Prince Yongsan (Hangul: 용산원자, Hanja: 龍山元子, ; 1325–1341) 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 ...

Royal Prince and the heir successor to the throne as the only son of King

Chungsuk of Goryeo Chungsuk of Goryeo (30 July 1294 – 3 May 1339), born Wang Do (), later changed his name to Wang Man (), was the 27th king of the Goryeo (Korea), from 1313 to 1330 and again from 1332 to 1339. He was sometimes known by his Mongolian langua ...

and

Princess Joguk Grand Princess Joguk (; ; 1308 – 26 November 1325) was a Mongolian imperial family member who became a Korean queen consort as the second wife of King Chungsuk of Goryeo. Her personal name was Borjigin Jintong (). Biography Early life The fut ...

. However, his mother died at 17 years old not long after he was born. According to

Goryeosa The ''Goryeosa'' (), or ''History of Goryeo'', is the main surviving historical record of Korea's Goryeo dynasty. It was composed nearly a century after the fall of Goryeo, during the reign of King Sejong, undergoing repeated revisions between ...

records written by Jeong Bang-gil (정방길) in 1330, it was said that the Prince didn't have a good relationship with his half older brother, the 16 years old Prince Wang Jeong who was 10 years older than Yongsan. Then, Bang-gil told Wang Jeong who wanted go to

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth ...

for join with Prince Yongsan to go there, but Jo Ik-cheong (조익청) said "It's Impossible" (불가하다) and he then stopped it. Meanwhile, considering that Yongsan was in Yuan until his death, it is highly probable that he went to the Yuan dynasty between 1330 and 1341 and died in there during his stay. After his death, his body was transported to

for the funeral, but his tomb site was unknown because no records left about that.

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