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The Jeonju Yi clan (Korean: 전주 이씨; Hanja: 全州 李氏) is a Korean clan with the surname Yi. Their Bon-gwan is in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. The clan includes the former House of Yi which ruled the Joseon dynasty and the Korean Empire. Their founder was Yi Han .
The House of Yi, also called the Yi dynasty (also transcribed as the Lee dynasty), was the royal family of the Joseon dynasty and later the imperial family of the Korean Empire, descended from the Joseon founder Yi Seong-gye. All of his descendants are members of the Jeonju Yi clan.
The Imperial Seal of Korea first represented the Jeonju Yi clan. The symbol came into play as one of the royal symbols when the King Taejo of Joseon ascended the throne in a coup d'etat against King U of Goryeo .
The House of Yi, also called the Yi dynasty, was the royal family of the Joseon dynasty and later the imperial family of the Korean Empire, descended from the Joseon founder Yi Seong-gye. All of his descendants are members of the Jeonju Yi clan.
Jeonju is the ancestral home of Yi Seong-gye, or King Taejo, where the Jeonju Yi clan resided until Taejo’s great grandfather, Yi An-sa (?–1274) moved to northeast Korea.
The name “Gyeonggijeon” means “the place where joy settled down,” which is quite fitting for the birthplace of the Jeonju Yi clan to which Yi Seong-gye belongs. Gyeonggijeon consists of Hamabi Stele, which means that anyone on a horse should dismount since it is a sacred place, as well as Red Hongsalmun symbolizing the entrance to a ...
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The Jeonju Yi clan (Korean : 전주 이씨 ; Hanja : 全州 李氏 ) is a Korean clan with the surname Yi. Their Bon-gwan is in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. The clan includes the former House of Yi which ruled the Joseon dynasty and the Korean Empire. Their founder was Yi Han (Korean : 이한 ; Hanja : 李翰 ).
