Mapum of Geumgwan Gaya (died 291, r. 259–291)
[These dates are standard in Korean encyclopedias, includin]
However, Ha & Mintz (1972, p. 170) also give 232-271. was king of
Geumgwan Gaya
Geumgwan Gaya (43–532), also known as Bon-Gaya (본가야, 本伽倻, "original Gaya") or Garakguk (가락국, "Garak State"), was the ruling city-state of the Gaya confederacy during the Three Kingdoms of Korea, Three Kingdoms Period in Korea. ...
, a member state of the
Gaya confederacy
Gaya (, ) was a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period.
The traditional period used by historians for Gaya chronology is AD 42–53 ...
. He was preceded by his father,
King Geodeung and succeeded by his son
King Geojilmi.
Like the other members of the Geumgwan royal line, his surname was
Kim
Kim or KIM may refer to:
Names
* Kim (given name)
* Kim (surname)
** Kim (Korean surname)
*** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties
**** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948
** Kim, Vietnamese f ...
. Mapum married
Queen Hogu
Queen Hogu () was the third wife of Mapum of Geumgwan Gaya. She bore the fourth ruler of the Gaya confederacy, Geojilmi of Geumgwan Gaya. She was the granddaughter of Cho Kuang, who was an attendant of Heo Hwang-ok for her marriage from India.
...
, who was the granddaughter of the high official
Jo Gwang.
Family
*Father:
King Geodeung (거등왕, 居登王)
*Mother:
Lady Mojeong (모정부인, 慕貞夫人)
*Wife:
Lady Hogu (호구부인, 好仇夫人) – granddaughter of
Jo Gwang (조광, 趙匡).
**Son:
King Geojilmi (거질미왕, 居叱彌王)
Notes
References
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See also
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List of Korean monarchs
This is a list of monarchs of Korea, arranged by dynasty. Names are romanized according to the South Korean Revised Romanization of Korean. McCune–Reischauer romanizations may be found at the articles about the individual monarchs.
Gojoseon
G ...
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History of Korea
The Lower Paleolithic era in the Korean Peninsula and Manchuria began roughly half a million years ago.
Christopher J. Norton, "The Current State of Korean Paleoanthropology", (2000), ''Journal of Human Evolution'', 38: 803–825.
The earlies ...
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Three Kingdoms of Korea
Samhan or the Three Kingdoms of Korea () refers to the three kingdoms of Goguryeo (고구려, 高句麗), Baekje (백제, 百濟), and Silla (신라, 新羅). Goguryeo was later known as Goryeo (고려, 高麗), from which the modern name ''Kor ...
291 deaths
Gaya rulers
3rd-century monarchs in Asia
Year of birth unknown
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