Kyŏn Hwŏn
Kyŏn Hwŏn (; 867 – 27 September 936, ruled from 892 – March 935) was the List of monarchs of Korea, king and founder of Later Baekje, one of the Later Three Kingdoms of Korea, and reigned from 892 to 935. Some records render his name as Chin Hwŏn (). He was also the progenitor of the List of Korean family names, Hwanggan Kyŏn clan. Substantial accounts of his life are preserved in the ''Samguk sagi'', which presents a single narrative, and the ''Samguk yusa'', which presents excerpts about him from various sources.Gyeon Hwŏn
at Doosan EncyclopediaGyeon Hwon
at Britannica Korea

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Later Baekje
Hubaekje or Later Baekje (, ) was one of the Later Three Kingdoms of Korea, along with Taebong and Silla. Later Baekje was a Korean dynastic kingdom founded by the disaffected Silla general Gyeon Hwon in 900, whom led the local gentry and populace that were in large Baekje descent holding onto their collective consciousness until the twilight days of Later Silla. With the former Silla general declaring the revival of the Baekje kingdom of old, the Baekje refugees from the old territories and a portion of the Rank Six Nobility from Silla seeking the opportunity of rising up the ranks gathered under his leadership. Led by the charismatic and capable Gyeon Hwon who was also a competent field commander, Later Baekje in its early days was advantageous in the power game against the newly found kingdom Goryeo and the declining Silla. However, despite its fertile territories in the Jeolla Province and capable military prowess, it eventually fell to Wang Geon's Goryeo army in 936 due to ...
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