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{{Short description|Korean royalty (1919–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Yi Hae-won
| full name    = 
| title        = 
| image        = Yi haewon.jpg
| caption      = Yi upon her marriage in 1936
| succession   = Head of the [[House of Yi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/korean/news-46056729|script-title=ko:마지막 황손 이석, '할아버지 고종 황제, 제대로 평가되길'|author1=김효정|author2=최정민|date=2 November 2018|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref><br>(disputed)
| reign-type   = Period
| reign        = 16 July 2005 – 8 February 2020
| coronation   = 16 July 2005
| predecessor  = [[Yi Gu|Crown Prince Yi Gu]]
| successor    = ''None''
| spouse       = Yi Seung-gyu
| issue        = {{ubl|Yi Jin-hyu|Yi Jin-wang|Yi Jin-ju|Yi Jin-hong}}
| house        = [[House of Yi|Jeonju Yi]] (by birth)<br>Yongin Yi (by marriage)
| father       = [[Yi Kang|Prince Yi Kang of Korea]]
| mother       = Yi Hui-chun, Lady Yi of Sudeok Hall (biological)<br>[[Kim Sudeok|Kim Su-deok, Lady Kim of Deokin Hall]] (adoptive)
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1919|4|24|df=y}}
| birth_place  = Sadong Palace, [[Keijō]], [[Korea under Japanese rule|Korea, Empire of Japan]]
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2020|2|8|1919|4|24|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Hanam]], South Korea
| burial_place = 
}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto
|title=Korean Imperial name
|hangul=%이진
|hanja=李珍
|othername1=Registered Name
|hangul1=%이해원
|hanja1=李海瑗
|othername2=Childhood name
|hangul2=%이길운% or %이원
|hanja2=李吉雲 or 李瑗
}}
'''Yi Hae-won''' ({{Korean|hangul=이해원|hanja=李海瑗}}; 24 April 1919 – 8 February 2020), also '''Lee Hae-won''', was a member of the [[House of Yi]], the royal family of [[Joseon]] and the [[Korean Empire]]. Yi was considered a pretender to the throne<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldbiz.com/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/10/09/200610090127.asp |script-title=ko:아직 끝나지않은'황실의 추억' |author=Kim So-min (김소민) |newspaper=HeraldBiz |publisher=[[Herald Media]] |language=ko |location=Seoul |date=6 April 2010 |access-date=29 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chosun.com/national/news/200610/200610020423.html |script-title=ko:전주이씨 대동종약원 "女皇 추대는 억지 장난" |agency=[[Yonhap]] |newspaper=[[The Chosun Ilbo]] |location=Seoul |language=ko |access-date=29 January 2010 |date=2 October 2006}}</ref> until her death at the age of 100 in her house in [[Hanam]], [[Gyeonggi|Gyeonggi Province]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://monthly.chosun.com/client/mdaily/daily_view.asp?idx=8824&Newsnumb=2020028824|script-title=ko:조선황실 마지막 옹주 이해원씨 별세|date=9 February 2020|website=[[Monthly Chosun]]|language=ko|access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref>

==Birth and marriage==
Yi Haewon was born in Sadong Palace, which was an official residence of her family in [[Keijō]], as the second daughter of [[Prince Yi Kang|Prince Imperial Ui]], fifth son of [[Gojong of the Korean Empire|Emperor Gojong of Korea]], and one of his concubines, Lady Yi of Sudeok Hall. She was raised in [[Unhyeongung|Unhyeon Palace]]. After she graduated from Kyunggi Girls' High School in 1937, she married Yi Seunggyu, who was kidnapped and compulsorily taken to North Korea during the [[Korean War]]. They had three sons and one daughter.<ref name="yy" />

==Coronation==
Following the death of her cousin [[Yi Ku]] on 16 July 2005, members of the imperial family chose his adopted son, [[Yi Won]], as the next Head of the House of Yi,<ref name="auto"/> bestowing on him the title, the [[Yi Won|Hereditary Prince Imperial of Korea]] (Hwangsason), representative of an inherited title from Yi Ku.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ko:역대 총재 |url=http://www.rfo.co.kr/director1.htm |website=Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association (전주이씨대동종약원) |access-date=10 June 2020}}</ref> Contesting her nephew's claim and appointment to the throne, Yi Haewŏn announced the restoration of the Empire.<ref name="auto"/> A private coronation ceremony was held on 29 September 2006, during which Yi Haewŏn was bestowed the title, the "Empress of Korea". According to one of her half-brothers, [[Yi Seok]], another pretender, other close royal members didn't approve such a ceremony; Yi Seok himself was also invited, but did not attend, for he did not know who the members of the "Imperial Family Association of [[Empire of Korea|Daehanjeguk]]" were.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2831239|title=Coronation of Korea's new empress leads to royal family controversy|website=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]}}</ref>

==Family==
Yi Hae-won's husband, Yi Seung-gyu, descended from the Yongin Yi clan ({{Korean|hangul=용인 이씨|hanja=龍仁 李氏|labels=no}}), according to the [[Genealogy book]] of the clan published in 1983.<ref name="yy">{{cite web |script-title=ko:용인이씨대동보 龍仁李氏大同譜, 6권 |url=https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1503200 |website=FamilySearch}} (Volume 3, Page 324)</ref>
*Father: [[Yi Kang|Yi Kang, Prince Imperial Ui]] ({{Korean|hangul=이강 의친왕|labels=no}}) (30 March 1877 – 16 August 1955)
**Grandfather: [[Gojong of Korea|Emperor Gojong]] ({{Korean|hangul=고종|labels=no}}) (8 September 1852 – 21 January 1919)
**Grandmother: Imperial Consort Gwi-in of the [[Deoksu Jang clan]] ({{Korean|hangul=귀인 장씨|hanja=貴人 張氏|labels=no}})
*Mother:
**Biological: Lady Yi Hui-chun of Sudeok Hall ({{Korean|hangul=수덕당 이희춘|labels=no}}); Yi Kang's 5th concubine
**Adoptive: [[Kim Sudeok|Kim Su-deok, Princess Consort Imperial Ui]] ({{Korean|hangul=김수덕 의친왕비|labels=no}})
***Younger half-brother: [[Yi Seok]] (이석, 李錫; born 3 August 1941)
*Husband: Yi Seung-gyu (이승규, 李昇圭; born 4 September 1917)
**Father-in-law: Yi Wan-yeong ({{Korean|hangul=이완영|hanja=李完榮|labels=no}}) (1895 – 1943), the only son of Yi Ju-sang ({{Korean|hangul=이주상|hanja=李胄相|labels=no}}).
**Mother-in-law: Lady Yi Hui-gyeong of the Hansan Yi clan (이희경, 李喜慶; born 1895), the daughter of Yi Deok-gyu ({{Korean|hangul=이덕규|hanja=李德珪|labels=no}}).
*Children:
#Son: Yi Jin-hyu (이진휴, 李鎭烋; born 24 January 1941) – married Lady Yi Ae-seon ({{Korean|hangul=이애선|hanja=李愛仙|labels=no}}).
#Son: Yi Jin-wang (이진왕, 李鎭旺; 14 November 1945 – December 2019) – married Lady Park Jong-mi ({{Korean|hangul=박종미|hanja=朴鍾美|labels=no}}).
#Daughter: Yi Jin-ju ({{Korean|hangul=이진주|hanja=李鎭珠|labels=no}}) (11 September 1947 – 1994)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Park |first1=Sung-ha |title=Coronation of Korea's new empress leads to royal family controversy |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2831239 |access-date=10 June 2020 |publisher=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]] |date=22 October 2006}}</ref> – died unmarried.
#Son: Yi Jin-hong (이진홍, 李鎭弘; born 24 July 1949)

==See also==
*[[House of Yi]]
*[[Joseon dynasty]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://blog.joins.com/media/folderlistslide.asp?uid=sh_p&folder=4&list_id=7417763 Coronation of Korea's new empress leads to royal family controversy]

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