The Most Famous
NOBLEMEN from South Korea
This page contains a list of the greatest South Korean Noblemen. The pantheon dataset contains 1,415 Noblemen, 1 of which were born in South Korea. This makes South Korea the birth place of the 37th most number of Noblemen behind South Africa, and Mongolia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary South Korean Noblemen of all time. This list of famous South Korean Noblemen is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Princess Deokhye (1912 - 1989)
With an HPI of 57.94, Princess Deokhye is the most famous South Korean Nobleman. Her biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.
Princess Deokhye of Korea (Korean: 덕혜옹주; RR: Deokhye-ongju; Japanese: 徳恵姫, Tokue-hime; 25 May 1912 – 21 April 1989) was the last princess of the Korean royal family. She was born on 25 May 1912, at Changdeok Palace, in Seoul, as the youngest daughter of Emperor Gojong from his concubine, then known as Yang Gwi-in. After her birth, Gojong bestowed the royal title Boknyeong on Lady Yang. Deokhye was not formally recognized as a princess by Japan because she was not the daughter of a Queen. In 1917, she was officially recognized as a princess by the Japanese government and also her name was formally entered into the imperial family's registry. Her father loved her greatly and established the Deoksugung Kindergarten for her in Junmyungdang (준명당), Hamnyeong Hall. Girls her age from noble families attended the kindergarten. In South Korea, she is called Deokhye Ongju, not Gongju. Gongju refers to the daughters of the Queen, and Ongju refers to the daughters of concubines.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as South Korean noblemen born between 1912 and 1912. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased South Korean noblemen include Princess Deokhye.
