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Gyeongjong of Joseon

1688 - 1724

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Gyeongjong (Korean: 경종; Hanja: 景宗; 20 November 1688 – 11 October 1724), personal name Yi Yun (이윤; 李昀), was the 20th monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gyeongjong of Joseon has received more than 609,522 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Gyeongjong of Joseon is the 1,162nd most popular politician (up from 1,480th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 23rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular South Korean Politician.

Gyeongjong of Joseon is most famous for being the first king of Joseon. He was the son of King Sejong and Queen Soheon.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gyeongjong of Joseon ranks 1,162 out of 15,577Before him are Andronikos III Palaiologos, William II of England, Jens Stoltenberg, Simeon I of Bulgaria, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, and Patrice de MacMahon. After him are Zog I of Albania, Algirdas, Frederick III of Denmark, Roh Moo-hyun, Ælla of Northumbria, and Al-Walid I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1688, Gyeongjong of Joseon ranks 5Before him are Nader Shah, Frederick William I of Prussia, Emanuel Swedenborg, and Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden. After him are Maria Luisa of Savoy, Juraj Jánošík, Alexander Pope, James Francis Edward Stuart, Giuseppe Castiglione, Pierre de Marivaux, and Domenico Zipoli. Among people deceased in 1724, Gyeongjong of Joseon ranks 3Before him are Pope Innocent XIII and Louis I of Spain. After him are Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, Johann Homann, Edward Low, Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Marie of Lorraine, Benedetto Luti, Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Glückel of Hameln, and Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Gyeongjong of Joseon ranks 19 out of 944Before him are Empress Gi (1315), Sejo of Joseon (1417), Yi Sun-sin (1545), Roh Tae-woo (1932), Sunjo of Joseon (1790), and Jungjong of Joseon (1488). After him are Roh Moo-hyun (1946), Seonjo of Joseon (1552), Sunjong of Korea (1874), Cheoljong of Joseon (1831), Empress Myeongseong (1851), and Seongjong of Joseon (1457).

Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Gyeongjong of Joseon ranks 17Before him are Park Geun-hye (1952), Empress Gi (1315), Sejo of Joseon (1417), Roh Tae-woo (1932), Sunjo of Joseon (1790), and Jungjong of Joseon (1488). After him are Roh Moo-hyun (1946), Seonjo of Joseon (1552), Sunjong of Korea (1874), Cheoljong of Joseon (1831), Empress Myeongseong (1851), and Seongjong of Joseon (1457).