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| Yi Un | |||||||||
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| Crown Prince of Korea | |||||||||
 Yi Un as a lieutenant of the IJA, 1920s | |||||||||
| Head of the House of Yi | |||||||||
| Period | 24 April 1926 – 1 May 1970 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Emperor Sunjong | ||||||||
| Successor | Crown Prince Yi Ku | ||||||||
| Born | 20 October 1897 Deoksugung, Seoul, Korean Empire | ||||||||
| Died | 1 May 1970 (aged 72) Nakseon Hall, Changdeokgung, Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||
| Burial | Yeongwon Hongneung, Namyangju, South Korea | ||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||
| Issue | Prince Yi Jin Crown Prince Yi Ku of Korea | ||||||||
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| House | Yi | ||||||||
| Father | Emperor Gojong of Korea | ||||||||
| Mother | Imperial Noble Consort Sunheon | ||||||||
| Military career | |||||||||
| Allegiance |  Japan | ||||||||
| Service |  Imperial Japanese Army | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1917–1945 | ||||||||
| Rank |  Lieutenant General | ||||||||
| Unit | North China Area Army Chosen Army Inspectorate General of Military Training Supreme War Council | ||||||||
| Commands | Imperial Guards 2nd Brigade 51st Division First Air Army | ||||||||
| Battles / wars | Second Sino-Japanese War Second World War | ||||||||
| Awards | Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum | ||||||||
Yi Un[a] (Korean: 이은; 20 October 1897 – 1 May 1970) was the 28th Head of the Korean Imperial House, an Imperial Japanese Army general and the last Imperial Crown Prince of the Korean Empire. Before becoming the heir apparent to Sunjong of Korea, who became the emperor in 1907, Yi Un was known as the title Prince Imperial Yeong (영친왕). In 1910, the Korean Empire was annexed by Japan and Emperor Sunjong was forced to abdicate, and Yi Un married Princess Masako of Nashimoto, the eldest daughter of Prince Nashimoto Morimasa, on 28 April 1920 at Tokyo.
On 10 June 1926, upon the death of Emperor Sunjong, Yi Un received the late emperor's title, and became the King Yi of Changdeokgung (昌徳宮李王), which referred to the palace Changdeokgung. He achieved the rank of Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanded Japanese forces in China and served as a member of the Supreme War Council. After World War II he was refused entry to Korea, and his Japanese titles were removed by article 14 of the new Constitution of Japan in 1947. After his death in 1970, Yi Un is alternatively known as Crown Prince Uimin (의민태자), a posthumous name given by the Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association.
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