State · 1392 – 1910

House of Yi

A state of 1392 – 1910 — 518 years in East and Southeast Asia. Its line of rulers holds 26 people.

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Stood: 518 years; 1392 – 1910
Rulers: 26; the king of Joseon Dynasty
Symbol: 1; on record, with years

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

Rulers

The line of king of Joseon Dynasty.

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular road

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Taejo of Joseon	1392 – 1398	6 years	abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term
Jeongjong of Joseon	1398 – 1400	2 years	abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term	child
Taejong of Joseon	1400 – 1418	18 years	abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term	sibling
Sejong the Great	1418 – 1450	32 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	child
Munjong of Joseon	1450 – 1452	2 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	child
Danjong of Joseon	1452 – 1455	3 years	abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term	child
Sejo of Joseon	1455 – 1468	13 years	abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term
Yejong of Joseon	1468 – 1469	1 year	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	child
Seongjong of Joseon	1469 – 1495	26 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	nephew or niece
Yeonsangun of Joseon	1495 – 1506	11 years	deposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term	child
Jungjong of Joseon	1506 – 1544	38 years	abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term	sibling
Injong of Joseon	1544 – 1545	1 year	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	child
Myeongjong of Joseon	1545 – 1567	22 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	sibling
Seonjo of Joseon	1567 – 1608	41 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	nephew or niece
Gwanghaegun of Joseon	1608 – 1623	15 years	deposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term	child
Injo of Joseon	1623 – 1649	26 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	nephew or niece
Hyojong of Joseon	1649 – 1659	10 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Hyeonjong of Joseon	1659 – 1674	15 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Sukjong of Joseon	1674 – 1720	46 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	child
Gyeongjong of Joseon	1720 – 1724	4 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Yeongjo of Joseon	1724 – 1776	52 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	sibling
Jeongjo of Joseon	1776 – 1800	24 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	grandchild
Sunjo of Joseon	1800 – 1834	34 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Heonjong of Joseon	1834 – 1849	15 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	grandchild
Cheoljong of Joseon	1849 – 1863	14 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death
Gojong of Korea	1863 – 1897	34 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone

26 rulers, 26 with terms dated as terms, covering 1392 – 1897. Median reign 15 years. 2 of 25 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Flag or arms

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedThe Imperial Seal of Korea 03 · Public domain

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood518 years
stood longer than 87% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median15 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 49% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record26
has more rulers on record than 94% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

Open in the atlas

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On the map in 1651, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q626937 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.