Yi Ja-chun

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In this Korean name, the family name is Yi.
Yi Ja-chun
이자춘
Born20 January 1315
Aldongcheon Lake, Dongbuk-myeon, Kingdom of Goryeo
Died3 June 1361 (aged 46)
Yeongheung, Dongbuk-myeon, Kingdom of Goryeo
Burial
Jeongneung Tomb, Hamju County, South Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea
SpouseQueen Uihye
IssueYi Seong-gye, King Taejo of Joseon
Posthumous name
  • King Hwan → King Yeongmu Seonghwan the Great
    • 환왕 → 연무성환대왕
    • 桓王 → 淵武聖桓大王
Temple name
  • Hwanjo (환조, 桓祖)
ClanJeonju Yi clan
DynastyHouse of Yi
FatherDojo of Joseon
MotherQueen Gyeongsun of the Munju Park clan
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHwanjo
McCune–ReischauerHwancho
Birth name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Jachun
McCune–ReischauerYi Chach'un

Hwanjo of Joseon (20 January 1315 – 3 June 1361), personal name Yi Ja-chun (Hangul: 이자춘, Hanja: 李子春), Mongolian name Ulus Bukha (吾魯思不花), was a minor military officer of the Yuan Empire, who later transferred his allegiance to Goryeo. He was the father of Yi Seong-gye, the founder of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. He was given the temple name Hwanjo by his grandson, King Taejong.

Biography[edit]

Yi Ja-chun was a mingghan (chief of one thousand) of the Yuan Dynasty in Ssangseong Prefectures (雙城; present-day Kŭmya County, South Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea - territory which was then administered by the Mongol Empire as part of the terms of the vassaldom of Goryeo to the empire). After Ssangseong was annexed by Goryeo under King Gongmin, he migrated to Hamju and got promoted to manho (the equivalent of the Mongolian tümen, lit. ten thousand or chief of ten thousand). He married a Goryeo-Korean lady from Anbyeon, who became Queen Uihye, the mother of Yi Seong-gye. He died in Hamgyong in 1361.

Since he was glamorized by his descendants, descriptions of Yi Ja-chun's life tend to be contradictory to each other. For example, he is said to have risen to the rank of scholar-official. However, when he died, the king at the time expressed condolences for Ja-chun as if for scholar-officials, implying that Yi Ja-chun was not a scholar-official.[citation needed]

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