Onjo of Baekje

King Onjo
Eoraha
Portrait of King Onjo
King of Baekje
Reign18 BC - 28 AD
Coronation18 BC
PredecessorThe founder of the kingdom
SuccessorDaru
BornBuyeo Onjo/Eunjo
36 BC (Estimated)
Buyeo
Died28 AD
Wiryeseong
IssueBuyeo Daru
Buyeo Deokjwa
HouseBuyeo
DynastyBaekje
FatherWutae or Dongmyeong
MotherSoseono
Onjo of Baekje
Hangul
온조 어라하
Hanja
Revised RomanizationOnjo Eoraha
McCune–ReischauerOnjo Ŏraha

Onjo (?–28, reigned c. 18 BC – AD 28[1]) was the founding monarch of Baekje (백제, 百濟), one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.[2] According to the Samguk Sagi (삼국사기, 三國史記), he founded the royal family of Baekje.

  1. ^ info by the translators of Il-yeon: Samguk Yusa: Legends and History of the Three Kingdoms of Ancient Korea, translated by Tae-Hung Ha and Grafton K. Mintz. Book One, page 25. Silk Pagoda (2006). ISBN 1-59654-348-5
  2. ^ Gina Barnes, «State Formation in Korea: Emerging Elites», p.13, Routledge, 2013, ISBN 1136840974