The was a powerful noble clan of

Baekje Baekje or Paekche (, ) was a Korean kingdom located in southwestern Korea from 18 BC to 660 AD. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla. Baekje was founded by Onjo, the third son of Goguryeo's founder Jum ...

, one of the

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 ...

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They were one of the "

Great Eight Families The Great Eight Families (, ) were eight noble families of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. They were the most powerful of the noble families and had been comrades in arms with the founding monarch Onjo of Baekje. They reached the pin ...

" (''Daeseongpaljok'', 大姓八族) of Baekje: (Sa (沙氏), Yeon (燕氏), Hyeop (劦氏), Hae (解氏), Jin (眞氏), Guk (國氏), Mok (木氏), and Baek (苩氏)). This helped them gain high court positions in the government and military. After the Battle at Mt. Amak fortress (阿莫山城) against

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 ...

, At the beginning of the reign of King

Mu of Baekje King Mu of Baekje (580–641) (r. 600–641) was the 30th king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the 4th son of King Wideok. Background During his reign, the Three Kingdoms (Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla) were at war with e ...

, the Great Eight Families lost a great deal of power. Among the families the Hae clan (who had led the battle), Hyeop, Jin and Mok disappeared from the central political stage leaving only the Yeon, Guk and Baek clans. The Sa clan promoted their influence by military force and produced a queen in the late reign of

. They did not lose their status as central nobles during the reign of the last King,

Uija of Baekje Uija of Baekje (599?–660, r. 641–660) was the 31st and final ruler of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. His reign ended when Baekje was conquered by an alliance of the rival Korean kingdom Silla and China's Tang dynasty. Backg ...

by colluding with royal authority. The Buyeo clan (the royal family, 扶餘氏) acquired influence with the collapse of the

. After King Uija acceded the throne, royal might be also divided and the lineal descendant of the royal clan with the king at its center and in control of a political situation. Among the Great Eight Families, Yeon and Baek clans fell behind and only clans of Sa and Guk maintained their status as central nobles. In the late Baekje, all the Great Eight Families except for Sa and Guk clans lost their status as the central nobles and were degraded to local influence at last.

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The records of the Sa clan are sparse and broken, making it hard to create a family tree but can be viewed as a timeline.Samguk Sagi * 17th King:

Asin of Baekje Asin of Baekje (died 405) (r. 392–405) was the seventeenth king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Background Buyeo Abang was the eldest son of Baekje's 15th ruler Chimnyu, and ascended to the throne after the death of Chimnyu' ...

** Sa Du (사두, 沙豆, ?–?), served as a general for King Asin against Goguryeo. * 26th King:

Seong of Baekje Seong of Baekje (also ''Holy King'', died 554) (r. 523–554) was the 26th king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was a son of Muryeong of Baekje and is best known for making Buddhism the state religion, moving the national capi ...

** Sataek Giru (사택기루, 沙宅己婁, ?–?), is recorded in 543 as the Chief Minister (''Sang-jwa'pyeong'', 上佐平) when King Seong held a war meeting to decide how to take back the land 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 ...

. * 30th King:

** Lady Sataek (사택왕후, 沙宅王后, ?–642), Queen of King Mu and daughter of the Minister Sataek Jeokdeok (사택적덕, 沙宅積德) ** Sa Geol (사걸, 沙乞, ?–?), was a general who in 627 was ordered to attack two fortresses of

. He destroyed them and took over 300 men and woman as prisoners. * 31st King:

** Sataek Sangyeo (사타상여, 沙咤相如, ?–?), was a general who after the fall of Baekje in 660 joined the revival movement and won back 200 castles but after surrendered when he was defeated by the Silla–Tang alliance.

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