Park Chan-ju

Lady Park Chan-ju (박찬주, 朴贊珠) (11 December 1914 – 13 July 1995), was the spouse of Prince Yi U of Korea.

Yi U & Park Chan-ju in 1935

She was a granddaughter of Marquis Park Yeong-hyo, who was a son-in-law of King Cheoljong of Joseon as a husband of Princess Yeonghye of Korea. They had two children, Yi Chung and Yi Jong.

Biography

Park Chan-ju was born into the Bannam Park clan on 11 December 1914 in Gyeongseong, Gyeonggi, Japanese-Korea to Park Il-seo and his wife, Park Won-hui as the eldest daughter within their youngest five sons and youngest daughter. In March 1932, Chan-ju graduated from Kyungsung Girls' High School (now known today as Gyeonggi Girls' High School), and went to Japan to study in Tokyo Women's Learning Center.

Prince Uihwa did not want Yi U, his second son, to marry a Japanese noblewoman and insisted that he marry a Korean noblewoman unlike his brother, Prince Yi Geon who did so. Since Park Yeong-hyo was close friends with Prince Uihwa, both wanted to find a way to reject Yi U's marriage to a Japanese bride. So Park had spoke about setting up his eldest granddaughter with Prince Uihwa's second eldest son. Yi U's adoptive mother, Lady Kim of the Gwangsan Kim clan, disliked Chan-ju because the prince had attempted to kill his adoptive father, Yi Jun-yong (the nephew of Emperor Gojong and Empress Myeongseong) who tried to assassinate and rebel towards Kim Hak-woo (Hangul: 김학우, Hanja: 金鶴羽) of the Legal Affairs Association, with charges in 1895 while her grandfather served as Minister of Interior.[1] The prince had notified Minister Han Chang-soo (Hangul: 한창수, Hanja: 韓昌洙) to establish the marriage when he sent an engagement ring to Chan-ju, but Lee Wang-jik (이왕직), a Minister who was in charge of the affairs of the royal family, had protested against the marriage as it was done without the Emperor's acknowledge and tried to pressure the prince to marry within the Japanese royal family instead.[2]

But Yi U as adamant in marrying a Korean and with Park Yeong-hyo's influence against Japanese politics, the Japanese royal court and Lee Wang-jik acknowledged the Yi U's and Park Chan-ju's marriage. Chan-ju's grandfather had pretended that the marriage with a Japanese noblewoman was withdrawn, and had went to Tokyo to make use of his political, aristocratic, and personal connections to eventually have the acknowledgement of the engagement announced by the Japanese Imperial Palace on 11 July 1934.[3] On 17 April 1935,[4] Emperor Showa made a decree to acknowledge the marriage in which the wedding ceremony of the couple was held in Tokyo on 3 May 1935.[5] When the married couple returned to Gyeongseong, Korea, they visited the Jongmyo Shrine and Neungwon, and held a ceremony at the Joseon Hotel and Unhyeongung Palace.[6] Their eldest son was born on 23 April 1936 and their second son was on 9 November 1940 in separate residences in Tokyo.

In 1938, the building they lived in was donated to the female activist and educator Hwang Shin-deok (황신덕) to help establish the Kyungsung Family Ryosuk (now known as Joongang Girls' High School). On 25 August 1945, Park Chan-ju had lost Yi U to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and went to live at Unhyeongung Palace with her two sons. In April 1950, she became the first chairman of Chugye University of Arts, Joongang Girls' High School, and Chugye Elementary School.

In 1992, Unhyeongung Palace was sold to Seoul, and after spending her last years at her home in Bukahhyeon, Seodaemun, Seoul, she died from suicide on 13 July 1995. She is buried with her husband Yi U at the gravesite of Heungseon Daewongun in Changhyeon, Hwado, Namyang, Gyeonggi Province.

Family
  • Great-Great-Great-Grandfather
    • Park Hae-su (박해수, 朴海壽)
  • Great-Great-Grandfather
    • Park Jae-dang (박제당, 朴齊堂) (1784 - 1858)
  • Great-Great-Grandmother
    • Lady Yi of the Yeonan Yi clan (연안 이씨, 延安李氏) (1783 - 1818)
  • Great-Grandfather
    • Park Won-yang (박원양, 朴元陽) (1804 - 17 December 1884)
  • Great-Grandmother
    • Lady Lee of the Jeonui Lee clan (전의 이씨, 全義李氏) (1817 - 1884)
  • Grandfather
  • Father
    • Park Il-seo (박일서, 朴日緖) (1897 - 1931)
  • Mother
    • Park Won-hui (박원희, 朴元熙) (1889 - 1969)
  • Brothers
    • Younger brother: Park Chan-byeom (박찬범, 朴贊汎) (17 August 1917 - 23 November 1986); succeeded his father in becoming Marquis
      • Sister-in-law: Yi Hae-chun (이해춘, 李海珺) (1920 - 2009), later divorced; Third daughter of Yi Kang
        • Nephew: Park Hyeong-woo (박형우, 朴亨雨) (1937 - 2012)
    • Younger brother: Park Chan-ik (박찬익, 朴贊益) (1920 - 2003)
      • Nephew: Park Mi-woo (박미우, 朴美雨)
      • Nephew: Park Il-woo (박일우, 朴一雨)
      • Nephew: Park Joon-woo (박준우, 朴俊雨)
    • Younger brother: Park Chan-woo (박찬우, 朴贊友); died prematurely
    • Younger brother: Park Chan-eung (박찬웅, 朴贊雄) (1926 - 1950)
    • Younger brother: Park Chan-yong (박찬용, 朴贊用) (1927 - 1945)
  • Sister
    • Younger sister: Park Chan-ok (박찬옥, 朴贊玉)
  • Husband
    • Prince Yi U (이우, 李鍝) (15 August 1912 - 7 July 1945)
  • Sons
    • Yi Cheong (이청, 李淸) (23 April 1936)
      • Daughter-in-law: Kim Chae-yeong (김채영) (1949)
        • Unnamed grandson
    • Yi Jong (이종, 李淙) (9 November 1940 - 25 December 1966)

Notes
  1. 이청 (2007). “〈나의 아버지 이우공〉,《흥선대원군과 운현궁 사람들》 웹도록”. 서울역사박물관.
  2. 박후작 영손 찬주양 이우공비로 어내정” (PDF). 매일신보. 1933년 12월 13일. 2016년 3월 6일에 원본 문서 (PDF)에서 보존된 문서. 2014년 4월 23일에 확인함.
  3. “이우공 어배우로 박찬주양을 어확정 종질료에서 어약혼 정식발표” (PDF). 매일신보. 1934년 7월 12일. 2016년 3월 6일에 원본 문서 (PDF)에서 보존된 문서. 2014년 4월 23일에 확인함
  4. “이우공 전하 어결혼칙허” (PDF). 매일신보. 1935년 4월 18일. 2016년 3월 5일에 원본 문서 (PDF)에서 보존된 문서. 2014년 4월 23일에 확인함.
  5. “이우공 전하 어혼의 3일 동경서 신식으로 어거행 궁중어참내는 4일” (PDF). 매일신보. 1935년 5월 4일. 2016년 3월 6일에 원본 문서 (PDF)에서 보존된 문서. 2014년 4월 23일에 확인함.
  6. “이우공 동비 양전하 가례후 어초환가” (PDF). 매일신보. 1935년 6월 29일. 2016년 3월 4일에 원본 문서 (PDF)에서 보존된 문서. 2014년 4월 23일에 확인함.
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