Chungsuk of Goryeo
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King Chungsuk was king of the Goryeo
(Korea
), from 1313 to 1330 and again from 1332 to 1339.
In 1314 King Chungseon
passed the throne to his son Chungsuk. In 1321 Chungsuk fathered his son Chunghye
. This prompted the previous crown prince of Goryeo, Öljeitü, to establish an alliance with King Sidibala, and King Chungsuk was thus interned in 1321. However, Sidibala was assassinated in 1323 and Öljeitü's plan was aborted.
King Chungsuk, who was allowed to return to Goryeo in 1325, passed the throne to King Chunghye in 1330 but was reinstated after two years because King Chunghye was deposed by Yuan.
King Chungsuk died in 1339.
Goryeo
The Goryeo Dynasty or Koryŏ was a Korean dynasty established in 918 by Emperor Taejo. Korea gets its name from this kingdom which came to be pronounced Korea. It united the Later Three Kingdoms in 936 and ruled most of the Korean peninsula until it was removed by the Joseon dynasty in 1392...
(Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
), from 1313 to 1330 and again from 1332 to 1339.
In 1314 King Chungseon
Chungseon of Goryeo
Chungseon of Goryeo was the 26th king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He is sometimes known by his Mongolian name, Ijirbuga. Adept at calligraphy and painting, rather than politics, he generally preferred the life of the Yuan capital Beijing to that of the Goryeo capital Kaesong...
passed the throne to his son Chungsuk. In 1321 Chungsuk fathered his son Chunghye
Chunghye of Goryeo
Chunghye of Goryeo was the 28th king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was remembered in the Goryeosa for his licentious lifestyle, particularly his habit of abducting, raping, and killing women. Chunghye was the son of King Chungsuk and Queen Myeongdeok, a Hong...
. This prompted the previous crown prince of Goryeo, Öljeitü, to establish an alliance with King Sidibala, and King Chungsuk was thus interned in 1321. However, Sidibala was assassinated in 1323 and Öljeitü's plan was aborted.
King Chungsuk, who was allowed to return to Goryeo in 1325, passed the throne to King Chunghye in 1330 but was reinstated after two years because King Chunghye was deposed by Yuan.
King Chungsuk died in 1339.
See also
- List of Goryeo people
- List of Korea-related topics
- List of Koreans
- History of KoreaHistory of KoreaThe Korean Peninsula was inhabited from the Lower Paleolithic about 400,000-500,000 years ago. Archeological evidence indicates that the presence of modern humans in northeast Asia dates to 39,000 years ago. The earliest known Korean pottery dates to around 8000 BC, and the Neolithic period began...