Crown Prince Euimin

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Crown Prince Euimin
Birth name
Hangul: 이은
Hanja: 李垠
McCune-Reischauer: Yi Ŭn
Revised Romanization: I Eun
Imperial title
Hangul: 영친왕
Meaning: Prince Imperial Yeong
Hanja: 英親王
Revised Romanization: Yeongchinwang
Posthumous title
Hangul: 의민태자
Meaning: Crown Prince Uimin
Hanja: 懿愍太子
Revised Romanization: Uimin Taeja

Prince Imperial Yeong, the Crown Prince Uimin (also Euimin), (born 20 October 1897 – 1 May 1970) was the 28th Head of Korean Imperial House, and the last crown prince of Korea.

He was born on 20 October 1897 at Deoksu Palace in Seoul as the seventh son of Gojong, the Gwangmu Emperor and his second wife, Princess Sunheon. He was also the younger brother by a different mother of Emperor Sunjong and Prince Gang. He was titled Prince Imperial Yeong in 1900, and became the crown prince in 1907, although his elder brother Prince Gang was alive. Prince Gang's influence to the throne was not strong because his own mother, Lady Jang, had already died.

On December 1907, he was taken to Japan on the pretence of his studies and he married Princess Nashimotonomiya Masako of Japan (born 4 November 1901 – 30 April 1989), the eldest daughter of Prince Nashimotonomiya Morimasa, on 28 April 1920 at Tokyo. In 1910, when Emperor Sunjong was forced to abdicate by Japan, he was titled His Royal Highness Crown Prince Lee of Korea. On 24 April 1926, he became King Yi of Korea (demoted Korean sovereign's title after the Japan-Korean Annexation Treaty) when Emperor Sunjong died.

Prince Yi Eu (also knowed how Prince Un Yi in Japan) was served in Japanese Army how Commanding Officer 59th Regiment,4th Depot Division,51st Division amongst served in Imperial Army Air Force how General Officer Commanding 1st Air Army. He served as Instructor at Military Staff College, attached to Inspectorate-General of Military Training and enter to Membership of the Supreme War Council during wartimes.

After Korea became independent of Japan in 1945, he asked President Rhee Syng-man to allow him to go back to Korea with his family but was refused. He was offered a position of Korean Ambassador to the St James Court 1960, but refused on the grounds of ill health. On November 1963, (with request from President Park Chung-hee) he and his wife, Crown Princess Bangja came back to Korea for the first time in 56 years but was already unconscious from cerebral thrombosis and was rushed to Seoul Sungmo Hospital where he remained bedridden for the rest of his life.

After that, he lived at Nakseon Hall, Changdeok Palace, the former residence of Imperial house in Seoul with Bangja and his younger sister Princess Dukhye. Seven years after returning to his country, he died on 1 May 1970 at Nakseon Hall, Changdeok Palace, Seoul. He was buried at Hongyureung in Namyangju, near the Seoul and is known posthumously as Crown Prince Euimin of Korea.

[edit] Children

  • Yi Jin (李晋 이진 I Jin) (born 18 August 1921 – 11 May 1922), the eldest son of Prince Eun and his wife, Princess Bangja. He was poisoned during a visit to Korea with his parents. His funeral was held on 17 May 1922 and he is buried in Korea.
  • Yi Gu (李玖 이구 I Gu) (born 29 December 1931 – 16 July 2005), the second son of Prince Eun and his wife, Princess Bangja. Prince Gu became the 29th Head of the Korean Imperial Household upon the death of his father.

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House of Yi
Born: 20 October 1897
Died: 1 May 1970
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Sunjong of Korea		 * NOT REIGNING *
Emperor of Korea
(1926-1970)
* Reason for Succession Failure: *
Empire abolished in 1910 		 Succeeded by
Prince Imperial Hoeun
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