House of Yi

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The House of Yi was the royal family that ruled Korea for centuries, including during the final Korean Empire period before Japanese annexation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
House of Yi canonical 4
Jeonju Yi clan 1
Korean imperial family 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dynasty
royal house
associatedWith Joseon
surface form: Joseon dynasty

Korean Empire
capitalDuringRule Hanseong
Seoul
continentRuledIn Asia
East Asia
countryOfOrigin Korea
countryRuled Joseon
Korea
Korean Empire
culturalContribution development of Korean Confucian culture
promotion of Hangul
deposedBy Imperial Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
endTime 1910
eraIncludes Joseon
surface form: Joseon period

Korean Empire
surface form: Korean Empire period
ethnicGroup Korean
eventEndCause Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty
followedBy Japanese rule over Korea
founder Yi Seong-gye
surface form: Taejo of Joseon
governingSystem hereditary monarchy
hasDynasticSurname Yi
houseType patrilineal clan
introducedPolicy state Neo-Confucianism
languageUsed Korean
lastRulingMonarch Sunjong of Korea
memberOf Korean monarchy
militaryConflict Imjin War
Manchu invasions of Korea
modernDescendants House of Yi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Korean imperial family
namedAfter Yi family
notableMember Gojong of Korea
Jeongjo of Joseon
Sejong the Great
Sunjong of Korea
Yi Seong-gye
surface form: Taejo of Joseon

Yeongjo of Joseon
penultimateRulingMonarch Gojong of Korea
precededBy Goryeo
surface form: Goryeo dynasty
religion Buddhism
Neo-Confucianism
royalTitle Emperor Gojong of Korea
surface form: Emperor of Korea

King of Joseon
scriptUsed Hangul
Hanja
startTime 1392
statusAfter1910 former royal family of Korea
territoryIncludes Korean Peninsula

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Input
Subject: House of Yi
Description of subject: The House of Yi was the royal family that ruled Korea for centuries, including during the final Korean Empire period before Japanese annexation.

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Korean Empire lastRulingDynasty House of Yi
Korean Empire rulingHouse House of Yi
this entity surface form: Jeonju Yi clan
Sejong the Great house House of Yi
House of Yi modernDescendants House of Yi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Korean imperial family
Gojong of Korea royalHouse House of Yi
Sunjong of Korea house House of Yi