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Encyclopedia > Yi Un

His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince Eun (李垠 이은), hwang tae ja yeong chin wang jeon ha (皇太子英親王殿下 황태자 영친왕 전하), (born 20 October 1897 - 1 May 1970) is the 28th Head of Korean Imperial Household, and last Crown Prince (皇太子 황태자 hwang tae ja) of Korea. October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...


He was born on 20 October 1897 at Duksoo Palace in Seoul as seventh son of Emperor Gwang-mu (光武帝 광무제 gwang moo je) of Korea and his wife Queen Imperial Sun-heon. He was also younger brother by a different mother of Emperor Yung-hui (隆熙帝 융희제 yoong hee je) and Prince Gang. He was titled Prince Yung (英親王 영친왕 yung chin wang) in 1900 and he became the Crown Prince (皇太子 황태자 hwang tae ja) in 1907 although his elder brother, Prince Gang was alive. Because Prince Gang's own mother, Lady Jang has already died, his infulence to the throne was not strong. October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Gojong (1852 - 1919) was the 26th king and 1st emperor of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. ... Sunjong was the last emperor of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea, ruling from 1907 until the Declaration of the Republic in 1919. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...


On December 1907, Crown Prince Eun was taken to the Japan on the pretence of study and He married Princess Masako Nashimoto of Japan (born 4 November 1901 - 30 April 1989), a eldest daughter of Prince Morimasa Nashimoto, on 28 April 1920 at Tokyo. Her Imperial Highness Crown Princess Bang-ja of Korea (英親王妃李方子殿下 영친왕비 이방자 전하 ; 4 November 1901-30 April 1989) was the consort of Crown Prince Eun of Korea. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prince Nashimoto Morimasa (Nashimoto no miya Morimasa ō) (9 March 1874 - 2 January 1951) was a one-time member of the Japanese imperial family, field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army, and the chief priest of the Ise Shrine from 1937 until 1947. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Tokyo (東京; Tōkyō  listen, literally eastern capital), is located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu in Japan. ...


On 1910, Emperor Yung-hui abdicate by force of Japan, He titled His Highness Crown Prince (王世弟 왕세제 wang se je). On 24 April 1926, He became the His Majesty King Yi (李王殿下 ; degraded Korean sovereign's title then) when the Emperor Yung-hui died.


Korea becomes independent of Japan 1945, He requested the President Rhee to go back to the Korea with his family but he was refused. He offered a position of Korean Ambassador to the Court of St.James's 1960, but he refused on the grounds of ill health. Korea (occasionally spelled Corea) is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in northern East Asia, bordering on China to the west and Russia to the north. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lee is the second most common family name in Korea (after Kim). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...


On November 1963, with a request of President Park Chung-hee, He and his wife, Bang-ja came back to Korea for the first time in 56 years but He already unconscious from cerebral thrombosis and he was rushed Seoul Sungmo Hospital where he remained bedridden for the rest of his life. After that He lived Naksun House, Changduk Palace, a Korean royal family's former residence in Seoul with Bang-ja and his youger sister Princess Duk-hye (德惠翁主 덕혜옹주 deok hye ong ju). 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Park Chung-hee (September 30, 1917 - October 26, 1979) was President of South Korea from 1961 to 1979. ... Changdeokgung (English: Palace of Illustrious Virtue) is a palace located in Seoul, South Korea. ... Seoul is the capital of South Korea and was, until 1945, the capital of all of Korea. ...


Since he returned to his county seven years after, he died on 1 May 1970 at Naksuk House, Changduk Palace, Seoul. Seoul is the capital of South Korea and was, until 1945, the capital of all of Korea. ...


The Crown Prince and Crown Princess have two sons: HIH Prince Jin (born 18 August 1921 - 11 May 1922), HIH Prince Gu (born 29 December 1931, 29th Head of Korean Imperial Household upon the death of his father) HIH can refer to: Australian insurance company HIH Insurance His/Her Royal Highness, a title. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... HIH can refer to: Australian insurance company HIH Insurance His/Her Royal Highness, a title. ... Prince Yi Ku (이구, born 29 December 1931, in Tokyo, Japan) is a grandson of Emperor Gojong of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...


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Where Yi argued that the struggle for hegemony was accomplished well before August 1945, his opponents insisted that it happened only with the proclamation of the DPRK on 9 September 1948.
Yi’s critics were keen to credit Kim Il-sung's Association for Fatherland Restoration with the merit of the being the first national united front organisation in Korea.
Yi Ch’ŏng-won, the Director of the Modern and Contemporary History Centre of the IHR DPRKAS, was not even present at that final session of the discussion.
Taejo of Joseon Summary (1995 words)
Yi Sng-gye was born in modern Ynghung, the second son of Yi Chach'un.
Yi's family, originally said to be of Chnju in the south, moved to the northeast in the second half of the 13th century.
Yi's father is mentioned in the official annals for the first time in 1355, when he arrived in the capital to pay homage to King Kongmin.
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