What Happened to Korea's Royal Family After the Kingdom Fell Korea's Last Princess

Описание: For over 500 years, the House of Yi ruled Korea — but what happened to Korea's royal family after the kingdom fell? This is the tragic true story of the Joseon dynasty and the Korean Empire: the assassination of Empress Myeongseong inside her own palace, Japan's annexation of Korea in 1910, and the slow, deliberate destruction of one of the longest-reigning royal families in world history.

Discover the heartbreaking fates of the last royals — the crown prince taken to Japan as a child hostage and forced to serve in the Japanese army, the last princess of Korea, Deokhye, driven into a psychiatric hospital in exile, and the final heir, Yi Gu, who died alone and childless in a Tokyo hotel. Even after liberation in 1945, their own country forbade them from coming home. This is one of the most tragic and least-known royal collapses in modern history.

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