Yi Hae-won | |
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Head of the House of Yi[1] (disputed) | |
Period | 16 July 2005 – 8 February 2020 |
Coronation | 16 July 2005 |
Predecessor | Crown Prince Yi Gu |
Successor | None |
Born | Sadong Palace, Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (now Seoul, South Korea) | 24 April 1919
Died | 8 February 2020 Hanam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea | (aged 100)
Spouse | Yi Seung-gyu |
Issue |
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House | Jeonju Yi (by birth) Yongin Yi (by marriage) |
Father | Prince Yi Kang of Korea |
Mother | Yi Hui-chun, Lady Yi of Sudeok Hall (biological) Kim Su-deok, Lady Kim of Deokin Hall (adoptive) |
Korean Imperial name | |
Hangul | 이진 |
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Hanja | 李珍 |
Revised Romanization | Yi Jin |
McCune–Reischauer | I Ch'in |
Childhood name | |
Hangul | 이길운 or 이원 |
Hanja | 李吉雲 or 李瑗 |
Revised Romanization | Yi Gil-un or Yi Won |
McCune–Reischauer | I Kil-un or I Won |
Registered Name | |
Hangul | 이해원 |
Hanja | 李海瑗 |
Revised Romanization | Yi Hae-won |
McCune–Reischauer | I Hae-wŏn |
Yi Hae-won (Korean: 이해원; Hanja: 李海瑗; 24 April 1919 – 8 February 2020), also Lee Hae-won, was a member of House of Yi: the royal family of Joseon and the Korean Empire. She was born as the second daughter of Prince Imperial Ui who was the fifth son of Emperor Gojong of Korea. Her mother was one of Prince Ui's concubines, Lady Yi of Sudeok Hall. Yi was considered one of two pretenders to the throne, alongside her nephew, Yi Won.[2][3]
She died at the age of 100 in her house on Hanam City, Gyeonggi Province.[4]