Crown Prince Uiso Explained

Yi Jeong, Crown Prince Uiso
이정 의소세자
Succession:Crown Prince Successor of Joseon
Successor:Crown Prince Successor Yi San
Father:Crown Prince Sado
Mother:Crown Princess Consort Hyegyeong of the Pungsan Hong clan
Birth Name:Yi Jeong
Birth Date:27 September 1750
Birth Place:Changdeok Palace, Hanseong, Joseon
Death Place:Changdeok Palace, Hanseong, Joseon
Royal House:House of Yi
Hangul:의소 세손
Rr:Uiso Seson
Mr:Uiso Seson
Hangulborn:이정
Rrborn:Yi Jeong
Mrborn:Yi Chŏng

Crown Prince Uiso (; 27 September 1750 – 17 April 1752) or Crown Prince Successor Uiso, personal name Yi Jeong was a Joseon Crown Prince as the son of Crown Prince Sado and Crown Princess Consort Hyegyeong and was third in line of succession to the throne to King Yeongjo. He was the older brother of King Jeongjo. His Chinese name was Changheung .[1]

Biography

His mother, Lady Hyegyeong, of Pungsan was from a famous royal family line. His maternal grandfather was Hong Bong-han, whose younger brother was Hong In-han, a minister and later Prime Minister of that time.

He was the first grandson of the 21st King Yeongjo of Joseon and his father, Crown Prince Sado, was the illegitimate second son of King Yeongjo. King Yeongjo's first son, Crown Prince Hyojang, died at the age of 10, leaving Crown Prince Sado as King Yeongjo's only male descendant. King Yeongjo hoped for another son but instead bore only daughters.

Uiso's father Crown Prince Sado had a severe mental illness and was often at odds with his father, King Yeongjo. Crown Prince Sado favoured the political party Soron, while King Yeongjo supported the ruling party Noron. Later King Yeongjo had his son, Crown Prince Sado, executed by locking him in a rice chest and starving him.

On September 27, 1750, he was born in Gyeongchungung, Changgyeong Palace, Hanseong, Joseon. On May 13, 1751 King Yeongjo declared him the political heir.

In November 1751, his aunt Lady Hyeonbin died, then soon after on 17 April 1752, Crown Prince Uiso died Tongmyongjeon. His grandfather, King Yeongjo took the deaths hard and severed from psychological trauma for some time.

He was given a state funeral,[2] from special instructions of King Yeongjo. His body was buried to the south of Mt. Ahnhyon (안현 鞍峴), Bugahyeon-dong in Hanseong.[3] King Yeongjo named his grave Uiso grave and wrote the epitaphs, erecting a tombstone.

In 1870, his grave name was Uiryong Park .[4] On June 7, 1949, his grave was moved to Wondang in Goyang.

Family

  1. Brother: King Jeongjo of Joseon (; 28 October 1752 – 18 August 1800)
    1. Sister-in-law: Queen Hyoui of the Cheongpung Kim clan (; 5 January 1754 – 10 April 1821)
  2. Sister: Princess Cheongyeon (; 1754 – 9 June 1821)
    1. Brother-in-law: Kim Gi-seong (; ?–1811)
  3. Sister: Princess Cheongseon (; 1756 – 20 July 1802)
    1. Brother-in-law: Jeong Jae-hwa (; 1754–1790)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 제--호 의소세손묘소도감의궤 상 (懿昭世孫墓所都監儀軌 上). www.heritage.go.kr. June 26, 2021. ko.
  2. http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=103&oid=001&aid=0002306189 조선왕실 장례 지침서 '국조상례보편' 국역
  3. http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=103&oid=001&aid=0003326642 의소세손 의령원 부장품
  4. https://www.culturecontent.com/content/contentView.do?search_div=CP_THE&search_div_id=CP_THE010&cp_code=cp1012&index_id=cp10120027&content_id=cp101200270001&print=Y 의령원 터