Yi Chung
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| Yi Chung | |
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| Hangul: |
이청
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| Hanja: |
李淸
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| Revised Romanization: | I Cheong |
| McCune-Reischauer: | I Ch'ŏng |
Yi Chung (1936-), is a member of the former Imperial Family of Korea. He is the eldest son of Prince Wu of Korea who inherited the title of Prince Heung with the 4th head of Unhyun Palace and his wife Princess Chanju, a granddaughter of Marquis Park Yeonghyo who was a son-in-law of King Cheoljong of Joseon.
At the age of nine, he inherited Unhyun Palace, where Emperor Gojong was born, after his father died in an atomic bomb blast. In 1947, his father's elder brother, Prince Gun (Momoyama Ken'ichi), acquired Japanese citizenship, thereby renouncing his Korean legacy. This made Prince Chung the direct heir of his grandfather, Prince Gang, who died in 1955. On 1991, Prince Chung returned to his ancestral home of Unhyun Palace to Seoul city government on the death of his mother.
At present, he is de jure heir presumptive to the leadership of the Imperial family after his first cousin once removed, Prince Yi Gu, when male primogeniture is applied. However, he has not taken an active position on the debate between leadership of Imperial family between his two uncles, Prince Yi Seok, his father's half-brother, and Prince Yi Gu, his father's cousin and acknowledged head of the house.
