Daewongun biography for kids

Korean regent (r. 1864–1873)

Heungseon Daewongun (Korean: 흥선대원군; Hanja: 興宣大院君; 24 January 1821 – 22 February 1898) was the title of Yi Ha-eung, the regent of Joseon during the minority of Emperor Gojong in the 1860s.

Until his death, he was a key political figure of late Joseon Korea. He was also called the Daewongun (lit. 'Grand Internal Prince', sometimes translated as "regent"),^[a]Guktaegong,^[b] or later Internal King Heonui,^[c] and also known to contemporary western diplomats as Prince Gung.^{[citation needed][1]}

Daewongun literally translates as "prince of the great court", a title customarily granted to the father of the reigning monarch when that father did not reign himself (usually because his son had been adopted as heir of a relative who did reign).^[2] While there had been three other Daewonguns during the Joseon dynasty, there was no one as domin