Yi Seok

In this Korean name, the family name is Yi.
Yi Seok
  • 이석
Head of the House of Yi
(disputed)
Imperial by Constitution16 July 2005 – present
PredecessorPrince Yi Ku
SuccessorAndrew Lee
Born (1941-08-30) 30 August 1941 (age 83)
Sadong Palace [ko], Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
(now Seoul, South Korea)
SpouseDokko Jeonghui (divorced)[1]
Song Hui-yeong (divorced)
Kyung Sook Lee
IssueYi Hong
Yi Jin
HouseYi
FatherYi Kang, Prince Imperial Ui
MotherLady Hong Chŏng-sun
Occupation
Korean name
Hangul
이석
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Seok
McCune–ReischauerI Sŏk
Birth name
Hangul
이해석
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Haeseok
McCune–ReischauerI Haesŏk

Yi Seok (Korean: 이석; born 3 August 1941) is a South Korean entrepreneur. He is a member of the House of Yi, the royal house of Joseon and Korean Empire. He is the 10th son of Prince Yi Kang, the fifth son of Emperor Gojong, and one of his consorts, Lady Hong Chŏng-sun.

Yi has been described as "one of two pretenders to the Korean throne and the only one living in Korea".[4] Yi promotes the creation of a constitutional monarchy alongside the existing presidential system. In August 2006, Yi founded the Imperial Cultural Foundation of Korea (황실문화재단) to support this proposal.

In his early life, he gained fame as a singer and he released a 1967 album Pigeon House. Since 2004, he has been employed by the city of Jeonju to promote tourism. He also serves as a professor of history at Jeonju University. Yi's guesthouse in the Jeonju Hanok Village has been visited by Presidents Roh Moo-hyun and Moon Jae-in.

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  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Korea.net20080816 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "HOME 커버스토리 커버스토리 [(사)대한황실문화재단 황손 이석 총재] "대한민국은 광복의 정신으로 미래 역사를 열어가야 한다"". 8 August 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Korea.net". Archived from the original on 25 August 2018.