Emperor Gwangmu

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Emperor Gwangmu is the posthumous imperial title of Gojong, the late 19th- and early 20th-century Korean monarch who transformed the Joseon Kingdom into the Korean Empire in an effort to assert independence amid foreign encroachment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Joseon
monarch
posthumous title
ascendedThrone 1863
associatedWith modernization of Korea
birthDate 1852-09-08
birthPlace Han Yang NERFINISHED
Seoul NERFINISHED
burialPlace Hongneung NERFINISHED
capitalDuringReign Han Yang NERFINISHED
Seoul NERFINISHED
child Crown Prince Yi Cheok NERFINISHED
Sunjong of Korea NERFINISHED
country Korea NERFINISHED
deathDate 1919-01-21
deathPlace Deoksugung NERFINISHED
dynasty Joseon dynasty NERFINISHED
endOfReignAsEmperor 1907
endOfReignAsKingOfJoseon 1897
era Korean Empire period NERFINISHED
late Joseon period
eraName Gwangmu NERFINISHED
ethnicity Korean
father Heungseon Daewongun NERFINISHED
forcedAbdication 1907
foreignPolicy balancing Qing, Japan, and Western powers
house House of Yi NERFINISHED
language Korean
mother Yeoheung Min clan lady NERFINISHED
notableEvent Eulmi Incident NERFINISHED
Gabo Reform era NERFINISHED
Hague Secret Emissary Affair NERFINISHED
Russo-Japanese War period
transformation of Joseon into Korean Empire
opposedBy Japanese Empire NERFINISHED
politicalGoal Korean independence
posthumousName Emperor Gwangmu NERFINISHED
proclaimedKoreanEmpire 1897
refersTo Gojong of Korea NERFINISHED
regnalName Gojong NERFINISHED
reignTitle Emperor Gwangmu NERFINISHED
religion Korean Confucianism
spouse Empress Myeongseong NERFINISHED
Empress Sunjeonghyo NERFINISHED
successor Sunjong of Korea NERFINISHED
templeName Gojong NERFINISHED
title Emperor of Korea NERFINISHED
King of Joseon NERFINISHED

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Gojong of Korea posthumousName Emperor Gwangmu