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}}Princess Uisun (1635{{Efn|Other sources say that her birthdate could possibly be 1620 instead.{{Cn|date=March 2024}}}}–1662; birth name Yi Ae-suk) was a Joseon Royal Family member who became the adopted daughter of Hyojong of Joseon and Queen Inseon, so she could marry the Aisin Gioro prince Dorgon and later, prince Bolo.

Biography

Background

Yi Ae-suk was born one of the four daughters and seven sons of Yi Gye-yun, himself a 4th great-grandson of Seongjong of Joseon, and a fourth cousin twice removed of Hyojong.

Political marriage

In 1650, Dorgon sent the minister of Ministry of Revenue, Gioro Bahana, as an emissary to the Joseon court, to forge an alliance with Hyojong of Joseon, asking the king to choose a suitable bride for him. The bride could be a daughter of either a royal family member or a subject.Veritable Records of Hyojong, day 7, month 3, year 1 of Hyojong’s reign: “” Bahana delivered the order from the prince regent and was told that as the king’s daughter was only two years old,{{Efn|This was a lie. Although Hyojong’s youngest daughter was indeed only two years old, she had five living elder sisters by the time, including Princess Sukan, who would marry later in the same year.Veritable Records of Hyojong, day 5, month 11, year 1 of Hyojong’s reign: “}} so he suggested that a female from the royal clan was a viable alternative; on the other hand, the king’s ministers greatly opposed offering any of their daughters.Veritable Records of Hyojong, day 5, month 3, year 1 of Hyojong’s reign: “”Twenty days later, Ae-suk was given the title Princess Uisun and her biological father, Yi Gye-yun, was gifted cloth and rice as reward.Veritable Records of Hyojong, volume 3, day 25, month 3, year 1 of Hyojong’s reign: Nearly one month after her adoption as Hyojong’s daughter, Princess Uisun left the palace at Hanseong, accompanied by 16 maids, a female physician, and her nursemaid. After her arrival in Beijing, Dorgon complained about the appearance of his new wife and her court maids, saying that he even doubted the loyalty of Joseon.Veritable Records of Hyojong, day 27, month 8, year 1 of Hyojong’s reign: ” Merely seven months later, Dorgon died in the same year. Princess Uisun was asked to remarry one of Dorgon’s nephews, his general Prince Bolo of the Second Rank, but he died in 1652.Veritable Records of Shunzhi: “”

Return to Korea

In the winter of 1655, Yi Gye-yun was dispatched as part of a diplomatic party to Beijing.Veritable Records of Hyojong, day 27, month 10, year 7 of Hyojong’s reign: “” Yi presented tribute and was entertained at a feast, during which he wept and petitioned for Princess Uisun to return to Korea, and his wish was granted. Princess Uisun returned to Joseon in the summer of 1656;Veritable Records of Hyojong, volume 16, day 26, month 4, year 7 of Hyojong’s reign: “” on her return, Hyojong granted the princess a monthly pension to support her for the rest of her life.Veritable Records of Hyojong, volume 16, day 9, month 5, year 7 of Hyojong’s reign: “” Yi Gye-yun’s decision to request her return without consulting the king beforehand, however, received severe criticism from other court officials; under pressure from the court, Yi Gye-yun lost his official position after a series of impeachments.Veritable Records of Hyojong, volume 16, day 10, month 5, year 7 of Hyojong’s reign: “”Princess Uisun died of an illness in 1662 and her burial rites were provided for by Hyeonjong of Joseon, who described her fate as pitiable.Veritable Records of Hyeonjong, day 8, month 5, year 3 of Hyojong’s reign: “”

Family

• Father: Yi Gye-yun, Prince Geumrim ({{Korean|hangul=이계윤 금림군|labels=no}}), 4th generation descendant of the Joseon royal house by Seongjong of Joseon
  • Adoptive father: Hyojong of Joseon (3 July 1619 – 23 June 1659)
• Mother: Lady Yu of the Munhwa Yu clan
  • Adoptive mother: Queen Inseon of the Deoksu Jang clan (1618–1674)
• Siblings
  • Older brother - Yi Jun ({{Korean|hangul=이준|hanja=李浚|labels=no}})
  • Older brother - Yi Su ({{Korean|hangul=이수|hanja=李洙|labels=no}})
  • Older brother - Yi Hae ({{Korean|hangul=이해|hanja=李海|labels=no}})
• Husband:
• Aisin Gioro Dorgon, Prince Rui of the First Rank (多爾袞; 17 November 1612 – 31 December 1650)
• Aisin Gioro Bolo, Prince Duanzhong of the First Rank (博洛; 1613 – 23 April 1652)

Notes

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References

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Works cited

• BOOK
TRANS-TITLE=VERITABLE RECORDS OF HYOJONG, ko, lzh, 1661,sillok.history.go.kr/search/inspectionMonthList.do?id=kqa,
• BOOK
TRANS-TITLE=VERITABLE RECORDS OF HYEONJONGDATE=1677,hanchi.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/ihpc/hanjiquery?@85^1314957998^802^^^30211003@@181464721, RefleshHtml,
• BOOK
TRANS-TITLE=VERITABLE RECORDS OF THE QING: VERITABLE RECORDS OF SHUNZHI, zh-hans, 1741,ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=645346&remap=gb#p155,


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