Seonjo of Joseon
14th King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history · South Korea · Historical Figures · Lived 1552 to 1608 · aged 55
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Something wrong?A Joseon king whose early reforms gave way to catastrophic leadership during the Imjin War, when invasion exposed the cost of political discord and unpreparedness.
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Yi Gyun, youngest son of Prince Deokheung and grandson of King Jungjong, became the 14th monarch of Joseon at 14 when his uncle King Myeongjong died in 1552. He took the throne promoting Confucianism and pushing reforms, the energy of a young ruler trying to right the state. Then came the Imjin War. The invasion laid bare years of political infighting and a leadership that couldn't hold when it mattered. He died in 1608, his name tethered not to the reforms but to the unraveling.
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