Grand Prince Yangnyeong

Grand Prince Yangnyeong (Korean: 양녕대군; Hanja: 讓寧大君; 1394 – 8 October 1462) was the former Crown Prince of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. He was the first son of King Taejong and his wife, Queen Wongyeong. Yangnyeong was the elder brother of Sejong the Great, and an ancestor of Syngman Rhee, an independence activist and the first President of South Korea.

Yi Je
이제
Crown Prince of Joseon
Tenure6 August 1404 – 3 June 1418
PredecessorCrown Prince Yi Bang-won
SuccessorCrown Prince Yi Do
Born1394
Hanseong, Joseon
DiedOctober 8, 1462(1462-10-08) (aged 67–68)
Burial
Sangdo-dong, Dongjak District, Seoul, South Korea
WifePrincess Consort Suseong of the Gwangsan Kim clan
ClanJeonju Yi clan
DynastyHouse of Yi
FatherTaejong of Joseon
MotherQueen Wongyeong of the Yeoheung Min clan
ReligionNeo-confucianism
Korean name
Hangul
양녕대군
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYangnyeong Daegun
McCune–ReischauerYangnyŏng Taegun
Birth name
Hangul
이제
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYi Je
McCune–ReischauerYi Che
Courtesy name
Hangul
후백
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHubaek
McCune–ReischauerHubaek
Posthumous name
Hangul
강정
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGangjeong
McCune–ReischauerKangjŏng
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