Yi Kang
Yi Kang | |
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Born | Hanseong-bu, Joseon | 30 March 1877
Died | 15 August 1955 Seongrak Manor, Seongbuk-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea | (aged 78)
Burial | Hongyu-reung, Namyang-ju |
Spouse | Kim Sudeok, Princess Imperial Ui
(m. 1892; died 1955)Concubines:
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Issue Detail | Prince Yi Geon (Kenichi Momoyama) Prince Yi U Yi Bang Yi Hae-wan Yi Chang Yi Ju (Yi Su-gil) Yi Hae-won Yi Gon Yi Hae-chun Yi Hae-suk Yi Gwang Yi Hyun Yi Haegyeong Yi Gap Yi Seok Yi Hoe-ja Yi Hwan Yi Hae-ran Yi Jung Yi Hae-ryeon Yi Chang-hui |
Father | Emperor Gojong of Korea |
Mother | Lady Jang of the Deoksu Jang clan |
Yi Kang | |
Hangul | 의친왕 이강 or 의화군 |
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Revised Romanization | Uichinwang I Gang or Uihwagun |
McCune–Reischauer | Ŭich'inwang I Kang or Ŭihwagun |
Yi Kang, Prince Imperial Ui (also known as Prince Uihwa, born 30 March 1877-15 August 1955), was the fifth son of Emperor Gojong of Korea and his concubine, Lady Jang, who was a court lady-in-waiting.
It was not until 1892 when he was recognized as a legitimate prince with the name of Yi Kang, and was titled Prince Uihwa with the style of Royal Highness, following a decree issued by his father. He married Lady Kim Sudeok, a daughter of an official in court, Kim Sajun. Prince Yi Kang was not the Crown Prince, even though he was older than his half-brother Prince Imperial Yeong, due to various reasons including the status of his mother.
Biography
Education and early life
There is no much official records about his early life, which may be caused by being born by Lady Jang, a court lady-in-waiting of King Gojong but not the king's official consort or concubine during her lifetime. Lady Jang came from the Deoksu Jang clan, and Queen Inseon (Hyojong of Joseon's queen consort) was her distant relative.[i] According to the tradition, the half-brothers of the crown prince, in this case, Yi Cheok (future Sunjong of Korea), needed to move out from the palace until the latter reached the age 10; as the result, there were some years that Yi Kang lives with Pak Yung-hio, the son-in-law of King Cheoljong.[2] During the Gapsin Coup in 1884, Yi Kang and his mother were taken by Pak Yung-hio to the palace; contemporary rumors claimed that the coup d'état tried to replace the king with Yi Kang;[3] but after the coup ended, Yi left the palace again. During his young age, Yi Kang grew up with a bad reputation because of his behavior.[2]
Later, Queen Min, Gojong's wife, asked her husband to grant Yi Kang a title, so Yi Kang became Prince Uihwa (의화군) in 1892.[4] After three rounds of choosing in 1893,[5] the daughter of an official Kim Sa-jun, Lady Kim (Kim Sudeok), was chosen to be the spouse of Yi Kang, which was arranged by Queen Min.[6] Lady Kim, also known as "Lady Kim of Deokindang", was a distant relative to Queen Inmok, the queen consort of Seonjo of Joseon in early 17th century;[ii] Yi Kang never had an issue with his wife. Even after getting married, Yi Kang got involved into deft and lawsuit problems.[6]
Prince Yi Kang was appointed special ambassador to the Empire of Japan for the celebration ceremonies for Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. The next year, he visited six European countries as an ambassador extraordinary: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, Italy and Austria-Hungary. In 1899, he studied for a year at Keio University in Tokyo. While he was not in Korea, Yi Kang was promoted to the rank of Prince Imperial Ui, and styled His Imperial Highness in 1900;[8] his late mother was also posthumously recognized as a concubine of the Emperor. By the same year, he went to the United States and began studies at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia from March 1901, where he majored in mathematics. After graduation, he spent a brief period at the Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, and then traveled to San Francisco and Hawaii, returning to Korea in 1905. While in the United States, he scandalized the Korean government with his profligate spending and playboy lifestyle. As the result, as well as the help from the Japanese, when childless Sunjong of Korea ascended to the throne in 1907, Yi Un, their younger half-brother, became the crown prince almost without any obstacles.[9]
Prince Yi Kang served as the president of the Korean Red Cross from 1906 to 1910.
Under Japanese rule
Following the abdication of King Gojong in 1907, and the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910 by which Korea was annexed to the Empire of Japan, Prince Yi Kang grew increasingly dissatisfied with his status, even though the Japanese provided him with a huge annual allowance. At the same time, the title "Prince Imperial Ui" was abolished and he was known as the "Duke Yi Kang", a title given by Japanese.[10]
In 1919, he collaborated with Choe Ik-hwan, a member of Daedongdan, who attempted to support him as the new leader of Korea. Prince Yi Kang then tried to escape to the Provisional Government of Korea based in Shanghai, only to be discovered in Dandong from Manchuria and returned to his home country. After this, the Japanese government claimed that Yi Kang was "abducted" and "wanted to escape to live profligately again".[11] Later, Yi Kang asked to deprive his title multiple times but he wasn't approved. As of November 10, 1925, a law for defining the status of the former Korean imperial family was made; on June 12, 1930, Yi Kang officially retired and his eldest son Yi Geon succeeded him as duke, but Yi Kang's styles and allowances still remained until the end of World War II.[12][13]
Throughout the Japanese rule, there were only few members of Yi Kang family recognized by Japan: Yi Kang himself, his wife Kim Sudeok (Duchess Consort of Yi Kang), his eldest son Duke Yi Geon with his family, and his second son Duke Yi U (adopted as the heir to Duke Yi Jun-yong in 1917) with his family;[14] for the rest of his children, they could either be adopted by various Korean nobles to retain fundamental rights including education,[15] or be illegitimate children, living with their mothers without any titles or noble privileges.[16]
After the independence of Korea, he continued to live in Seoul, but in increasing poverty.[17] On 9 August 1955 he was baptized a Roman Catholic, given the Christian name "Pius"; Lady Kim was also baptized and had a name "Maria".[18] Yi Kang passed way a week later on August 15, 1955, at the age of 78, in his mansion "Seongrakwon" Manor (now Seongnagwon Garden, in Seongbuk District, Seoul); he was buried in Hongneung and Yureung,[19] where his father and brothers were buried in Namyangju near Seoul.
Family
Prince Yi Gang married Kim Sudeok (22 December 1880 — 14 January 1964) in 1892; however, the couple had no children. Therefore, all children Yi Gang had, 12 sons and 9 daughters, were born by 13 of his various concubines.[17]
Wife
Name | Hanja and Korean | Birth | Death | Bon-gwan | Parents | Issue |
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Kim Suk [20][21][iii] |
金淑 김숙 |
22 December 1880 | 14 January 1964 | Yeonan Kim clan | Baron Kim Sa-jun Lady Hwang of the Changwon Hwang clan |
No issue |
Concubines
Courtesy Title | Name | Issue(s) |
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Lady Jeong of Sugwandang (수관당 정씨) | Lady Jeong (정씨) |
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Lady Kim of Suindang (수인당 김씨) | Kim Heung-in (김흥인) |
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Lady Jeong of Suhyundang (수현당 정씨) | Jeong Un-seok (정운석) |
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— | Cho Byeong-suk (조병숙) |
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Lady Yi of Sudeokdang (수덕당 이씨) | Yi Hui-chun (이희춘) |
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Lady Kim of Suwandang (수완당 김씨) | Kim Jeong-wan (김정완) |
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Lady Park of Sugildang (수길당 박씨) | Park Yeong-hui (박영희) |
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— | Lady Song (송씨) |
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Lady Kim of Sugyungdang (수경당 김씨) | Kim Chang-hui (김창희) |
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— | Kim Geum-deok (김금덕) |
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— | Ham Gae-bong (함개봉) |
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— | Kim Hye-su (김혜수) |
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— | Hong Jeong-sun (홍정순) |
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Sons
Name | Hanja | Birth Name | Registered Name | Birth | Death | Notes | Family | |
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1 | Yi Geon 이건 |
李鍵 | Yi Yong-gil 이용길 |
— | 1909 | 1990 |
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2 | Yi U 이우 |
李鍝 | Yi Seong-gil 이성길 |
— | 1912 | 1945 |
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3 | Yi Bang 이방 |
李鎊 | Yi Heung-gil 이흥길 |
Yi Hae-jin 이해진 |
1914 | 1951 |
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4 | Yi Chang 이창 |
李鎗 | Yi Chang-gil 이창길 |
Yi Hae-jik 이해직 |
1915 | ? |
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5 | Yi Ju 이주 |
李鑄 | Yi Su-gil 이수길 |
Yi Hae-il 이해일 |
1917 | 1982 |
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6 | Yi Gon 이곤 |
李錕 | Yi Myung-gil 이명길 |
1919 | 1984 |
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7 | Yi Gwang 이광 |
李鑛 | Yi Hyung-gil 이형길 |
Yi Hae-cheong 이해청 |
1920 | 1952 |
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8 | Yi Hyun 이현 |
李鉉 | Yi Gyung-gil 이경길 |
1922 | 1996 |
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9 | Yi Gap 이갑 |
李鉀 | Yi Chung-gil 이충길 |
Yi Hae-ryung 이해룡 |
1938 | 2014 |
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10 | Yi Seok 이석 |
李錫 | Yi Yung-gil 이영길 |
Yi Hae-seok 이해석 |
1941 | |||
11 | Yi Hwan 이환 |
李鐶 | Yi Mun-gil 이문길 |
Yi Hae-seon 이해선 |
1944 | |||
12 | Yi Jeong 이정 |
李鉦 | Yi Jeong-gil 이정길 |
Yi Hae-jun 이해준 |
1947 |
Daughters
Name | Birth Name | Registered Name | Hanja | Birth | Death | Notes | ||
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1 | Yi Yung 이영 |
Yi Gil-sun 이길순 |
Yi Hae-wan 이해완 |
李海琬 | 1918 | 1981 | Adopted by Viscount Yi Ki-yong[15] | |
2 | Yi Jin 이진 |
Yi Gil-un 이길운 |
Yi Hae-won 이해원 |
李海瑗 | 1919 | 2020 | ||
3 | Yi Chan 이찬 |
Yi Gil-yun 이길연 |
Yi Hae-chun 이해춘 |
李海珺 | 1920 | 2009 |
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4 | Yi Suk 이숙 |
Yi Gil-yung 이길영 |
Yi Hae-suk 이해숙 |
李海璛 | 1920 | ? | ||
5 | Yi Gong 이공 |
Yi Gil-sang 이길상 |
Yi Haegyeong 이해경 |
李海瓊 | 1930 |
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6 | Yi Jang 이장 |
Yi Hoe-ja 이희자 |
李惠子 | 1940 | 2015 |
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7 | Yi Yong 이용 |
Yi Suk-gi 이숙기 |
Yi Hae-ran 이해란 |
李海珃 | 1944 | |||
8 | Yi Hyun 이현 |
Yi Suk-hyang 이숙향 |
Yi Hae-ryun 이해련 |
李海瑢 | 1950 | |||
9 | Yi Min 이민 |
Yi Chang-hoe 이창희 |
李昌惠 | 1953 |
Ancestry
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Notes
- ^ According to the Jang family genealogy book published in 1974, Lady Jang was recorded as daughter of Jang Seok-Jeong (장석정, 1736-1796) but the time didn't match; it's also conjectured that her father could be Jang Jwa-geun (장좌근, b. 1819), a grandson of Jang Seok-Jeong, and Lady Yi of the Jeonju Yi clan (b. 1821).[1]
- ^ Through her father, Kim Sudeok was a 8-great-grandniece of Queen Inmok.[7]
- ^ "Kim Suk" was her official name, while "Kim Sudeok" was her original name by birth, whereas the more known one.[22]
- ^ A 9-great-grandson of Deokheung Daewongun, the 7th son of Jungjong of Joseon.[50]
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