Empress Sunjeonghyo

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Empress Sunjeonghyo was the last empress consort of Korea, remembered for her role in the final years of the Korean Empire and her symbolic presence during the transition to Japanese colonial rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 20th-century Korean woman
Joseon dynasty person
Korean Empire person
Korean royal consort
empress consort
associatedWith House of Yi NERFINISHED
Korean royal family NERFINISHED
birthDate 1894-09-23
birthName Yun Jeung-sun NERFINISHED
birthPlace Hanseong, Joseon NERFINISHED
Seoul, Korea NERFINISHED
burialPlace Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea NERFINISHED
Yureung Royal Tomb NERFINISHED
clan Haepyeong Yun clan NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Korea under Japanese rule NERFINISHED
Korean Empire NERFINISHED
deathDate 1966-02-03
deathPlace Seoul, South Korea NERFINISHED
empressConsortOf Korean Empire NERFINISHED
era late Joseon and Korean Empire period
father Yun Taek-yeong NERFINISHED
gender female
hadNoChildren true
hangulName 순정효황후 NERFINISHED
house Yun clan of Haepyeong NERFINISHED
husband Emperor Sunjong of Korea NERFINISHED
languageOfName Korean
lastEmpressConsortOf Korea NERFINISHED
livedDuring Japanese rule over Korea
McCuneReischauer Sunjŏnghyo Hwanghu NERFINISHED
monarchConsortOf Emperor Sunjong of Korea NERFINISHED
mother Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan NERFINISHED
name Empress Sunjeonghyo NERFINISHED
notableFor being the last empress consort of Korea
symbolic role during the transition to Japanese colonial rule
positionHeld Crown Princess of Korea NERFINISHED
Dowager Empress of Korea NERFINISHED
Empress consort of Korea
predecessorAsEmpressConsort Empress Myeongseong NERFINISHED
reignAsCrownPrincessEnd 1907-08-01
reignAsCrownPrincessStart 1907-01-01
reignAsEmpressConsortEnd 1910-08-29
reignAsEmpressConsortStart 1907-08-01
religion Korean Buddhism NERFINISHED
revisedRomanization Sunjeonghyo Hwanghu NERFINISHED
royalTitle Her Imperial Majesty The Empress Sunjeonghyo NERFINISHED
spouse Emperor Sunjong of Korea NERFINISHED
successorAsEmpressConsort none

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Gojong of Korea spouse Empress Sunjeonghyo
Sunjong of Korea spouse Empress Sunjeonghyo