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  2. Styles and titles in Joseon - Wikipedia

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    During the Joseon period, royal titles and styles (forms of address) had been extensive and complex. The general title of the monarch was king (왕; 王; wang) until Gojong crowned himself emperor (황제; 皇帝; hwangje), a title that was only allowed for Chinese emperors. [1]

  3. House of Yi - Wikipedia

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    As of 1412, Taejong of Joseon approved a new system for giving titles to the royalty: [9] 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 ...

  4. List of Joseon royal consorts - Wikipedia

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    Joseon King accepted Chinese suzerainty and acknowledged the Chinese emperor as their nominal overlord [2] until the Gabo Reform in December 1894. The Primary Consort of the Joseon King bore the title wangbi (왕비, 王妃), [ a ] translated as Queen in English, with the style of "Her Royal Highness" ( baama ; 마마, 媽媽).

  5. Korean imperial titles - Wikipedia

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    The view of Korea as a tianxia or a center of the world ended in the Joseon dynasty. [103] Joseon monarchs were kings, not emperors; Joseon viewed China as the only center of the world. [103] Korean monarchs sacrificed to Heaven during the Three Kingdoms, Goryeo, and early Joseon periods. During the early Joseon period, it was hotly debated ...

  6. Korean nobility - Wikipedia

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    internal prince of the court), was the title of the father of the queen consort, or gongsins who have reached the first rank. A gongsin (Korean: 공신; Hanja: 功臣; lit. meritorious servant) was the title of a servant who had distinguished himself in the service of the king and court.

  7. List of kings of Joseon - Wikipedia

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    The Joseon dynasty ruled Korea, succeeding the 400-year-old Goryeo dynasty in 1392 through the Japanese occupation in 1910. [1] [2] Twenty-seven kings ruled over united Korea for more than 500 years. [3]

  8. Grand Prince Uian - Wikipedia

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    Yi Hwa (1348–1408) or Grand Prince Uian, was a warrior and scholar in the late Goryeo period who became part of the early Joseon dynasty royal family as the fourth son of Yi Cha-ch'un, [1] making him a younger half-brother to Yi Sŏng-gye, its founder.

  9. Heungseon Daewongun - Wikipedia

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    Heungseon Daewongun (Korean: 흥선대원군; Hanja: 興宣大院君; 24 January 1821 – 22 February 1898) was the title of Yi Ha-eung, the regent of Joseon during the minority of Emperor Gojong in the 1860s. Until his death, he was a key political figure of late Joseon Korea. He was also called the Daewongun (lit.