Crown Prince Sado
| Yi Seon, Crown Prince Sado 이선 사도세자 |
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| Reign | 1744 - 1762 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Crown Prince Hyojang | ||||||||
| Successor | Crown Prince Yi San | ||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1735 Hanseong, Kingdom of Joseon |
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| Died |
12 July 1762 (aged 27) Hanseong, Kingdom of Joseon |
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| Consort |
Princess Consort Hyegyeong Secondary Consort Yeongbin Secondary Consort Pingae |
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| Issue |
Jeongjo of Joseon Prince Euneon Princess Cheongyeon Prince Eunshin Princess Cheongseon Princess Cheonggeun Prince Eunjeon |
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| House | Jeonju Yi | ||||||||
| Father | Yeongjo of Joseon | ||||||||
| Mother | Royal Noble Consort Yeong | ||||||||
| Posthumous name | |
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| King Jangjong Shinmun Hwanmu Jangheon Gwanghyo the Great of Korea 장종신문환무장헌광효대왕 莊宗神文桓武莊獻廣孝大王 |
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| Temple name | |
| Jangjo |
| Crown Prince Sado | |
| Hangul | 장조 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jangjo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Changjo |
| Posthumous name | |
| Hangul | 사도 세자 |
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| Revised Romanization | Sado Seja |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sado Seja |
Crown Prince Sado (13 February 1735 – 12 July 1762) was born Prince Jangheon, the second son of the Korean king Yeongjo (1694 – 1776). Due to the prior death of his older brother Prince Hyojang (1728), the new prince was the probable royal heir. However Prince Sado was not given an opportunity to reign. At the age of 27, he was executed by order of his father, and died of starvation by being confined in a rice chest. His father gave him the posthumous title Sado, meaning "Thinking of with great sorrow."
Sado's wife wrote a memoir in 1805 detailing their life together. She records that the prince suffered a severe illness during 1745, where he often lost consciousness. Although he recovered, the tense relationship between Sado and King Yeongjo led to him experiencing severe anxiety whenever in his father's presence. When Sado came of age at 15, his father appointed him regent, giving him the power to make decisions on administrative matters. Lady Hyegyeong describes King Yeongjo as perpetually dissatisfied with whichever course of action Sado chose. Yeongjo also did not permit Sado to visit the ancestral tombs until as late as 1756, nor was he allowed to attend auspicious court events. Yeongjo also always made sure to chastise his son in front of a large crowd, either of ladies-in-waiting or eunuchs.
In 1752, Sado read a Taoist text called (Hangul: 옥추경; Hanja: 玉樞經). Whilst reading, he hallucinated that he saw the Thunder God. Henceforth, Sado was terrified of thunder and refused to touch any object engraved with the characters of the book.
Sado took a secondary consort, Yeongbin (Royal Noble Consort Suk), with whom he had a son in 1754. Terrified of his father's anger, Sado forced her to take abortive medicines, but the child was born safely anyway. Arrangements for Yeongbin's delivery and housing were made by Lady Hyegyeong. Sado had another son with Yeongbin in 1755, from whom the first emperor of Korea was descended.
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