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Queen Uihye of the Yeongheung Ch'oe clan (Korean: 의혜왕후 최씨; Hanja: 懿惠王后 崔氏; 1304–?) was the wife of Yi Cha-ch'un and mother of Yi Sŏng-gye, Joseon's founder. She was posthumously honoured as Ui-Bi (의비; 懿妃; lit. virtuous queen) at first.
Queen Uihye of the Yeongheung Ch'oe clan (Korean: 의혜왕후 최씨; Hanja: 懿惠王后 崔氏; 1304–?) was the wife of Yi Cha-ch'un and mother of Yi Sŏng-gye, Joseon's founder. [1] She was posthumously honoured as Ui-Bi (의비; 懿妃; lit. virtuous queen) at first.
Although Yi Pang-wŏn, Taejo's fifth son by his first wife Queen Sinui, had contributed the most to his father's rise to power, he harbored a profound hatred against two of Taejo's key allies, Chŏng To-jŏn and Nam Ŭn.
e. Taejong (Korean : 태종 ; Hanja : 太宗; 16 May 1367 – 10 May 1422), [ i ][ ii ] personal name Yi Pang-wŏn (이방원 ; 李芳遠), was the third monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea and the father of Sejong the Great. [ 1 ] He was the fifth son of King Taejo, the founder of the dynasty.
In 1392, her brother made a new dynasty, their father was granted royal title as King Hwan (환왕; 桓王; later Hwanjo; 환조; 桓祖) and their mother was granted the title as Queen Ui (의비, 懿妃; later Queen Uihye; 의혜왕후; 懿惠王后).
Yi Cha-ch'un ( Korean : 이자춘; Hanja : 李子春; 20 January 1315 – 3 June 1361) or known by his Mongolian name Ulus Bukha ( Korean : 울루스부카; Hanja : 吾魯思不花 ), was a minor military officer of the Yuan Empire who later transferred his allegiance to Goryeo and became the father of Yi Sŏng-gye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty.
Sejo (Korean: 세조; Hanja: 世祖; 7 November 1417 – 23 September 1468), personal name Yi Yu (이유; 李瑈), sometimes known as Grand Prince Suyang (수양대군; 首陽大君), was the seventh monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He was the second son of Sejong the Great and the uncle of King Danjong, against whom he led a coup d ...
