Grand Prince Yangnyeong (; 1394 – 8 October 1462) was the former

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of the Korean

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. He was the first son of King Taejong and his wife,

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. Yangnyeong was the elder brother of

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, and an ancestor of

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, an independence activist and the first

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Biography

He was born as Yi Je () in 1394. Originally his father appointed him as crown prince but he eventually executed Queen Wongyeong's brothers and in the 18th year of his reign replaced Prince Yangnyeong with his third son Prince Chungnyeong as heir apparent. Known for his

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and

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skills, the former crown prince lacked in the requisite skills for kingship and acted extremely rude in court. On May 1415, he caused a scandal when he had an affair with Chogungjang, the kisaeng of his uncle and former king, Jeongjong. Yangnyeong was unaware that Chogungjang was his uncle's woman. On 15 February 1417, Yangnyeong secretly brought in Eori, the concubine of Gwak Seon, into the palace. Angered, Taejong banished Yangnyeong from the royal palace to the residence of Yangnyeong's father-in-law, Kim Han-ro. However, Kim Han-ro arranged a rendezvous between Yangnyeong and Eori, and Eori bore the crown prince's child. For a while, Taejong did not fault Yangnyeong for his libertine proclivities but instead held his father-in-law, Kim Han-ro, accountable for Crown Prince Yangnyeong's improprieties. The final event that sealed Yangnyeong's fate was a letter he wrote to Taejong, accusing Taejong of hypocrisy. Yangnyeong criticized his father for punishing him over his affair with Eori, while Taejong himself maintained ten concubines, in direct violation of the Confucian virtue of highest importance: filial piety. Due to Yangnyeong's continued lack of remorse, Taejong deposed Yangnyeong as crown prince on 3 June 1418. Sorrowful, Taejong asked two officials who had been sent to inform Yangnyeong of his deposition about Yangnyeong's reaction. They reported back to Taejong that Yangnyeong neither cried nor showed signs of sadness. Grand Prince Hyoryeong, Yangnyeong's second brother, had similar feelings about Chungyeong being king, and so he became a monk in a

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temple. Yangnyeong was banished from the palace and relocated to

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. Taejong initially considered to create two sons of Yangnyeong his new heir, but finally chose his own third son Grand Prince Chungnyeong, the later

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. After

became king, the relationship between the brothers strengthened, with Sejong often inviting Yangnyeong to the palace. During Sejo's reign, Yangnyeong enjoyed the status of the eldest royal family member, and Sejo often invited Yangnyeong to the palace for court revelries. Yangnyeong died in 1462, the eighth year of Sejo's reign, at the age of 68. The tomb of Prince Yangnyeong reopened in 2018 to the public after 18 years of closure.

Family

*Father: King Taejong of Joseon (; 13 June 1367 – 30 May 1422) ** Grandfather: King Taejo of Joseon (; 27 October 1335 – 18 June 1408) ** Grandmother: Queen Shinui of the Anbyeon Han clan (; 1337 – 21 October 1391) *Mother:

of the Yeoheung Min clan (; 29 July 1365 – 18 August 1420) *Consorts and their respective issue: # Princess Consort Suseong of the

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() (1395 - 1456) ## Princess Jaeryeong () or Princess Jeonui (; 1405 – 1444) ## Princess Yangcheon (; 1412 – 5 April 1502) ## Yi Gae, Prince Sunseong (; 1414 – 2 September 1462) ## Yi Po, Prince Hamyang (; 1416 – 21 June 1475) ## Yi Hye, Prince Seosan (; 1422 – 10 April 1451) ## Princess Yeongpyeong () (1424 - ?) ## Princess Yi of the Jeonju Yi clan () (1426 - ?) ## Princess Yi of the Jeonju Yi clan () (1432 - ?) # Kisaeng Bong Ji-ryeon () # Unknown concubine (1400 - ?) ## Yi Sim () (1409 - ?) ## Lady Yi (1420 - ?) ## Yi Sun () (1445 - 1509) ## Lady Yi (1445 - ?) ## Lady Yi (1447 - ?) ## Lady Yi (1449 - ?) ## Yi Sun () (1445 - 1509) ## Yi Gwang-seok () (1449 - ?) ## Yi Gwang-geun () (1451 - ?) # Kisaeng Eori () (1398 - ?) ## Princess Yi Ae-jung () (1414 - ?) # Kisaeng Cho Gung-jang () (1385 - ?) # Kisaeng Jeonghyang () # Kisaeng Chil Jeom-saeng () # Unknown concubine (1410 - ?) ## Yi Gyeom () (1434 - ?) ## Yi Heun () (1438 - ?) ## Yi Seong () (1439 - ?) ## Lady Yi (1440 - ?) # Unknown slave (1435 - ?) ## Lady Yi ## Princess Yi Gu-ji () (1457 - ?) # Unknown concubine (1437 - ?) ## Lady Yi (1454 - ?) ## Lady Yi (1456 - ?) ## Lady Yi (1458 - 1509) ## Princess Yi Geon-yi () (1460 - ?) ## Lady Yi (1465 - ?)

Popular culture

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in the 1996–1998

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''.

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External links

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References

* Kim Haboush, JaHyun and Martina Deuchler (1999). ''Culture and the State in Late Chosŏn Korea.'' Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
OCLC 40926015
* Lee, Peter H. (1993). ''Sourcebook of Korean Civilization'', Vol. 1. New York: Columbia University Press. ; ;
OCLC 26353271
* Lee Bae-yong (2008). ''Women in Korean History.'' Seoul: Ewha Womans University Press. {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Nyeong 1394 births 1468 deaths 15th-century Korean poets Korean crown princes who never acceded Korean Confucianists 15th-century Korean philosophers House of Yi 15th-century Korean calligraphers People from Seoul