Cheoljong of Joseon

Cheoljong
철종
哲宗
Portrait of King Cheoljong (Treasure #1492) in 1861[1][a]
King of Joseon
Reign28 July 1849 – 16 January 1864
PredecessorHeonjong
SuccessorGojong
RegentGrand Royal Queen Dowager Myeonggyeong (1849–1851)
Born25 July 1831
Gyeonghaeng-bang, Hanseong, Joseon
Died16 January 1864(1864-01-16) (aged 32)
Daejojeon Hall,[2][3] Changdeokgung, Hanseong, Joseon
Burial
Yeneung Mausoleum, Seosamneung Cluster, Goyang, South Korea
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1851)​
Issue
among others...
Names
Yi Won-beom (이원범; 李元範) → Yi Byeon (이변; 李昪)
Posthumous name
  • Joseon: King Munhyeon Museong Heonin Yeonghyo the Great (문현무성헌인영효대왕; 文顯武成獻仁英孝大王)
  • Korean Empire: Emperor Munhyeon Museong Heonin Yeonghyo Jang (문현무성헌인영효장황제; 文顯武成獻仁英孝成章帝)
  • Qing dynasty: Chunggyeong (충경; 忠敬)
Temple name
Cheoljong (철종; 哲宗)
ClanJeonju Yi
DynastyYi
Father
Mother
ReligionKorean Confucianism (Neo-Confucianism)
Korean name
Hangul
철종
Hanja
哲宗
Revised RomanizationCheoljong
McCune–ReischauerChŏljong
Birth name
Hangul
이원범, later 이변
Hanja
李元範, later 李昪
Revised RomanizationI Wonbeom, later I Byeon
McCune–ReischauerI Wŏnpŏm, later I Byeon
Courtesy name
Hangul
도승
Hanja
道升
Revised RomanizationDoseung
McCune–ReischauerDosŭng
Monarchs of Korea
Joseon monarchs
Taejo 1392–1398
Jeongjong 1398–1400
Taejong 1400–1418
Sejong 1418–1450
Munjong 1450–1452
Danjong 1452–1455
Sejo 1455–1468
Yejong 1468–1469
Seongjong 1469–1494
Yeonsangun 1494–1506
Jungjong 1506–1544
Injong 1544–1545
Myeongjong 1545–1567
Seonjo 1567–1608
Gwanghaegun 1608–1623
Injo 1623–1649
Hyojong 1649–1659
Hyeonjong 1659–1674
Sukjong 1674–1720
Gyeongjong 1720–1724
Yeongjo 1724–1776
Jeongjo 1776–1800
Sunjo 1800–1834
Heonjong 1834–1849
Cheoljong 1849–1864
Gojong 1864–1897

Cheoljong (Korean: 철종; Hanja: 哲宗; 25 July 1831 – 16 January 1864), personal name Yi Won-beom (이원범; 李元範), later Yi Byeon (이변; 李昪), was the 25th monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. After King Heonjong died without any descendants in 1849, Queen Sunwon chose Cheoljong, aged 19, to ascend to the throne, adopting him as the heir of her late husband, King Sunjo.

Cheoljong was a great-great-grandson of King Yeongjo. He grew up in poverty; even after becoming king, he had little political influence, and the power to govern was held mainly by the Andong Kim clan, the paternal family of Queen Sunwon.[4] The Andong Kim clan's monopoly caused nationwide corruption, resulting in a series of peasant revolts in southern Joseon in 1862. As Cheoljong's sons all died in infancy, he was succeeded by a distant relative, Gojong.

  1. ^ 조선왕조실록 철종실록 13권, 1861년 음력 3월 22일 1번째기사 (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, Annals of King Cheoljong, vol. 13, 01 May 1861, entry 1)
  2. ^ 조선왕조실록 철종실록 15권, 1864년 음력 12월 8일 8번째기사 (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, Annals of King Cheoljong, vol. 15, 16 January 1864, entry 8)
  3. ^ Ibid. 고종실록 1권, 1864년 음력 12월 8일 1번째기사 (Ibid. Annals of King Gojong, vol. 1, 16 January 1864, entry 1)
  4. ^ 배, 성호 (September 2020). [사극에 나오지 않는 조성왕조이야기 6‧끝] 순조부터 순종까지…외척과 일본에 시달리다 빛 못 본 조선말 다섯 왕. Retrieved 13 January 2024.


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