Myeongjong of Goryeo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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the king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea
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Place of Birth: Korea
About Myeongjong of Goryeo
- King Myeongjong (8 November 1131 – 3 December 1202) (r.
- 1170–1197) was monarch of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea.
- He was the third son of King Injong. Although it was intended that Injong's second son should succeed his father, he was assassinated because Jeong Jung-bu feared that he might become a threat to him in the future.
- Myeongjong was a weak king, and was merely on the throne to show the general populace they still had a king, as the true rulers were the military leaders.
- His reign saw constant bloodshed as well as the deaths of the rebels Chung Jung-bu, Yi Ui-bang, and Yi Ui-min (not related to Yi Ui-Bang) but also the hero, Gyeong Dae-seung (General Gyeong was in fact the most loyal of the military leaders.
- Yet Myeongjong hated and mistrusted him because of his popularity with the populace). After twenty-seven years on the throne, he was sent into exile by the military ruler of the time, Choe Chung-heon, and Injong's fifth son, King Sinjong, was placed on the throne.
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