# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sunjong-of-korea
# Generated: 2026-09-01T16:14:33.086Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sunjong-of-korea"
name: "Sunjong of Korea"
slug: "sunjong-of-korea"
description: "The last emperor of Korea reigned for three years under Japanese control before his throne disappeared entirely in 1910."
tagline: "The 2nd emperor of the Korean Empire. (1874–1926)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sunjong_of_the_Korean_Empire.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1874-03-25"
deathDate: "1926-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.96
  momentum:             1.485565238010552
  historical:           23.395
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Historical Figure"
    slug: "historical-figure"
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    slug: "royalty"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "19th Century"
    slug: "19th-century"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "سانجونق کره"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سونجۆنگی کۆریا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sunjong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunjong_de_Corea"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunjong"
    title: "Sunjong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Szundzsong koreai császár"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sunjong dari Korea"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "სუნჯონგი (კორეის იმპერატორი)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сунджон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "순종 (대한제국)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sunjong (imperator Coreae)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сүньжон ван"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sunjong dari Korea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ဆုန်းဂျွံဧကရာဇ်"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sunjong van Korea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sunjong av Korea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunjong_van_Korea"
    title: "Sunjong van Korea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ينغهي إمبراطور كوريا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Yi Cheok became Emperor Sunjong on 25 March 1874, ascending after his father Gojong was forced to abdicate. Historians describe him as a powerless puppet, his rule orchestrated by the Japanese from the start. He held the title Yunghui Emperor, but the sovereignty was hollow. On the throne from 1907, he watched Korea's independence collapse around him until formal annexation erased the monarchy in 1910. He lived sixteen more years without a country, dying on 25 April 1926.