Hong Bok-won (1206–1258) was a

Goryeo Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificati ...

commander who later served as an administrator of the

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. He was born to Hong Daesun (洪大純), an officer in northwestern

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.Oleg Pirozhenko, 'Political Trends of Hong Bog Won Clan in the Period of Mongol Domination', International Journal of Korean History, Vol. 9 (2005); available at http://ijkh.khistory.org/journal/view.php?number=469; English translation here: http://ijkh.khistory.org/upload/pdf/9-08_oleg%20pirozhenko.pdf When the Mongols intruded into Goryeo to attack Khitan rebel groups in 1218, Daesun went over to the Mongols. During the first

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invasion in 1231, Hong Bok-won greeted the Mongol army and turned against Goryeo. His guidance for the Mongols inflamed Korean animosity against him. He remained in Seogyeong (now P'yŏngyang) as a Mongol delegate. He was banished and his father was captured by Goryeo in 1234.

Ögedei Khan Ögedei Khagan (also Ogodei;, Mongolian: ''Ögedei'', ''Ögüdei''; – 11 December 1241) was second khagan-emperor of the Mongol Empire. The third son of Genghis Khan, he continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun. ...

allowed him to settle around

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and

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and installed him as an administrator. That was the beginning of Korea colonies in Liaodong, whose head was later called King of Shen (瀋王). Even though Goryeo released his father, he joined Mongol incursions into Goryeo. Goryeo sent Wang Jun, a member of the Goryeo royal family, as a hostage to the Mongol Empire. Jun and Bok-won came to conflict with each other. In 1258 he was executed because of defamation by Wang Jun during the reign of

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. That brought serious antagonism between Goryeo and his second son

Hong Dagu Hong Dagu ( Mongolian name: Charghu 察爾球) (1244–1291) was a Korean commander of the Yuan dynasty. His given name was Jun-gi (俊奇; 준기, zun4 qi2), but his courtesy name Dagu is far more famous. The Hong family dominated the Liaoyang ...

Family

*Father: Hong Daesun (홍대순) **Grandfather: Hong Je-seon (홍제선) **Grandmother: Lady Mun (부인 문씨); daughter of Mun Sin-u (문신우, 文申祐) *Unnamed mother **Younger brother: Hong Baeksu (홍백수) ***Nephew: Hong-Seon (홍선) ****Grandnephew: Hong-Tak (홍탁); became the father of Lady Hong, Consort Hwa ****Grandnephew: Hong-Su (홍수); became the great-grandfather of Hong Gilmin (홍길민–

Kingdom of Joseon 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 ...

's founder) *Unnamed wife **1st son:

(홍다구, 洪茶丘) **2nd son:

Hong Gunsang Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark *Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese name) *Hong (Korean name) Organiz ...

(홍군상, 洪君祥) **Daughter: Lady Hong (부인 홍씨, 夫人洪氏) ***Son-in-law: Jang-Wi (장위, 張暐)

In popular culture

*Portrayed by Lee Won-jae in the 2012 MBC TV series ''

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Family

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