House of Yi#House of Yi family tree

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When Taejo of Joseon ascended to the throne in 1392, he continued to use the laws of Goryeo, and the noble titles he gave to his sons, nephews, and sons-in-law were all "prince" (군).{{cite web |title=여러 왕자를 군으로 봉하다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/waa_10108007_002 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Taejo Year 01, Month 08, Day 7, Entry 2) After the coup d'état in 1398, the system of noble titles changed: "duke" for king's sons, "marquis" for royal descendants, and "earl" for officers of senior first rank.{{cite web |title=김정준을 전농 판사로 삼다. 친왕자를 공으로, 종친을 후로, 정1품을 백으로 봉하다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/waa_10709001_005 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Taejo Year 07, Month 09, Day 1, Entry 5) This system was abolished in 1401 to avoid "usurping" the existing title laws of the more powerful Ming dynasty.{{cite web |title=공·후·백의 작호를 부원 대군·부원군·군으로 고치다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wca_10101025_004 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Taejong Year 01, Month 01, Day 25, Entry 4)

As of 1412, Taejong of Joseon approved a new system for giving titles to the royalty:{{cite web |title=원윤 이덕근의 졸기. 원윤·정윤을 장사지내는 예를 예조로 하여금 상고하게 하다|url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wca_11204025_001 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Taejong Year 12, Month 04, Day 15, Entry 1) among the sons of a king, those who were born by the queen can acquire the title "grand prince" (대군), and the rest can be the "prince" (군); both princes are of senior first rank and their male descendants are as well insofar as their great-grandsons can retrieve official positions. According to the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty, the title "prince" (군) was at first restricted to be given to sons or grandsons of kings, but these standards became looser over time.{{cite web |title=원손의 시호를 효소로 하고 인성군으로 추봉하다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kga_10911005_001 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Sejo Year 09, Month 11, Day 5, Entry 1){{cite web |title=호조가 종실로서 곡식을 바쳐 봉군된 일을 상고하여 아뢰다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/koa_10107029_003 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (Gwanghaegun Year 1, Month 07, Day 29, Entry 3) Generally, a royal eligible to be a prince could not receive the title automatically even if his rank raised him to the junior second rank.{{cite web |title=종실 관제를 이정하는 별단 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wza_10601024_005 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Gojong Year 06, Month 01, Day 24, Entry 5) But such a hereditary title could be passed down to generations until it exceeds more than four generations (from the king).{{cite web |title=덕흥군을 대원군으로 삼고, 하원군 이정에게는 작위 1급을 가하고 전토와 장획을 주다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/knb_10211001_001 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Gojong Year 02, Month 11, Day 1, Entry 1)

Similar to male royals, female royals received titles according to their kinship to the kings. Daughters of the king and queen were called 공주 (gongju), girls born to other consorts and fathered by the king were called 옹주 (ongju) to differentiate, and some further distant female royalties also had different titles; in English all these titles are translated as "princess".{{cite web |title=외조부모를 위하여 거애하는 의주를 예조에서 아뢰다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kda_10610007_003 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Sejong Year 06, Month 10, Day 07, Entry 3){{cite web |title=종실녀의 관제를 정하다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kda_12204015_002 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Sejong Year 22, Month 04, Day 15, Entry 2) If the above-mentioned females were stripped of titles due to various reasons, they would be referred to as a commoner; for instance, the eldest daughter of deposed Yeonsangun of Joseon was addressed as "Ku Mun-gyeong's wife" after 1506.{{cite web |title=정광필·박수문이 조례와 나장, 휘신 공주의 이혼, 학교의 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wka_10310007_001}} (King Jungjong Year 03, Month 10, Day 7, Entry 1) Later, there were also so-called "Kim Se-ryung's wife" (former Princess Hyomyeong) and "Jeong's wife" (former Princess Hwawan).{{cite web |title=이징·이숙을 선원록에서 작호를 삭제하고 이름만 기록하게 하다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wqa_10301015_002 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Hyojong Year 03, Month 01, Day 15, Entry 2){{cite web |title=김상로·문녀·정후겸 모자·홍인한에 대한 백관의 토죄에 비답을 내리다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kva_10004003_001 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Hyojong Year 00, Month 04, Day 03, Entry 1)

In 1469, Seongjong of Joseon ascended to the throne as the adopted heir to his uncle, Yejong of Joseon. As of 1475, Seongjong asked the Ming dynasty government to ratify his biological father, Crown Prince Uigyeong, to have a posthumous status as a king,{{cite web |title=주문사 김질, 부사 이계손이 북경에서 돌아오다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kia_10601029_002 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Seongjong Year 06, Month 01, Day 29, Entry 2) and a temple name "Deokjong" was made for the late crown prince.{{cite web |title=회간왕의 묘호를 덕종(德宗)으로 정하다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wia_10610009_004 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Seongjong Year 06, Month 10, Day 09, Entry 4) A similar event took place in 1568, when Seonjo of Joseon succeeded the throne as the adopted heir to his half-uncle, Myeongjong of Joseon. Based on official advice, instead of giving his biological father (Prince Deokheung) a title of "king" posthumously, Seonjo created a new title for him in 1569, Deokheung Daewongun (덕흥대원군), as an honor to the late prince. This action had a precedent in 1066, when Emperor Yingzong of Song promoted his biological father (Zhao Yunrang) without posthumously elevating him to the status of emperor.{{cite web |title=덕흥군을 대원군으로 삼고, 하원군 이정에게는 작위 1급을 가하고 전토와 장획을 주다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/knb_10211001_001 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Seonjo Year 02, Month 11, Day 01, Entry 1){{cite web |title=안 소용을 빈으로 추봉하고 정세호를 영의정으로 추증하다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kna_11003024_001 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Seonjo Year 10, Month 03, Day 24, Entry 1)

Following the precedent by Seonjo, three more royals were designated as Daewongun throughout the Joseon history: Prince Jeongwon (1623, but later promoted to "King Wonjong" as of 1634");{{cite web |title=예조 판서 이정구를 불러들여 사묘에 대한 전례에 대해 논의하다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kpa_10105007_007 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Injo Year 00, Month 05, Day 07, Entry 7){{cite web |title=대제학 최명길이 원종의 옥책을 지어 올리다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wpa_11207014_002 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Injo Year 12, Month 07, Day 14, Entry 2) Yi Kwang (Jeongye Daewongun, 1849);{{cite web |title=대원군에게 추상할 작호를 전계로 정하다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wya_10006017_002 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Cheoljong Year 00, Month 06, Day 17, Entry 2) and Prince Heungseon (1864).{{cite web |title=흥선 대원군과 여흥 부대부인의 임명장이 내리다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kza_10012009_002 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Injo Year 00, Month 12, Day 09, Entry 2)

In 1650, Hyojong of Joseon, as requested by the prince regent Dorgon of the Qing dynasty, adopted a fourth cousin once removed as his daughter. Unusually, he gave her title, Princess Uisun, before she was about to leave Joseon to marry Dorgon.{{cite web |title=혼인할 여자인 금림군 이개윤의 딸을 의순 공주로 삼고 상을 내리다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kqa_10103025_002 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Hyojong Year 01, Month 03, Day 25, Entry 2)

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After the Meiji Restoration, Japan acquired Western military technology. With this power, it forced Joseon to sign the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876 after the Ganghwa Island incident. It established a strong economic presence on the peninsula, heralding the beginning of Japanese imperial expansion in East Asia. In the 19th century tensions mounted between China and Japan, culminating in the First Sino-Japanese War; much of this war was fought on the Korean Peninsula. The Chinese defeat in the 1894 war resulted in the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which officially guaranteed Korea's independence from China. However, the treaty effectively granted Japan direct control over Korean politics.

The Joseon court, pressured by encroachment from larger powers, tried to reinforce national integrity and declared the Korean Empire in 1897. King Gojong of Korea assumed the title of Emperor in order to assert Korea's independence; he gave himself the rank of the leaders of China and Japan. In addition, Korea sought modern military technology from other foreign powers, especially Russia, in order to fend off the Japanese. Technically, 1895 marks the end of the Joseon period, as the official name of the state was changed. But the dynasty continued, although Japan intervened in its affairs. For example, the 1895 assassination of the queen consort, Queen Min,{{cite book|author1=Pae-Yong Yi|author2=Ted Chan|title=Women in Korean History 한국 역사 속의 여성들|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3yW5MdzKnUC&pg=PA190|access-date=3 January 2013|year=2008|publisher=Ewha Womans University Press|isbn=978-89-7300-772-1|page=190}} is believed to have been orchestrated by Japanese general Miura Gorō. The queen had great influence on politics during the reign of her husband, and she tried to maintain the neutrality of the country by accepting the offers from the Russian Empire, allowing the latter to have greater influence.{{cite book |last1=Sugimura |first1=Yotaro |title=明治廿七八年在韓苦心錄 (Meiji nijushichi hachinen zaikan kushinroku) |date=1932 |pages=169–170}} After the death of the queen, the emperor honored her by posthumously promoting her status to empress (Empress Myeongseong).

As an emperor, Gojong granted higher titles to some of his close relatives, and so did his successor Sunjong of Korea. In 1900, Gojong designated his younger son Yi Kang as Prince Imperial Ui (의친왕) and Yi Un as Prince Imperial Yeong (영친왕).{{cite web |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wza_13708017_001 |title=중화전에 나아가 황자를 책봉하다 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (17 August 1900, Entry 1) Yi Seon, their older half brother who died young in 1880, was posthumously designated in 1907 as Prince Imperial Wan (완친왕).{{cite web |title=완화군 이선을 완왕으로 추후하여 봉하다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wzb_10010001_002 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (1 October 1907, Entry 2) Gojong designated his (biological) elder brother Yi Jae-myeon as Prince Imperial Heung (흥친왕) in 1910.{{cite web |title=이재면을 흥왕으로 책봉하다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wzb_10308015_001 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (15 August 1910, Entry 1)

After a long-term process of controlling the puppet state, on 22 August 1910, Japan annexed the Korean peninsula effectively ended rule by the House of Yi, forcing the nation to accede to the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910. According to the treaty, some of the members of Yi family were incorporated into the {{nihongo|royal family|王公族|Ōkōzoku}} or made {{nihongo|Korean nobles|朝鮮貴族|Chōsen-kizoku}}.{{cite web |title=日韓併合並朝鮮王公貴族ニ関スル詔勅及法令 |website=國立國會図書館デジタルコレクション |url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/993763}}{{cite web |title=官報. 1910年08月29日 |url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2951509/12 |website=國立國會図書館デジタルコレクション |access-date=2020-06-17}}{{cite web |title=이재완, 이재각, 이해창 등에게 귀족의 칭호를 주다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kzc_10310007_001 |access-date=2020-06-17 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (7 October 1910, Entry 1)

The Korean nobility titles granted by Japan in 1910, listing only those from Jeonju Yi clan, are as follows:

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Emperor Gojong had nine sons, but only three princes who survived to adulthood: the second son, Crown Prince Yi Cheok; the fifth son, Yi Kang, and the seventh son, Yi Un. The Crown Prince, Yi Cheok, became Emperor Sunjong, the last monarch of the Korean Empire. Since Emperor Sunjong never had issue, his younger brother, Yi Un, the Prince Imperial Yeong became the new Imperial Crown Prince. Yi Kang (Prince Imperial Ui) might have taken the position due to his seniority but was passed over - due to the low status of Yi Kang's biological mother, Lady Chang, as well as the notorious fame of Yi Kang himself known not only domestically but also internationally.{{cite web |title=英親王垠을 皇太子로 封함 |url=http://db.history.go.kr/item/level.do?sort=levelId&dir=ASC&start=1&limit=20&page=1&pre_page=1&setId=-1&prevPage=0&prevLimit=&itemId=sa&types=o&synonym=off&chinessChar=on&brokerPagingInfo=&levelId=sa_001_0050_0100_0020&position=-1 |access-date=8 July 2020 |quote=朝野皆知新皇帝不慧，且無嗣屬望，……嚴貴妃方專寵，欲貴其子，厚賂博文，冀得其力；義親王堈，年雖長，多失儀、無人望，且孤立援少……由是衆議自歸於垠，援定宗朝故事，立爲皇太子。 (The people by the time knew that the new emperor was not exactly smart and there's no hope for him to produce an heir,... Lady Eom, the Imperial Noble Consort just gained much love from the Emperor [Emeritus] and she wanted to promote her son's position, so she bribed Itō Hirobumi for his support; the Prince Imperial Ui, despite being elder, had many scandals and lost reputation, making him lack to support... and so, people eventually agreed to make Yi Un the crown prince, following the precedent from King Jeongjong of Joseon.)}}《매천야록》卷之五·隆熙元年丁未第2條 Yi Kang fathered 13 sons and 9 daughters by 14 mistresses; the number can be different based on difference sources. With an extremely wide range of historical evaluations over him — womanizer, as well as a behind-the-scene leader of the independence movement — the Japanese authorities limited the activities of the prince throughout the occupation.

Emperor Sunjong died in 1926, Crown Prince Yi Un was called "King Yi", a nominal title because the country had already lost its sovereignty to Japan. Yi Un married a Japanese princess, Princess Masako of Nashimoto, who was later known as Yi Bangja, a family member of the shinnōke (cadet branch from the Imperial House of Japan). After they married, Princess Masako gave birth to Yi Jin in 1921 (died young) and Yi Ku in 1931.

Many members of the Korean imperial family lived in Japan during colonial rule. The last princess of Korea Deokhye, was taken to Japan at a young age, she later married the Japanese count and politician Sō Takeyuki. During the Second World War, princes of the Korean imperial family served as officers of the Imperial Japanese Army. Crown Prince Yi Un achieved the rank of Lieutenant General, commanded Japanese forces in China and became a member of the Supreme War Council. Prince Yi Geon, the first son of Yi Kang, served as a cavalry officer, achieved the rank of Colonel at the end of the war and lived the remainder of his life in Japan. Prince Yi U, the second son of Yi Kang, served as a General Staff Officer with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel when he was killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

After Korea's liberation in 1945, President Syngman Rhee suppressed the imperial family, in order to prevent the restoration of the monarchy, as he feared that its return would challenge his emerging authority as the new republic's founding father. (Ironically Rhee himself was of the House of Yi; Rhee's family traced its lineage back to King Taejong of Joseon, and was a 16th-generation descendant of Grand Prince Yangnyeong.{{Citation |last=Cha |first=Marn J. |title=SYNGMAN RHEE'S FIRST LOVE |journal=The Information Exchange for Korean-American Scholars |issue=12–19 |page=2 |date=19 September 2012 |orig-year=1996 |url=http://www.phy.duke.edu/~myhan/kaf1204.pdf |issn=1092-6232 |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=14 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314030738/http://www.phy.duke.edu/~myhan/kaf1204.pdf |url-status=dead }}) Rhee seized and nationalized most of the family's properties, and the imperial family was also blamed on being responsible for the "collapse of the nation". According to the prince's 11th son, Yi Seok, his mother, Hong Chongsun, was forced to sell noodles as a street vendor to make a living. Stripped of most of their wealth and authority, some family members fled to the United States and Latin America, known descendants reside in New Jersey and New York. For instance, Amy Lee (Yi Haegyeong), the fifth daughter of Yi Kang, migrated to the United States in 1956 and worked for 27 years as a librarian at Columbia University in New York City.{{cite news|last=AP|author-link=Associated Press|title=SKorea regains old embassy in US, snipes at Japan|url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=848812&publicationSubCategoryId=200|access-date=30 September 2012|newspaper=The Philippine Star|date=September 14, 2012}} In September, 2012, she was 82 years old and described as "one of the last survivors of the Korean royal court". Among Prince Yi Kang's surviving four sons and seven daughters, four lost touch with the family after they left for the United States. The other family members held an ancestral ritual twice a year for Prince Yi Kang, but usually only two or three of the 11 surviving siblings attended the ceremonies.

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The Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association was founded in 1922 by Prince Imperial Ui, and later registered in South Korea as of 1957, with the members consist of the descendants of the royal family from various cadet branches of the clan.{{cite web|title=全州李氏大同宗約院三十年史|url=https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1352758|access-date=2020-06-18|publisher=全州李氏大同宗約院}} (p. 41, 43) It was only in 1963 that a new president, Park Chung Hee, allowed some of the imperial family members, including Princess Deokhye, to return to Korea. However, they could only stay at Nakseon Hall, a small residence in a corner of Changdeokgung in Seoul; the place was previously reserved for widowed queen/empress dowagers. Yi Un also became the director of the Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association, on 29 July 1966; the title would later pass down to his son in 1973. Yi Un died seven years later, in 1970, after a long illness resulting from strokes. Yi Un's son, Yi Ku, was forced by other family members to divorce his American wife, Julia Mullock, in 1982 due to her sterility (the couple, however, had an adopted daughter). In 1998, it was reported that Yi Kang's eighth son died alone in a social center in eastern Seoul. Yi Seok, as mentioned above, became a lecturer at the Jeonju University as of 2005. A series of business failures left Yi Ku out of support, and he died alone at the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka in Tokyo on July 16, 2005. Prior to his death, Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association had to designate an heir to succeed him.{{cite web |title=전주이씨대동종약원 |url=http://www.rfo.co.kr/seonwon_page.htm |website=Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association |access-date=18 June 2020}} Within the descendants of Prince Imperial Ui, {{interlanguage link|Yi Jun (born 1961)|lt=Yi Jun|ko|이준 (1961년)}} came from the most senior line as the heir of Sadonggung Palace; however, he already being the supposed heir to Sadonggung Palace making him not to be chosen, and his younger first cousin, Yi Won, instead became the Yi Ku's successor and the status was confirmed by the association as of 22 July 2005.{{cite news |last1=Sin |first1=Hyeon-jun |title=끊어진 조선황실 후계 40대 회사원이 잇는다 |url=https://m.chosun.com/svc/article.html?sname=news&contid=2005072170015 |publisher=The Chosun Ilbo |access-date=7 June 2020 |date=21 July 2005 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607154034/https://m.chosun.com/svc/article.html?sname=news&contid=2005072170015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=황실 후손 생활 담은 다큐 만들고파 |url=https://m.chosun.com/svc/article.html?sname=news&contid=2005081870331 |access-date=7 June 2020 |publisher=The Chosun Ilbo |date=18 August 2005}} Although, the posthumous adoption would be invalid by present Korean Law and is only with traditional significance.{{Cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2831239|title = Coronation of Korea's new empress leads to royal family controversy| date=22 October 2006 }}

After the death of Yi Ku, a dispute about the head of the royal family occurred. Yi Hae-won, second daughter of Yi Kang and a half-aunt of Yi Won, also made a counter-claim as the "Empress of Korea" in a private ceremony organized by her followers in a hotel room.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2006-11/10/content_729514.htm|title = Korean prince hopes to bring monarchy back}} She was enthroned as symbolic monarch of Korea on 29 September 2006 by a group called "Korean Imperial Family Association". She laid claim to the title of Empress of Korea and declared the restoration of Imperial House in her own succession ceremony in a hotel room. The private enthronement was not approved or supported by Korean politics. Yi Hae-won eventually died on 8 February 2020, aged 100.{{Cite web|url=http://monthly.chosun.com/client/mdaily/daily_view.asp?idx=8824&Newsnumb=2020028824|title=조선황실 마지막 옹주 이해원씨 별세|date=9 February 2020|website=Monthly Chosun|language=ko|access-date=10 February 2020}} Meanwhile, in 2005–06, Yi Seok, the 10th son of Yi Kang and a half-uncle of Yi Won, claimed that he was officially named heir apparent as [the late] Crown Princess Yi Bangja (the mother of Yi Ku and the wife of Yi Un) wrote a will, naming him as the "first successor”. As such, Yi Seok is referred as "king," "prince," and/or "last pretender" by some articles from

mainstream media.{{cite news |last1=Park |first1=Sung-ha |title=Coronation of Korea's new empress leads to royal family controversy |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2831239 |access-date=9 July 2020 |date=2006-10-22}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/19/world/asia/19iht-profile.html|title = Forgotten Korean prince gets royal treatment|newspaper=The New York Times|date = 19 May 2006|last1 = Onishi|first1 = Norimitsu}} Later, American Internet entrepreneur Andrew Lee, accepted a nomination by Yi Seok, on 6 October 2018, to become the "Crown Prince" of Korea.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/29/californian-techie-becomes-korean-crown-prince-fairytale-twist |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/29/californian-techie-becomes-korean-crown-prince-fairytale-twist |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title = Californian techie becomes Korean crown prince in fairytale twist|newspaper = The Telegraph|date = 29 December 2018|last1 = Smith|first1 = Nicola}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/andrew-lee-named-new-korean-crown-prince-300731986.html|title=Andrew Lee Named New Korean Crown Prince}}

{{chart top|width=90%|collapsed=no|Joseon Kings and Korean Emperors family tree}}

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{{chart|border=1| | | | | | | | | Hri | |Hri=(?–1274)
Yi An-sa
(Mokjo)}}

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{{chart|border=1| | | | | | | | | Hri | |Hri=(?–?)
Yi Haeng-ni
(Ikjo)}}

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{{chart|border=1| | | | | | | | | Chu | |Chu=(?–1342)
Yi Ch'un
(Dojo)}}

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{{chart|border=1| | | | | | | | | Jac | |Jac=(1315–1360)
Yi Cha-ch'un
(Hwanjo)}}

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KING OF
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{{chart| | | | | | | | | TAE | |TAE=(1335–1408)
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Taejo
{{nowrap|r. 1392–1398⁽¹⁾}}

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{{chart|border=2| | | | | JEO | | Tjo | |JEO=(1357–1419)
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Jeongjong
r. 1398–1400⁽²⁾|Tjo=(1367–1422)
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Taejong
r. 1400–1418⁽³⁾

{{#tag:ref|Taejong was the first reigning Joseon king to be recognized by the Ming dynasty under the tributary system.{{cite web | title=국호를 정하는 문제에 대한 예부의 자문을 계품사 조임이 가져오다 | url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/waa_10111027_001 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon dynasty }} (King Taejong Year 01, Month 11, Day 27, Entry 1){{cite web |title=사신 장근과 단목예가 받들고 온 명나라 황제의 고명 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wca_10106012_001 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon dynasty}} (King Taejo Year 01, Month 06, Day 12, Entry 1)|group=note}}

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{{chart| | | | | | | | | SEJ | |SEJ=(1397–1450)
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Sejong
the Great
r. 1418–1450⁽⁴⁾}}

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{{chart|border=2| | | | | MUN | | Sjo | |MUN=(1414–1452)
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Munjong
r. 1450–1452⁽⁵⁾|Sjo=(1417–1468)
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Sejo
r. 1455–1468⁽⁷⁾}}

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{{chart|border=1| | | | | DAN | | UIG | | YEJ | |DAN=(1441–1457)
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Danjong
r. 1452–1455⁽⁶⁾|UIG=(1438–1457)
Crown Prince
Uigyeong|YEJ= (1450–1469)
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Yejong
r. 1468–1469⁽⁸⁾

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Seongjong
r. 1469–1494⁽⁹⁾

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{{chart|border=2| | | | | YEO | | JUN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |YEO=(1476–1506)
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Yeonsangun
r. 1494–1506⁽¹⁰⁾
{{#tag:ref|Unlike other Joseon monarchs, who could receive a temple name after their death, Yeonsangun and Gwanghaegun never had one due to being overthrown and gun denotes "prince" instead of king.|group=note|name=deposed}}|JUN=(1486–1544)
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Jungjong
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{{chart|border=1| | | | | INJ | | DEO | | MYE | | | | | | | | | | | | |INJ=(1515–1545)
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Injong
r. 1544–1545⁽¹²⁾|DEO=(1530–1559)
Deokheung
Daewongun|MYE={{nowrap|(1534–1567)
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Myeongjong
r. 1545–1567⁽¹³⁾}}

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{{chart|border=2| | | | | | | | | SEN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |SEN=(1552–1608)
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Seonjo
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{{chart|border=1| | | | | GWA | |JEO2 | | HA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |GWA=(1575–1641)
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Gwanghaegun
r. 1608–1623⁽¹⁵⁾
{{#tag:ref||group=note|name=deposed}}|JEO2=(1580–1619)
Prince
Jeongwon

|HA=(1598–1624)
{{Interlanguage link|Prince Heungan|ko|흥안군 (1598년)|lt=Prince
Heungan}}
{{#tag:ref|The anti-king during the rebel (Yi Gwal's rebellion) in 1624.{{cite web | title=심기원·신경진·장만이 상의하여 흥안군 이제를 죽이다 | url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wpa_10202016_007 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Injo Year 02, Month 02, Day 26, Entry 7)|group=note}}

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{{chart|border=1| | | | | | | | |INJ2 | | | | | | NC | | | | | | | | | |INJ2=(1595–1649)
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Injo
{{nowrap|r. 1623–1649⁽¹⁶⁾
{{#tag:ref|After the Qing invasion of Joseon, Injo was recognized by the Qing dynasty instead of the Ming dynasty, under the tributary system.{{cite book |last1=Jorgensen |first1=John |title=The Foresight of Dark Knowing |date=2018-06-30 |isbn=9780824875503 |page=130 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8F0EEAAAQBAJ}}|group=note}}}}|NC=(1599–1615)
Grand Prince
Neungchang

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{{chart|border=1| | | | | | | | | HYO | | | | | | Inp | | | | | | | | | |HYO=(1619–1659)
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Hyojong
r. 1649–1659⁽¹⁷⁾|Inp=(1622–1658)
Grand Prince
Inpyeong

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{{chart|border=1| | | | | | | | | HYE | | | | | | Fun | | | | | | | | |HYE=(1641–1674)
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Hyeonjong
r. 1659–1674⁽¹⁸⁾|Fun=(1639–1670)
{{Interlanguage link|Prince Boknyeong of Joseon|ko|복녕군|lt=Prince
Boknyeong}}

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{{chart|border=1| | | | | | | | | SUK | | | | | | Yyj | | | | | | | | |SUK={{nowrap|(1661–1720)
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Sukjong
r. 1674–1720⁽¹⁹⁾ }}|Yyj=(1661–1722)
{{Interlanguage link|Prince Uiwon of Joseon|ko|의원군 (1661년)|lt=Prince
Uiwon}}

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{{chart|border=1| | | | | GYE | |YEO2 | | YO0 | | Axj | | | | | | | | |GYE=(1688–1724)
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Gyeongjong
r. 1720–1724⁽²⁰⁾|YEO2=(1694–1776)
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Yeongjo
r. 1724–1776⁽²¹⁾|YO0=(1699–1719)
Prince
Yeollyeong|Axj=(1693–1763)
{{Interlanguage link|Prince Anheung of Joseon|ko|안흥군|lt=Prince
Anheung}}

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{{chart|border=1| | | | | Zhx | | SAD | | |:| | | Zhy | | | | | | | | |Zhx=(1719–1728)
Crown Prince
Hyojang|SAD=(1735–1762)
Crown Prince
Sado|Zhy=(1728–1796)
{{Interlanguage link|Yi Jin-ik|ko|이진익}}

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{{chart|border=1| | | | |JEO3 | | EUN | | Ens | | Biy | | | | | | | | |JEO3=(1752–1800)
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{{nowrap|Jeongjo
r. 1776–1800⁽²²⁾ }}|EUN=(1754–1801)
Prince Euneon|Ens=(1755–1771)
Prince
Eunsin|Biy=(1752–1822)
{{Interlanguage link|Yi Byeong-won|ko|이병원}}

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{{chart|border=1| | | | | SUN | |JEO4 | | | | | | Nam | | | | | | | | |SUN=(1790–1834)
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Sunjo
r. 1800–1834⁽²³⁾|JEO4=(1785–1841)
Jeongye
Daewongun|Nam=(1788–1836)
{{Interlanguage link|Prince Namyeon of Joseon|ko|남연군|lt=Prince
Namyeon}}

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{{chart|border=1| | | | |HYO2 | | CHE | | | | | | Heo | | | | | | | | |HYO2=(1809–1830)
Crown Prince
Hyomyeong|CHE=(1831–1864)
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Cheoljong
r. 1849–1864⁽²⁵⁾|Heo=(1821–1898)
Heungseon
Daewongun

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Heonjong
r. 1834–1849⁽²⁴⁾}}

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EMPEROR OF
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{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |GOJ | | |GOJ={{nowrap|(1852–1919)
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Gojong
r.K 1863–1897
r.E 1897–1907⁽²⁶⁾}}

{{#tag:ref|Gojong became the first emperor of the Korean Empire in 1897{{cite web | title=총리대신 등이 왕실의 존칭을 새 규례를 갖추어 아뢰다 | url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wza_13112017_001 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (King Gojong Year 31, Month 12, Day 27, Entry 1){{cite web | title=국호를 대한으로 하고 임금을 황제로 칭한다고 선포하다 | url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wza_13410013_002 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} (13 October 1897, Entry 1) and abdicated in 1907; he was demoted to "King Emeritus Yi" in 1910.{{cite book |author1=小川原宏幸 |title=伊藤博文の韓国併合構想と朝鮮社会――王権論の相克 |date=2010-01-28 |publisher=Iwanami Shoten |isbn=978-4000221795 |pages=153, 163}}|group=note}}}}

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{{chart|border=1| | | | | | | | |SUN2 | | | | GAN | | | | | | UIM | |SUN2=(1874–1926)
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Sunjong
r. 1907–1910⁽²⁷⁾

{{#tag:ref|Sunjong abdicated in 1910 and became "King Yi" at the same time.|group=note}}|GAN=(1877–1955)

35pxYi Kang
Yi Kang
{{#tag:ref|Even though Prince Imperial Ui was the heir presumptive to Emperor Sunjong, under the influence of the Japanese Resident-General, he didn't become the crown prince.|group=note}}|UIM=(1897–1970)
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Yi Un
Yi Un
{{#tag:ref|Yi Un became the Imperial Crown Prince of the Korean Empire in 1907, only to be demoted to the "Crown Prince of King Yi" in 1910. He succeeded the title King Yi in 1926 and lost it in 1947 according to the new constitution in Japan.{{cite web |title=왕공족보(王公族譜) |url=http://jsg.aks.ac.kr/dir/view?catePath=&dataId=JSG_K2-4732 |website=디지털 장서각 |access-date=2020-05-28}}{{cite wikisource | title = Constitution of Japan | wslink = Constitution of Japan | quote = [Article 14]……Peers and peerage shall not be recognized.}} His posthumous name, Crown Prince Euimin (의민황태자), was made by the Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association.{{cite news |title=영친왕장례…19일장으로 |url=https://news.joins.com/article/1236661 |access-date=2020-07-25 |agency=JoongAng Ilbo |date=1970-05-04}}{{cite news |title=의민(懿愍) 황태자(皇太子) 영원(英園)에 예장(礼葬) |url=https://newslibrary.chosun.com/view/article_view.html?id=1509819700510m10711&set_date=19700510&page_no=7 |access-date=2020-07-28 |agency=The Chosun Ilbo |date=1970-05-12}}|group=note}}{{#tag:ref|Director of the Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association.{{cite web |title=역대 총재 |url=http://www.rfo.co.kr/director1.htm |website=전주이씨대동종약원 |access-date=18 June 2020}}|group=note|name=rfo}}

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{{chart|border=1| | | | | | | | | | | MOM | | GON | | Gap | | HOE | |MOM=(1909–1990)
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Yi Geon|GON=(1919–1984)
35px
{{interlanguage link|Yi Gon|ko|이곤 (1919년)}}|Gap=(1938–2014)
{{interlanguage link|Yi Gap|ko|이갑 (1938년)}} |HOE=(1931–2005)
35px
Yi Ku
{{#tag:ref||group=note|name=rfo}}{{#tag:ref|Yi Ku became the "Crown Prince of King Yi" after his birth{{cite web |url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2957971/3 |title=官報. 1932年01月06日 |website=國立國會図書館デジタルコレクション |access-date=2020-07-17}} and he lost the title in 1947. His posthumous name, Imperial Grandson Hoeun(회은황세손), was made by the Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association.{{cite news |title=조선 '마지막 황세손' 이구, 한국말 서툴렀던 이유는? |url=https://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20171206/87604653/2 |access-date=2020-07-25 |agency=The Dong-a Ilbo |date=2017-12-06}}|group=note}}

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{{chart|border=1| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | JUN | | WON | |JUN=(1961–)
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{{interlanguage link|Yi Jun (born 1961)|lt=Yi Jun|ko|이준 (1961년)}}|WON=(1962–)
35px
Yi Won
{{#tag:ref||group=note|name=rfo}}{{#tag:ref|In 2005, Yi Won was appointed as the heir to Yi Ku by the Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association.|group=note}}

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