POLITICIAN

Gojong of Korea

1852 - 1919

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Gojong (Korean: 고종; Hanja: 高宗; 8 September 1852 – 21 January 1919), personal name Yi Myeongbok (이명복; 李命福), later Yi Hui (이희; 李㷩), also known as the Gwangmu Emperor (광무제; 光武帝), was the penultimate Korean monarch. He ruled Korea for 43 years, from 1864 to 1907, first as the last king of Joseon, and then as the first emperor of the Korean Empire from 1897 until his forced abdication in 1907. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gojong of Korea has received more than 1,946,490 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Gojong of Korea is the 618th most popular politician (up from 900th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 11th in 2019) and the 6th most popular South Korean Politician.

Gojong of Korea is most famous for being the last king of Korea. He was the son of King Kojong and Queen Min, who was a concubine. He became the king after his father died in 1907.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gojong of Korea ranks 618 out of 19,576. Before him are Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, Manuel I of Portugal, Władysław IV Vasa, Christian X of Denmark, Yongzheng Emperor, and Umberto I of Italy. After him are Yuan Shikai, Reza Shah, Yesugei, Sviatoslav I of Kiev, Anna of Russia, and Frederick VIII of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Gojong of Korea ranks 5. Before him are Antoni Gaudí, Henri Becquerel, Emperor Meiji, and Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff. After him are William Ramsay, Emil Fischer, Albert A. Michelson, Henri Moissan, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Joseph Joffre, and Francisco Tárrega. Among people deceased in 1919, Gojong of Korea ranks 6. Before him are Rosa Luxemburg, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernst Haeckel, and Karl Adolph Gjellerup. After him are Emil Fischer, Karl Liebknecht, Emiliano Zapata, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Carl Larsson, and John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Gojong of Korea ranks 6 out of 1,128. Before him are Kim Il-sung (1912), Sejong the Great (1397), Park Chung-hee (1917), Syngman Rhee (1875), and Kim Dae-jung (1924). After him are Moon Jae-in (1953), Yi Sun-sin (1545), Ban Ki-moon (1944), Empress Gi (1315), Sukjong of Joseon (1661), and Jeongjo of Joseon (1752).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Gojong of Korea ranks 6. Before him are Kim Il-sung (1912), Sejong the Great (1397), Park Chung-hee (1917), Syngman Rhee (1875), and Kim Dae-jung (1924). After him are Moon Jae-in (1953), Empress Gi (1315), Sukjong of Joseon (1661), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), Park Geun-hye (1952), and Yeongjo of Joseon (1694).

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