Yi An-sa

King of Joseon (posthumously)
Yi Ansa
이안사
李安社
King of Joseon (posthumously)
Darugachi
Reign1252–1274
BornYi Ansa (이안사)
around 1180–1200
Goryeo
Died1274
Goryeo
Burial
Deokneung tomb
SpouseQueen Hyogong
Issue6 sons
Posthumous name
  • First: King Mok (목왕, 穆王; given in 1392 by King Taejo)
  • Last: King Inmun Seongmok the Great (인문성목대왕, 仁文聖穆大王; given in 1411 by King Taejong)
Temple name
Mokjo (목조, 穆祖)
HouseHouse of Yi
FatherYi Yang-mu
MotherLady, of the Samcheok Yi clan

Yi An-sa (died 1274) was a Goryeo nobleman who would become the great-great-grandfather of Yi Seonggye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty.[citation needed]

On 28 July 1392, when Taejo made a new dynasty, he was granted the royal title King Mok (목왕; 穆王).[1] After his death in 1274, he was buried in Deokneung, Neung-ri, Gapyeong-myeon, Sinhung-gun, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea and given the temple name Mokjo (목조; 穆祖) by his great-great-great-grandson, King Taejong on 22 April 1411 along with his posthumous name.[2]

Family

  • Father: Yi Yang-mu (이양무, d. 1231)
    • Grandfather: Yi-Rin (이린)
    • Grandmother: Lady, of the Nampyeong Mun clan (부인 남평문씨); oldest daughter of Mun Geuk-gyeom (문극겸).
  • Mother: Lady, of the Samcheok Yi clan (부인 삼척이씨)
    • Grandfather: Yi Gang-je (이강제)
      • Younger brother: Yi Yeong-pil (이영필)
      • Younger brother: Yi Yeong-mil (이영밀)
      • Younger brother: Yi Yeong-seup (이영습)
  • Wife: Queen Hyogong of the Pyeonchang Yi clan (효공왕후 이씨)
    • 1st son: Yi Eo-seon, Grand Prince Ancheon (이어선 안천대군, d. 1274)
    • 2nd son: Yi Jin, Grand Prince Anwon (이진 안원대군)
    • 3rd son: Yi Jeong, Grand Prince Anpung (이정 안풍대군)
    • 4th son: Yi Haeng-ni (이행리)
    • 5th son: Yi Mae-bul, Grand Prince Anchang (이매불 안창대군)
    • 6th son: Yi Gu-su, Grand Prince Anheung (이구수 안흥대군)

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Flag of the Joseon king House of Yi National seal of Joseon
Gyeongbokgung, the main palace of Joseon
Posthumous[note 1]
King of Joseon
(1392–1897)
Emperor of Korea
(1897–1910)
Crown Prince[note 2]
Daewongun[note 3]
Rival king
King Yi[note 4]
(1910–1947)
King Emeritus
(Deoksugung)
King
(Changdeokgung)
Crown Prince
Director of the
Royal Family Association
(1957–)
In office
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recognition
Pretenders
  • # denotes that the king was deposed and never received a temple name.
  1. ^ Those who were listed were not reigning monarchs but posthumously recognized; the year following means the year of recognition.
  2. ^ Only the crown princes that didn't become the king were listed; the former year indicates when one officially became the heir and the latter one is that when one died/deposed. Those who ascended to the throne were excluded in the list for simplification.
  3. ^ The title given to the biological father, who never reigned, of the kings who were adopted as the heir to a precedent king.
  4. ^ The de jure monarch of Korea during the era was the Emperor of Japan, while the former Korean emperors were given nobility title "King Yi" instead.


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