Injong (Joseon)

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Injong
12th King of the Joseon Dynasty

Spelling of names
Hangeul 인종
Hanja 仁宗
Revised Romanization Injong
McCune-Reischauer Injong
Reign
Reign of 1544
Reign until 1545
predecessor King Jungjong
successor King Myeongjong
Life dates
Born on the March 10, 1515
place of birth Hanseong , Joseon
Birth Name 이호
Hanja 李 峼
Revised Romanization Yi Ho
McCune-Reischauer Yi Ho
father King Jungjong
mother Queen Janggyeong
Death dates
Died on August 8, 1545
Place of death Hanseong , Joseon
Spouses, mistresses, offspring
Woman (s) Queen Inseong
and four other ladies of the court

Injong ( Korean : 인종 ) (born March 10, 1515 in Hanseong , Joseon ; † August 8, 1545 ibid) was the 12th King of the Joseon Dynasty ( 조선 왕조 ) (1392-1910) in his reign from 1544 to 1545 Korea .

Life

Yi Ho ( 이호 ), as King Injong was called when he was born, was the firstborn son of King Jungjong ( 중종 ) and Queen Janggyeong ( 장경 ), Jungjong's second wife. When King Injong took office in December 1544, he tried to correct his father's mistakes and restored the reputation of the scholar and reformer Jo Gwangjo ( 조광조 ), who was killed under his father's rule in 1519 . He also rehabilitated the scholars of the Sarim faction, who had lost their influence at court at the time.

Constant tension between him and his stepmother Queen Munjeong ( 문정 ), who was his father's third wife, later led to rumors among scholars at court that she had poisoned her stepson King Injong.

With only eight months in office, King Injong is believed to be the ruler with the shortest reign during the Joseon Dynasty. He was followed by his half-brother King Myeongjong ( 명종 ).

literature

  • Han Young Woo : Joseon Era . In: A Review of Korean History . Volume 2 . Kyongsaewon Publishing Company , Pajubookcity, Gyeonggi-do 2010, ISBN 978-89-8341-092-4 (English).
  • Mark Peterson : A Brief History of Korea . Facts On File , 2010, ISBN 978-0-8160-5085-7 (English).

Web links

  • 仁宗 ( 奎 12730). Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies, archived from the original onApril 4, 2013; accessed on March 9, 2019(English, original website no longer available).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Han : Joseon Era . 2010, p.  307 .
  2. ↑ a b Jung Inman : King Injong . Busan ddadng , April 9, 2017, accessed March 9, 2019 .
  3. ^ Peterson : A Brief History of Korea . 2010, p.  92 .
personal data
SURNAME Injong
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yi Ho
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 12. King of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1515
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanseong , Joseon
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1545
Place of death Hanseong , Joseon