Heonjong of Joseon (8 September 1827 – 25 July 1849) was the 24th king of the

Joseon Dynasty Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

. He was the grandson of Sunjo. His father was

Crown Prince Hyomyeong Crown Prince Hyomyeong (18 September 1809 – 25 June 1830), born Yi Yeong, and posthumously honored as King Munjo, was a member of the Joseon Dynasty. Life and death The prince was the eldest son of King Sunjo, husband of Queen Sinjeong and ...

(posthumously named Munjo of Joseon), who died at the age of 20 before becoming king and his mother was

Queen Sinjeong Queen Sinjeong (Hangul: 신정왕후, Hanja: 神貞王后; 21 January 1809 – 4 June 1890), also known as Queen Dowager Hyoyu (효유왕대비), of the Pungyang Jo clan, was the only wife of Crown Prince Hyomyeong and mother of Heonjong of Joseo ...

of the

Pungyang Jo clan The Pungyang Jo clan () is a Korean clan that traces its origin to Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province. According to the 2015 Korean census, the clan has 124,262 members. Origin Jo Maeng (조맹, 趙孟), who was also known by the name of Ba-woo or B ...

. Heonjong was born three-years before Hyomyeong's death.

Biography

Yi Hwan was born to Crown Princess Jo and Crown Prince Hyomyeong on 8 September 1827 in Gyeongchunjeon (경춘전, 景春殿) within Changdeok Palace. It was said that when the day before he was born, she dreamt of giving her son a box containing a tree carved with jade, and on the day of his birth, a group of cranes flew from the front room and went around for a long time. She and the others considered it to be strange. The young Heonjong ascended to the throne in 1834 at the age of 7 after his grandfather, King Sunjo, died. Like King Sunjo, Heonjong took the throne at a young age and his grandmother,

Queen Sunwon Queen Sunwon (순원왕후; 8 June 1789 – 21 September 1857), of the Andong Kim clan was the queen consort and wife of Sunjo of Joseon. She was known as Queen Dowager Myeonggyeong (명경왕대비) after her husband's death in 1834. She served ...

served as queen regent. Although King Heonjong ascended to the throne, he had no political control over Joseon. When Heonjong reached adulthood, Queen Sunwon refused to give up control. In 1840, the control over the kingdom was then handed down to the

Andong Kim clan {{unreferenced, date=December 2014 The Andong Kim clan (Hangul: 안동 김씨, Hanja: 安東金氏) refers to two Korean clans. They were prominent yangban families during Korea's Joseon Dynasty originating from Andong, North Gyeongsang provinc ...

, the family of his grandmother

, following the anti-Catholic Gihae persecution of 1839. King Heonjong died after reigning for 15 years in 1849 at the age of 21. He was buried at the Gyeongneung tomb within the Donggureung Tomb Cluster in Seoul, where several kings and queens of the Joseon Dynasty were buried, with Queen Hyohyeon and Queen Hyojeong. As King Heonjong died without an heir, the throne passed to a distant descendant of

King Yeongjo Yeongjo of Joseon (31 October 1694 – 22 April 1776), personal name Yi Geum (Korean: 이금, Hanja: 李昑), was the 21st monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He was the second son of King Sukjong, by his concubine Royal Noble Consort Suk ...

, King Cheoljong. As was customary with the

Annals of the Joseon Dynasty The ''Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty'' (also known as the ''Annals of the Joseon Dynasty'' or the ''True Record of the Joseon Dynasty''; ko, 조선왕조실록 and ) are the annual records of Joseon, the last royal house to rule ...

, the chronicle of Heonjong's reign was compiled after his death, in 1851. The compilation of the 16-volume chronicle was supervised by Jo In-yeong, her mother's uncle.

Family

* Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather **

King Sukjong of Joseon King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

(조선 숙종) (7 October 1661 – 12 July 1720) * Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandmother ** Royal Noble Consort Sukbin of the Haeju Choi clan (숙빈 최씨) (17 December 1670 – 9 April 1718) * Great-Great-Great-Grandfather ** King Yeongjo of Joseon (조선 영조) (31 October 1694 – 22 April 1776) * Great-Great-Great-Grandmother ** Royal Noble Consort Yeongbin of the Jeonui Lee clan (영빈 이씨) (15 August 1696 – 23 August 1764) * Great-Great-Grandfather **

Crown Prince Sado Crown Prince Sado (Hangul: 사도세자, Hanja: 思悼世子; 13 February 1735 – 12 July 1762), personal name Yi Seon (Hangul: 이선, Hanja: 李愃), was the second son of King Yeongjo of Joseon. His biological mother was Royal Noble ...

(사도세자) (13 February 1735 - 12 July 1762) * Great-Great-Grandmother ** Lady Hyegyeong of the Pungsan Hong clan (헌경의황후 홍씨) (6 August 1735 - 13 January 1816) * Great-Grandfather **

King Jeongjo of Joseon Jeongjo of Joseon (28 October 1752 – 18 August 1800), personal name Yi San (Korean: 이산; Hanja: 李祘), sometimes called Jeongjo the Great (Korean: 정조대왕; Hanja: 正祖大王), was the 22nd monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. ...

(정조) (28 October 1752 - 18 August 1800) * Great-Grandmother ** Royal Noble Consort Subin of the Bannam Park clan (수빈 박씨) (1770 - 5 February 1823) *** Adoptive Great-Grandmother: Queen Hyoui of the Cheongpung Kim clan (5 January 1754 - 10 April 1821) * Grandfather **

King Sunjo of Joseon Sunjo of Joseon (29 July 1790 – 13 December 1834, reigned 1800–1834) was the 23rd king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. Sunjo was the 2nd son of King Jeongjo with Royal Noble Consort Su, one of King Jeongjo's concubines. Biography He ...

(29 July 1790 – 13 December 1834) () * Grandmother ** Queen Sunwon of the Andong Kim clan (8 June 1789 – 21 September 1857) () * Father ** King Munjo of Joseon (18 September 1809 – 25 June 1830) () * Mother ** Queen Sinjeong of the Pungyang Jo clan (21 January 1809 – 4 June 1890) () *** Maternal Grandfather: Jo Man-yeong (1776 – 1846) () *** Maternal Grandmother: Lady Deokan of the Eunjin Song clan (1776 – 1834) (덕안부부인 은진 송씨) * Consorts and their Respective Issue(s): # Empress Hyohyeonsong of the Andong Kim clan (27 April 1828 – 18 October 1843) () # Queen Hyojeong of the Namyang Hong clan (6 March 1831 – 2 January 1904) () #Royal Noble Consort Gyeongbin of the Gwangsan Kim clan (27 August 1832 – 21 April 1907) () #Royal Noble Consort Jeongbin of the Haepyeong Yun clan () (1833 - ?) # Royal Consort Suk-ui of the Gimhae Kim clan (January 1814 – 12 November 1895) ()Posthumously called "Lady Kim Suk-ui Hwarakdang of the Gimhae Kim clan" (숙의 화락당 김씨) ##Unnamed daughter () (1848 - 1848); died prematurely

In popular culture

* Portrayed by

Jung Hae-in Jung Hae-in (born April 1, 1988) is a South Korean actor. He first made an appearance in AOA Black's music video for "Moya" in 2013 and officially debuted through the TV series ''Bride of the Century'' the next year. He gained recognition for his ...

in the 2018 film '' Heung-boo: The Revolutionist''.

Full posthumous name

* King the Great of Korea * *

Ancestry

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