Heonjong of Joseon

Heonjong
헌종
憲宗
Portrait of King Heonjong Destroyed by Fire
King of Joseon
Reign13 December 1834 – 25 July 1849
PredecessorSunjo
SuccessorCheoljong
RegentRoyal Queen Dowager Myeonggyeong (1834–1841)
Born8 September 1827
Gyeongchunjeon Hall, Changdeokgung, Hanseong, Joseon
Died25 July 1849(1849-07-25) (aged 21)
Junghuidang Hall, Changdeokgung, Hanseong, Joseon
Burial
Gyeongneung Mausoleum, Dongguneung Cluster, Guri, South Korea
Spouses
(m. 1837; died 1843)
(m. 1844)
Issue1 daughter
Names
Yi Hwan (이환; 李烉)
Posthumous name
Joseon: King Gyeongmun Wimu Myeongin Cheolhyo the Great (경문위무명인철효대왕; 經文緯武明仁哲孝大王)
Temple name
Heonjong (헌종; 憲宗)
ClanJeonju Yi
DynastyYi
FatherMunjo of Joseon
MotherQueen Sinjeong
ReligionKorean Confucianism (Neo-Confucianism)
Korean name
Hangul
이환
Hanja
李烉
RRI Hwan
MRI Hwan
Monarch name
Hangul
헌종
Hanja
憲宗
RRHeonjong
MRHŏnjong
Art name
Hangul
원헌
Hanja
元軒
RRWonheon
MRWŏnhŏn
Courtesy name
Hangul
문응
Hanja
文應
RRMuneung
MRMunŭng

Heonjong (Korean헌종; Hanja憲宗; 8 September 1827 – 25 July 1849), personal name Yi Hwan (이환; 李烉), was the 24th monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. His father was Crown Prince Hyomyeong, who died at the age of 20 before becoming king, and his mother was Queen Sinjeong of the Pungyang Jo clan.