888 General Philip H. Sheridan recommended Dye for the position as Chief Military Adviser to the Korean Government under King Gojong.

Yi Hae-won

She is a second daughter of Prince Imperial Ui of Korea, a fifth son of Emperor Gojong of Korea and his concubine, Lady Sudeokdang.

Yi Hong

She is the eldest daughter of His Highness Prince Yi Seok of Korea by his wife, Donkgo Jeonghui and a great-granddaughter of Emperor Gojong of the Korean Empire.


Uigeumbu

In 1894,Gojong of the Korean Empire converted the name to Uigeum-sa and then furtherly started to hand down the decisions, only the case happened in Hanyang, current Seoul.


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