Empress Myeongseong
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Empress Myeongseong was the official wife of Gojong, the 26th king of Joseon and the first emperor of the Korean Empire. During her lifetime, she was known by the name Queen Min. After the founding of the Korean Empire, she was posthumously given the title of Myeongseong, the Great Empress.
A posthumous status representation of King Gojong and Empress Myeongseong Elementary History of Korea (1908). No verified uncontested contemporary photograph of the Empress has so far been found, though there has been much speculation as to whether a photograph might have survived.
House of Gamgodang, the birthplace of Empress Myeongseong
1892 A street in the Japanese quarter of Busan, being of the character described by Isabella Bird.
Heungseon Daewongun
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Heungseon Daewongun was the title of Yi Ha-eung, the regent of Joseon during the minority of Emperor Gojong in the 1860s. Until his death, he was a key political figure of late Joseon Korea. He was also called the Daewongun, Guktaegong, or formally Internal King Heungseon Heonui, and also known to contemporary western diplomats as Prince Gung.
Grand Internal Prince Heungseon as Regent