Yoon Taek-young (Korean:윤택영, Chinese:尹澤榮, 1876-24 October 1935) was an official of Joseon and Korean Empire. He was father of

Empress Sunjeonghyo 36-year-old Empress Sunjeonghyo in 1930. Empress Sunjeonghyo,or literally known as Sunjeong, the Filial Piety Empress (Hangul: 순정효황후, Hanja: 純貞孝皇后; 19 September 1894 – 3 February 1966), of the Haepyeong Yun clan, was ...

and father in law of

Sunjong of Korea Sunjong, the Emperor Yunghui (; 25 March 1874 – 24 April 1926), was the second and the last Emperor of Korea, of the Yi dynasty, ruling from 1907 until 1910. Biography Crown Prince of Korea Sunjong was the second son of Emperor Gojon ...

Biography

Yoon Taek-young was born in 1876 in Seoul. He was a member of Yoon was educated in his home. On 1 March 1899, Yoon was appointed as one of the officials in the section of Crown Prince education. On 15 June 1900, Yoon was appointed as member of Junchuwon. He served as Haeminwon Chongmu, and Vice minister of Justice. As an official, Yoon was not an honest one. While he served as Haeminwon Chongmu, he earned unjust money. When

Empress Sunmyeong Empress Sunmyeonghyo or literally known as Sunmyeong, the Filial Piety Empress (Hangul: 순명효황후, Hanja: 純明孝皇后; 20 November 1872 – 5 November 1904), of the Yeoheung Min clan, was the first wife and Crown Princess Consort of ...

died in the age of 33, Yoon's daughter was selected as the next wife of Crown Prince, and his house was selected as the place of Crown Prince's wedding. After being the father in law of Crown prince, Yoon was appointed as Ji donryeong sa-sa on 12 January 1907. On 19 April 1907, Yoon was appointed as Major General with Yi Jae-gak and Yi Gi-hong. On 27 August 1907, after Sunjong became the emperor, Yoon was appointed as Haepung Buwon Prince. On 31 August, he was appointed as Yeongdonneyoung Sisa. Yoon tried to visit Hague for Hague Conventions of 1907 in order to assert the independence of Korea. He asked help for a Russian. The Russian said that there was no way to help Yoon, changing his mind. On 3 September 1907, Yoon was removed from his military rank, which was Lieutenant General. Yoon agreed with annexation of Korea and donated 20 Won to People Speech Organization, which supported the colonization of Korea by

Ye Wanyong Ye Wan-yong (; 17 July 1858 – 12 February 1926), also spelled Yi Wan-yong or Lee Wan-yong ( ko, 이완용), was a Korean politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Korea. He was pro-Japanese and is best remembered for signing the J ...

on 14 December 1909. After the colonization, Yoon was ennobled as Marquise. During Korea under Japanese rule, Yoon had a lot of debts. He fled to Beijing. When Sujong died, Yoon returned Korea. Yoon was mocked by Koreans for having a lot of debts even being a traitor. He died in Beijing on 24 October 1935.

Yun Chi-ho Yun Chi-ho (Korean: 윤치호, hanja: 尹致昊, 1864 – 1945) or Tchi ho yun was an important political activist and thinker during the late 1800s and early 1900s in Joseon Korea. His penname was Jwa-ong (좌옹, 佐翁); his courtesy name wa ...

assessed Yoon should have been less greedy about being rich. And because of this, he investigated a lot in different areas, which made him to have a tremendous amount of debts.

Reference

{{Reflist 1876 births 1935 deaths Korean collaborators with Imperial Japan Lieutenant generals of Korean Empire 19th-century Korean people 20th-century Korean people Recipients of the Order of the Plum Blossom Joseon Kazoku