Jungjong coup

Jungjong Coup; 중종반정; 中宗反正
Date	2 September 1506
Location	Hanyang, Joseon (now Seoul, South Korea)
Result	Successful Coup King Yeonsan deposed and exiled to Ganghwado.; Grand Prince Jinseong assumes the throne as King Jungjong.; Jang Nok-su and other officials sympathetic to the King are executed.; Reopening the Seonggyungwan, royal university, and the Office of Censors.;
Belligerents
Joseon Insurgents; led by Park Won-jong and Seong Hui-ahn	Joseon Government
Commanders and leaders
Park Won-jong; Seong Hui-ahn; Yoo Soon-jeong; Hong Gyeong-ju	King Yeonsan; Jang Nok-su ; Im Sa-hong †; Yoo Ja-gwang (defected)

In 1506, the 12th year of King Yeonsan, a group of officials – notably Park Won-jong, Seong Hui-ahn, Yoo Soon-jeong and Hong Gyeong-ju plotted against the despotic ruler. They launched a coup on 2 September 1506, deposing the king and replacing him with his half-brother, Grand Prince Jinseong. The king was demoted to prince, and exiled to Ganghwado, where he died a few weeks later. Consort Jang Nok-su, who was regarded as a 'femme fatale' who had encouraged Yeonsangun's misrule, was beheaded. Yeonsangun's young sons were also killed.

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