Namyang Gal clan () was one of the
Korean clans. Their
Bon-gwan was in
Hwaseong, Gyeonggi
Hwaseong () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It has the largest area of farmland of any city or county in Gyeonggi Province. Seoul Subway Line 1 passes through Hwaseong, stopping at Byeongjeom Station. Suin Bundang Line also passes t ...
,
Gyeonggi Province. According to the research in 2015, the number of Namyang Gal clan was 453. They were separated from
Zhuge clan (). Zhuge clan ()’s founder was
Zhuge Gui, father of
Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang ( zh, t=諸葛亮 / 诸葛亮) (181 – September 234), courtesy name Kongming, was a Chinese statesman and military strategist. He was chancellor and later regent of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. He is r ...
. Jegal Gongsun (), 20th descendant of Zhuge Gui, was naturalized in
Silla
Silla or Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE) ( , Old Korean: Syera, Old Japanese: Siraki2) was a Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms of K ...
during
Heungdeok of Silla
Heungdeok of Silla (777–836) (r. 826–836) was the 42nd ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla. He was the younger brother of King Heondeok. He was married to Queen Jeongmok, the daughter of King Soseong.
Upon rising to the throne, Heungde ...
’s reign. Two brothers, Jegal Hong () and , divided the Jegal clan () into Je clan () and Gal clan (). Jegal Hong (), the elder brother, used the surname, Je (), and , the younger brother, used the surname, Gal (). Jegal Hyeong became the founder of the Namyang Gal clan.
See also
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Korean clan names of foreign origin
Korean clan names of foreign origin are clans (called bon-gwan in Korean) that claim descent from a progenitor of foreign origin, based on genealogical records.
Authenticity
The ancestral origins of many Korean clan names of foreign origin canno ...
References
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Korean clans of Chinese origin
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