Cheoljong of Joseon
| Cheoljong 철종 哲宗 | |||||||||||||
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Portrait of King Cheoljong (Treasure #1492) in 1861 | |||||||||||||
| King of Joseon | |||||||||||||
| Reign | 28 July 1849 – 16 January 1864 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Heonjong | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Gojong | ||||||||||||
| Regent | Grand Royal Queen Dowager Myeonggyeong (1849–1851) | ||||||||||||
| Born | 25 July 1831 Gyeonghaeng-bang, Hanseong, Joseon | ||||||||||||
| Died | 16 January 1864 (aged 32) Daejojeon Hall, Changdeokgung, Hanseong, Joseon | ||||||||||||
| Burial | Yeneung Mausoleum, Seosamneung Cluster, Goyang, South Korea | ||||||||||||
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| Clan | Jeonju Yi | ||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Yi | ||||||||||||
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| Religion | Korean Confucianism (Neo-Confucianism) | ||||||||||||
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 철종 |
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| Hanja | 哲宗 |
| RR | Cheoljong |
| MR | Ch'ŏlchong |
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| Hangul | 이원범, later 이변 |
| Hanja | 李元範, later 李昪 |
| RR | I Wonbeom, later I Byeon |
| MR | I Wŏnbŏm, later I Pyŏn |
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| Hangul | 도승 |
| Hanja | 道升 |
| RR | Doseung |
| MR | Tosŭng |
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Cheoljong (Korean: 철종; Hanja: 哲宗; 25 July 1831 – 16 January 1864), personal name Yi Won-beom (이원범; 李元範), later Yi Byeon (이변; 李昪), was the 25th monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. After King Heonjong died without any descendants in 1849, Queen Sunwon chose Cheoljong, aged 19, to ascend to the throne, adopting him as the heir of her late husband, King Sunjo.
Cheoljong was a great-great-grandson of King Yeongjo. He grew up in poverty; even after becoming king, he had little political influence, and the power to govern was held mainly by the Andong Kim clan, the paternal family of Queen Sunwon. The Andong Kim clan's monopoly caused nationwide corruption, resulting in a series of peasant revolts in southern Joseon in 1862. As Cheoljong's sons all died in infancy, he was succeeded by a distant relative, Gojong.