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Gojong of Korea

1852 - 1919

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Gojong (Korean: 고종; Hanja: 高宗; 8 September 1852 – 21 January 1919), personal name Yi Myeongbok (이명복; 李命福), later Yi Hui (이희; 李㷩), also known as the Gwangmu Emperor (광무제; 光武帝), was the penultimate Korean monarch. He ruled Korea for 43 years, from 1864 to 1907, first as the last king of Joseon, and then as the first emperor of the Korean Empire from 1897 until his forced abdication in 1907. His wife, Queen Min (posthumously honored as Empress Myeongseong), played an active role in politics until her assassination carried out by the Japanese. Gojong oversaw the bulk of the Korean monarchy's final years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gojong of Korea is the 884th most popular politician (down from 618th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 6th in 2019) and the 11th most popular South Korean Politician.

Gojong of Korea is most famous for being the last king of Korea. He was the son of King Kojong and Queen Min, who was a concubine. He became the king after his father died in 1907.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gojong of Korea ranks 884 out of 19,576. Before him are Henry III of England, Hamid Karzai, Jeongjo of Joseon, Maxentius, Sigismund II Augustus, and John of Bohemia. After him are Maurice, Prince of Orange, Jadwiga of Poland, Ngo Dinh Diem, Charles IV of Spain, Yulia Tymoshenko, and Karl Liebknecht.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Gojong of Korea ranks 10. Before him are Emperor Meiji, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Emil Fischer, William Ramsay, Henri Moissan, and Charles Taze Russell. After him are Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Francisco Tárrega, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Joseph Joffre, and Augusta, Lady Gregory. Among people deceased in 1919, Gojong of Korea ranks 9. Before him are John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Emil Fischer, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernst Haeckel, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, and Alfred Werner. After him are Karl Liebknecht, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, Emiliano Zapata, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Georg von Hertling, and Andrew Carnegie.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Gojong of Korea ranks 13 out of 1,128. Before him are Moon Jae-in (1953), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Yi Sun-sin (1545), Ban Ki-moon (1944), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), and Jeongjo of Joseon (1752). After him are Park Geun-hye (1952), Lee Byung-chul (1910), Empress Gi (1315), Roh Tae-woo (1932), Kim Young-sam (1927), and Sunjong of Korea (1874).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Gojong of Korea ranks 11. Before him are Yoon Suk Yeol (1960), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Moon Jae-in (1953), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), and Jeongjo of Joseon (1752). After him are Park Geun-hye (1952), Empress Gi (1315), Roh Tae-woo (1932), Kim Young-sam (1927), Sunjong of Korea (1874), and Yun Posun (1897).

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