page_title: Prince Nakcheon
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Prince Nakcheon / Biography / Life
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 洛川君の墓。
context_page_description: Prince Nakcheon was a royal family member of the Joseon dynasty. His name was Yi Ohn while he was originally named Yi Soosin; his courtesy name was "Onjung".
  Prince Nakcheon was by birth the only son of Yi Chae, and he later became an adoptive son of late Prince Yeollyeong in 1734.
context_section_description: Prince Nakcheon was born as the only son of Yi Chae and Lady Yu of the Jinju Yu clan (daughter of Yu Man-jung). Through Yi Chae, he was a 4-great-grandson of Prince Gyeongchang (9th son of King Seonjo).
  Prior to the adoption, Prince Yeollyeong, the youngest son of King Sukjong, died without issue in 1719; therefore, a descendant of Crown Prince Sohyeon became Prince Yeollyeong's heir in the same year, and was later known as Yi Gong, Prince Sangwon (Korean: 상원군 이공; Hanja: 商原君李糼; 1715-1733) as of 1727. However, Prince Sangwon's birth family got involved in the Musin Revolt in 1728; as a relative to a "criminal", Sangwon himself died unmarried in 1733 and he had no issue, the adoption relationship was soon annulled in the same year as well. And so, King Yeongjo asked the officials to seek another heir for his late brother.
  Later, among some of the king's closest relatives, Yeongjo was impressed by Yi Soosin, the son of Yi Chae; it was soon decided that Yi Soosin was to be the heir to Prince Yeollyeong and, as he was aged enough, he was eligible to receive the royal title, in 1734. In the same year, Yi Soosin's name was changed to "Yi Ohn" and received the title, Prince Nakcheon.
  Around 1735 to 1737, Yeongjo decided to find a bride for his nephew, and daughters from some of the officials, including Kim Chi-man (Korean: 김치만; Hanja: 金致萬) and Seo Jong-su (Korean: 서종수; Hanja: 徐宗秀; 1678–1744) from noble families, were chosen, but they both refused to have their daughter marry the prince; both of them were imprisoned by the order of Yeongjo and Lady Seo married Prince Nakcheon in 1737. Lady Seo was a great-great-granddaughter of Princess Jeongsin, the eldest daughter of King Seonjo; the couple had no children. After he married, Prince Nakcheon died suddenly in the same year, aged 16.
  After his death, Prince Nakcheon was buried in the family graveyard at Geumcheon of Gyeonggi Province (now Siheung County, Gyeonggi Province), near to his adoptive parents and grandmother's burial.
caption: The gravestone of Prince Nackcheon
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