Anjang of Goguryeo

Anjang
안장
Taewang
King of Goguryeo
Reign519 – May 531 A.D.
Coronation519 A.D.
PredecessorMunjamyeong
SuccessorAnwon
Crown Prince of Goguryeo
ReignJanuary 498 – 519 A.D.
CoronationJanuary 498 A.D.
PredecessorGeoryeon
SuccessorPyeongseong
BornGo Heung-an
December 498 A.D.
Pyongyang
DiedMay 531 A.D.
Pyongyang
IssueGo Bokgwi
Posthumous name
Anjang Taewang
HouseGo
DynastyGoguryeo
FatherMunjamyeong
ReligionBuddhism
OccupationKing
Anjang of Goguryeo
Hangul
안장왕
Hanja
安藏王
Revised RomanizationAnjang-wang
McCune–ReischauerAnjang-wang
Birth name
Hangul
흥안
Hanja
興安
Revised RomanizationHeung-an
McCune–ReischauerHŭngan

Anjang (died 531, r. 519–531) was the 22nd ruler of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. With his original name of Heung-an, he was the eldest son of Munjamyeong. He was named Crown Prince in the seventh year of Munjamyeong's reign (498), and assumed the throne when his father died in 519. He was supposedly assassinated in 531 without heir, and was succeeded by his younger brother, Anwon.