Dongmyeong of Goguryeo

Dongmyeong of Goguryeo, also called " Dongmyeongseongwang " ( 동명 성왕 ,东 明 圣王) or " Dongmyeongwang " ( 동명왕 ,东 明王), ( * 58 BC, † 19 BC ) was the founder of the kingdom of Goguryeo, a predecessor kingdom of present-day Korea.

Life

Born as Jumong ( 주몽 ,朱 蒙), or Chumo ( 상해 ,象 解), he slipped the legend of the Gwanggaeto Stele and the Chronicles of Goguryeo in the history book Samguk Sagi after from an egg and grew up in Buyeo. He was the son of Hae Mosu, son of the sky god and the founder of Buyeo, and Yuhwa, the daughter of the river god Habaek. After his childhood, he left his homeland, founded in 37 BC, Goguryeo and gave himself the surname Go.

Dongmyeong Goguryeo had two wives. The first was called Yae -So- Ya, with her he had a son named Yuri, who also took the throne after death of King Dongmyeongs. The second wife was called So Seo -No. She had two sons named Bilryu and Ohnjo (the founder of Baekje ). Since these were not Dongmyeongs biological sons, he let Yuri rise to the throne.

His tomb is today one of the National Treasures of North Korea.