Yi Cheong
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| Yi Cheong | |
| Hangul | 이청 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 李淸 |
| Revised Romanization | I Cheong |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Ch'ŏng |
Yi Chung (born 1936), is a member of the former Imperial Family of Korea and the geneaological male-line heir of Emperor Gojong. 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 Unhyeongung, 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 Imperial Ui, who died in 1955. In 1991, Prince Chung returned to his ancestral home of Unhyeongung to Seoul city government on the death of his mother.
At present, he is de jure geneaological heir to the headship of the Imperial family when male primogeniture is applied. However, he has not taken an active position on the debate between leadership of Imperial family between his two relatives, Hereditary Prince Imperial Won (a first cousin and the son of the 9th son of Prince Ui) and Princess Haewon (aunt and second eldest daughter of Prince Ui).