Gojong of The Korean Empire - Family

Family

  • Father: Heungseon, Prince of the Great Court (흥선대원군)
  • Mother: Yeoheung, Princess Consort to the Prince of the Great Court, of the Yeoheung Min clan (여흥부대부인 민씨)
  • Consorts:
  1. Empress Myeongseong of the Yeoheung Min clan (명성황후 민씨, 19 October 1851 – 8 October 1895)
  2. Honorable Princess Consort of the Eom clan (귀비 엄씨, 5 January 1854 – 20 July 1911)
  3. Lee Gwi-in of the Yeongbo Hall (영보당귀인 이씨, 1847–1928)
  4. Jang Gwi-in (귀인 장씨)
  5. Lee Gwi-in of the Gwanghwa Hall (광화당귀인 이씨, 1887–1970)
  6. Jeong Gwi-in of the Bohyeon Hall (보현당귀인 정씨)
  7. Yang Gwi-in of the Boknyeong Hall (복녕당귀인 양씨, 1882–1929)
  8. Lee Gwi-in of the Naean Hall (내안당귀인 이씨)
  9. Lady Kim of the Samchuk Hall (삼축당상궁 김씨, 1890–1972) – no issue
  10. Lady Kim of the Jeonghwa Hall (정화당상궁 김씨, 1871–?) – no issue
  11. Lady Yeom (상궁 염씨)
  12. Lady Seo (상궁 서씨) – no issue
  13. Lady Kim (상궁 김씨) – no issue
  • Issue:
  1. Unnamed Prince (1871), 1st son of Empress Myeongseong of the Yeoheung Min clan.
  2. Crown Prince of the Empire, (황태자 25 March 1874 – 24 April 1926), 2nd son of Empress Myeongseong of the Yeoheung Min clan. Gojong's 3rd son.
  3. Unnamed Prince (1875), 3rd son of Empress Myeongseong of the Yeoheung Min clan.
  4. Unnamed Prince (1878), 4th son of Empress Myeongseong of the Yeoheung Min clan.
  5. Crown Prince Euimin (의민태자, 20 October 1897 – 1 May 1970), only son of Honorable Princess Consort of the Eom clan. Gojong's seventh son. He married Princess Masako Nashimotonomiya of Japan, a daughter of Prince Morimasa Nashimotonomiya of Japan.
  6. Prince Wanhwa (완화군, 16 April 1868 – 12 January 1880), only son of Lee Gwi-in of the Yeongbo Hall. Gojong's first son.
  7. Prince Euihwa (의화군, 30 March 1877 – August 1955), Only son of Jang Gwi-in. Gojong's 5th son. He married Kim Su-deok (who became Princess Deogin), daughter of Baron Kim Sa-jun.
  8. Yi Yook, Prince of the Empire (이육, 1914–1915), only son of Lee Gwi-in of the Gwanghwa Hall.
  9. Yi Woo, Prince of the Empire (이우, 1915–1916), only son of Jeong Gwi-in of the Bohyeon Hall.
  10. Unnamed Princess (1873), only daughter of Empress Myeongseong of the Yeoheung Min clan.
  11. Unnamed Princess, only daughter of Lee Gwi-in of the Yeongbo Hall.
  12. Princess Deokhye (덕혜옹주, 25 May 1912 – 11 April 1989), only daughter of Yang Gwi-in of the Boknyeong Hall. Gojong's 4th daughter. She married Count Takeyuki Sō, a Japanese nobleman of Tsushima.
  13. Unnamed Princess, only daughter of Lee Gwi-in of the Naean Hall.
  14. Yi Mun-yong, Princess of the Empire (이문용, 1900–1987), only daughter of Lady Yeom.

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