Aejang of Silla

Aejang of Silla
Hangul	애장왕
Hanja	哀莊王
Revised Romanization	Aejang wang
McCune–Reischauer	Aejang wang
Birth name
Hangul	[김청명 also 김중희 ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
Hanja	[金淸明 also 金重熙 ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
Revised Romanization	Gim Cheong-myeong also Gim Jung-hui
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Ch'ŏngmyŏng also Kim Chunghŭi

Aejang of Silla (788–809) (r. 800–809) was the 40th ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla. He was the eldest son of King Soseong and Queen Gyehwa. He married a lady of the Pak clan.

In 802, Aejang had the great temple of Haeinsa built on Gayasan. In 803, he formed an alliance with Wa. In 806, he forbade the building of new temples. In 809, he was slain by his uncle Kim Eon-seung, who had been regent and took the throne for himself. year 809, the aejangwang and his brother chemyeong was killed.

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Aejang of Silla House of Kim Born: 788 Died: 809
Preceded by Soseong	King of Korea Unified Silla 800–809	Succeeded by Heondeok

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Munmu 661–681 Sinmun 681–691 Hyoso 692–702 Seongdeok 702–737 Hyoseong 737–742 Gyeongdeok 742–765 Hyegong 765–780 Seondeok 780–785 Wonseong 785–798 Soseong 798–800 Aejang 800–809 Heondeok 809–826 Heungdeok 826–836 Huigang 836–838 Minae 838–839 Sinmu 839 Munseong 839–857 Heonan 857–861 Gyeongmun 861–875 Heongang 875–886 Jeonggang 886–887 Jinseong 887–897 Hyogong 897–912 Sindeok 912–917 Gyeongmyeong 917–924 Gyeongae 924–927 Gyeongsun 927–935
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