Goseong Lee clan

Goseong Lee clan
Country	North and South Korea
Current region	Goseong County, South Gyeongsang Province
Place of origin	Korean Peninsula
Founder	Yi Hwang
Connected members	Lee Pil-mo Lee Seo-jin Yi Sang-ryong Yi Gwal Royal Consort Geun of the Goseong Yi clan
Website	http://gosunglee.com/

The Goseong Lee clan (Korean: 고성 이씨; Hanja: 固城 李氏) is a Korean clan. Their bon-gwan is in Goseong County, South Gyeongsang Province. According to the census held in 2015, the number of members was 104,768. Their founder was Yi Hwang, who was appointed as Lord of Goseong after he successfully defeated the Khitans.^[1] Yi Hwang lived during the reign of King Deokjong of Goryeo. He was supposedly the 24th descendant of a certain Li Pan (Chinese: 李槃) from the Han dynasty, who had entered the Korean peninsula during Emperor Wu's conquest of Wiman Joseon.^[2]

Notable members

• Royal Consort Geun of the Goseong Yi clan, 14th-century Queen of Goryeo.
• Royal Princess Hyesun of the Goseong Yi clan (혜순궁주 이씨; ? – 5 March 1438), consort of Taejong of Joseon
• Lee Eung-tae (1555–1586), the subject of a famous letter from his bereaved wife and later a mummy that was recently studied^[3]

See also

• Korean clan names of foreign origin

References

1. Doosan Encyclopedia 고성이씨 固城李氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.
2. Jin Guanglin [in Japanese] (2014). "A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names" (PDF). Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia. 5: 17 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.
3. 이, 병학 (2009-10-09). "420년 만에 환생한 애절한 '사랑과 영혼' 생생". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-12-27.

External links

• Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.