Spouse Lee Seunggyu Parents Yi Kang Father Prince Yi Kang Grandparents Gojong of Korea | Mother Yi Hui-chun Name Yi Hae-won | |
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Pretend 29 September 2006 – present Born 24 April 1919 (age 104)
Sadong Palace, Seoul, South Korea ( 1919-04-24 ) Similar People Yi Kang, Yi Seok, Yi Geon, Yi Wu, Gojong of Korea | ||
Great-grandparents Heungseon Daewongun | ||
Princess Yi Haewŏn (born April 24, 1919), a descendant of the Joseon dynasty (Empire of Korea), is a pretender to the throne of Korea. She is a second daughter of Prince Imperial Ui of Korea, a fifth son of Emperor Gojong of Korea and his concubine, Lady Sudeokdang. Princess Yi Haewŏn is currently a disputed pretender to the position of head of the Korean Imperial Household with her nephew Won, Hereditary Prince Imperial of Korea. She is the eldest of the surviving daughters of Prince Imperial Ui.
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Birth and marriage
Haewŏn was born in Sadong Palace which was an official residence of her family in Seoul and raised in Unhyeon Palace. She graduated from Kyunggi High School in 1936 and then married Lee Seunggyu, who was kidnapped compulsorily to North Korea in the Korean War, having had issue, three sons and one daughter.
Enthronement
Claiming the Throne since the death of her cousin Prince Hoeun on 16 July 2005, Princess Haewŏn was enthroned as the symbolic monarch of Korea on 29 September 2006 by the Korean Imperial Family Association, organized by about a dozen descendants of the Joseon dynasty. She lays claim to the title of the Empress of Korea and declared the restoration of Imperial House in her own succession ceremony. The private enthronement was not approved or supported by the republican government of South Korea.