# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sukjong-of-joseon
# Generated: 2026-09-02T07:33:51.819Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/sukjong-of-joseon"
name: "Sukjong of Joseon"
slug: "sukjong-of-joseon"
description: "A 12-year-old king who learned to turn Korea's warring political factions into chess pieces—playing Southerners against Westerners, Soron against Noron, never letting any camp settle long enough to cage the throne."
tagline: "19th King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sukjong_of_Joseon.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "KR"
birthDate: "1661-08-15"
deathDate: "1720-06-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           21.627732
  currentAttention:     5.166666666666667
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Yi Gwang took the throne of Joseon on 7 October 1661, twelve years old and freshly orphaned by his father Hyeonjong's death. The scholar-officials who had long steered the court expected pliability. They got the opposite. He changed his name to Yi Sun and spent his reign mastering a trick that would define 59 years of rule: rotating his favor among the Namin, Seoin, Soron, and Noron factions in careful sequence, never allowing one block to consolidate enough power to dilute the crown. The constant churn kept the bureaucrats off-balance and the king's hand free. By the time he died on 12 July 1720, royal authority stood taller than it had in generations—testament to a legislator who understood that loyalty, when distributed in shifting doses, becomes leverage.