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{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association<br>전주이씨대동종약원<br>全州李氏大同宗約院
| logo                     = 
| founders                 = 
| dissolved                = 
| type                     = [[Family association]]
| location                 = [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]
| origins                  = 
| area_served              = 
| owner                    = 
| key_people               = [[Yi Won]] (director)
| footnotes                = 
| num_members              = 
| subsid                   = 
| num_employees            = 
| Non-profit_slogan        = 
| homepage                 = {{URL|http://rfo.co.kr/}}
| founded_date             = {{start date and age|df=yes|1957|4|3}}
| num_volunteers           = 
}}
The '''Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association |url=https://jeonjulee.imweb.me/ |archive-date=2023-01-30 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230130044814/https://jeonjulee.imweb.me/ }}</ref> ({{langx|ko|전주이씨대동종약원}}) is a [[family association]] based in [[South Korea]] founded by the [[Jeonju Yi clan|Jeonju Yi  (Lee) clan]], the household of [[Joseon]] and the [[Korean Empire]], which previously ruled [[Korea]]. The association originated from several national institutions of the Joseon dynasty. Its recent main activities following [[World War II]] include holding annual [[Jongmyo jerye]], the worship rites of the royal ancestors, and compiling [[Genealogy book|genealogy books]] of the descendants from the [[House of Yi]].

== History ==
The king [[Taejo of Joseon]] started his reign in 1392, and some of the institution setups included an office to handle affairs regarding the royal family.<ref>{{cite web|title=문무 백관의 관제|url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/waa_10107028_004|website=朝鮮王朝實錄}}（太祖元年七月廿八日）</ref> The policy was continued by his son, [[Taejong of Joseon]], who created the "Office of Royal Genealogy" (宗簿寺, 종부시) in 1401.<ref>{{cite web|title=The King orders that some items of Gyeseong Hall be buried after its royal portrait in the hall is transferred|url=http://esillok.history.go.kr/front/sillokView/SillokViewList.do?menuNo=4000000&leftMenuNo=4010000&pStep01_01=01&pStep02_01=eda_106&pStep03_01=eda_106090&pStep03_02=09&pCommonTotalData_01=eda_10609025&pCommonTotalData_02=25&pSillokButtonDataType=Eng&pPage=6&pSillokContentType=1|accessdate=19 June 2020|website=[[Veritable records of the Joseon dynasty]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=관제 개편|url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wca_10107013_002|website=朝鮮王朝實錄}}（太祖元年七月十三日）</ref> The office existed for centuries, and a reformation was executed in 1864, during the reign of [[Gojong of Korea|King Gojong]].<ref>{{cite web|title=대신들이 종친부의 격상에 따른 관직 제도의 변경 등을 아뢰다|url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wza_10206010_001|website=朝鮮王朝實錄}}（高宗二年六月十日）</ref> It was eventually abolished in 1907.

After the [[Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910]], the former emperor [[Sunjong of Korea]] issued a decree, allowing the descendants of the royal family to form a private organization so as to strengthen the relationship within the clan. Said organization had a collection from Sunjong, including a [[commemorative plaque]] with Sunjong's [[Chinese calligraphy]] handwriting on it, which reads 崇祖惇宗 (숭조돈종, "respect the ancestor and harmony with the clan"), but the plaque went missing during the [[Korean War]]. On 27 November 1955, the members of the Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association held a foundation ceremony in the hall of Whimoon Middle School in [[Seoul]],<ref>{{cite web|title=창립 및 연혁|url=http://www.rfo.co.kr/history.htm|accessdate=2020-06-18|website=전주이씨대동종약원}}</ref> and the association was later officially registered as a [[Juridical person|legal organization]] on 3 April 1957. The Association's headquarters are in the Lee Hwa Building (이화회관 [李花會館], "Plum Blossom Hall"),<ref>{{cite web |title=JeonjuLee Royal Family Association |url=https://jeonjulee.imweb.me/}}</ref> located in [[Jongno District]] of Seoul, on the street leading to the main gate of Changdeokgung.<ref>{{cite web|title=全州李氏大同宗約院三十年史|url=https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1352758|accessdate=2020-06-18|publisher=全州李氏大同宗約院}} (p. 41, 43)</ref>

In addition to domestic offices, the association has several international branches, including seven offices in [[North America]] and one in [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Organizations of Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association|url=http://kms246.bizwon.co.kr/bin/minihome/index.html?seq=7254|accessdate=19 June 2020}}</ref>

==Organization==
According to the statistics in 1995, there were 2.8 million people coming from the [[Jeonju Yi clan]] in South Korea, making up over 770 thousand Yi families, 230 thousand families from whom lived in [[Seoul]]. Among them, there were nationwide 44% population from the clan (330 thousand families) that are registered members of the Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association; in Seoul, similarly, there were specifically 39% (90 thousand families) of the clan that were registered.<ref name="nbj">{{cite journal |author1=노부자(魯富子) |title=韓国の都市における同姓組織の全体構造 - ソウル市の「全州李氏大同宗約院」を事例にして |journal=ソシオロジ |date=1997 |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=41-43 |doi=10.14959/soshioroji.41.3_37 |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/soshioroji/41/3/41_37/_pdf |accessdate=2020-07-23}}</ref>

Within the association, there is a chairman, as the superior over vice-chairmen, supervisors, and members of the council; they are often family members with prominent figures in politics and/or economics. As various ways to support members from the clan, there are several sub-organizations, including one that can offer scholarship, committees for academics and art, as well as ones dedicated to ancestral worship activities. Based on different genealogy among family members, 83 groups of the member can be classified; based on the places of residence, there are 15 sub-associations and 225 offices set, and there are also, for further district subdivision, branches in smaller administrative units ([[Myeon (administrative division)|''myeon'']], [[Eup (administrative division)|''eup'']], and [[Dong (administrative division)|''dong'']]). As to overseas sub-associations, there are ones in Japan ([[Kantō region|Kantō]] and [[Kansai region|Kansai]] offices) and the United States (including [[Chicago]] and [[Los Angeles]] offices).<ref name="nbj" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Statistics for the offices of the association (1995)<ref name="nbj" />
!'''Location''' !! '''No. of offices'''
|-
|[[Seoul]]
|22
|-
|[[Busan]]
|12
|-
|[[Daegu]]
|7
|-
|[[Incheon]]
|6
|-
|[[Daejeon]]
|5
|-
|[[Gyeonggi Province]]
|29
|-
|[[Gangwon Province, South Korea|Gangwon Province]]
|18
|-
|[[North Chungcheong Province]]
|12
|-
|[[South Chungcheong Province]]
|16
|-
|[[North Jeolla Province]]
|18
|-
|[[South Jeolla Province]]
|25
|-
|[[North Gyeongsang Province]]
|23
|-
|[[South Gyeongsang Province]]
|25
|-
|[[Jeju Province]]
|3
|-
|[[Japan]]
|2
|-
|[[United States]]
|2
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''225'''
|}

== List of directors ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="100%"
! colspan="8" |Directors of the Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association<ref>{{cite web|title=역대 총재|url=http://www.rfo.co.kr/director1.htm|accessdate=2020-06-18}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" width="5%" |
! rowspan="2" width="10%" |Portrait
! colspan="2" width="25%" |Title
! rowspan="2" width="10%" |Name
! rowspan="2" width="20%" |In office since
! rowspan="2" width="10%" |Birth and death
! rowspan="2" width="20%" |Notes
|-
! width="10%" |Korean
! width="15%" |English
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|1
|[[File:Prince_Imperial_Ui.jpg|143x143px]]
|의친왕<br>義親王
|Prince Imperial Ui
|[[Yi Kang]]
|1910
(posthumous recognition)
|1877–1955
| align="left" |
* 5th son of [[Gojong of Korea]]
* Made ''Prince Uihwa'' in 1891<ref>{{cite web|title=왕자인 강에게 의화군의 작위를 봉하다|url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wza_12812029_001|website=朝鮮王朝實錄}}</ref>
* Becoming ''Prince Imperial Ui'' in 1900
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|2
|[[File:Crown_Prince_of_Korea_Yi_Un.jpg|149x149px]]
|영친왕<br>英親王
|Prince Imperial Yeong
|[[Yi Un]]
|29 July 1966
|1897–1970
| align="left" |
* 7th son of [[Gojong of Korea]]
* Becoming ''Prince Imperial Yeong'' in 1900
* Appointed by Emperor [[Sunjong of Korea]] as the ''Imperial Crown Prince'' in 1907
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
| colspan="8" |''After [[Korean Empire]] being abolished (1910) and the foundation of the [[South Korea|Republic of Korea]] (1948), the titles ever since are of pretence and for courtesy within the association.''<ref>{{cite web |title=대일본 천황이 조서를 내리다 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kzc_10308029_001 |website=[[Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty]]}}</ref><ref name="Korean Constitution">{{cite web |title=CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA |url=https://elaw.klri.re.kr/eng_service/lawView.do?lang=ENG&hseq=1 |publisher=Korean Legislation Research Institute |accessdate=27 August 2018}}</ref><ref>Article 11, Section 2: "No privileged caste shall be recognized or ever established in any form."</ref>
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|3
|[[File:Yi_Gu.jpg|100x100px]]
|황세손<br>皇世孫
|Imperial Crown Prince
|[[Yi Ku]]
|20 March 1973
|1931–2005
| align="left" |
* 2nd son of [[Yi Un]]
* Born as the ''Crown Prince of King Yi''
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|4
|[[File:Yiwon_08JongmyoDaeje.jpg|184x184px]]
|황사손<br>皇嗣孫
|Hereditary Prince Imperial
|[[Yi Won]]
|27 June 2007
|born 1961
| align="left" |
* Great-grandson of [[Gojong of Korea]]
* Heir to [[Yi Ku]]
* Grandson of [[Yi Kang]] and the eldest son of Yi Gap (9th son of Yi Kang)
|}

== List of chairmen of the association ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="100%"
! colspan="7" |Chairmen of the Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association<ref>{{cite web|title=역대 이사장|url=http://www.rfo.co.kr/director.htm|accessdate=2020-06-18}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" width="5%" |
! colspan="2" width="23%" |Name
! rowspan="2" width="35%" |Tenure
! rowspan="2" width="25%" |From the cadet branch
! rowspan="2" width="10%" |Birth and death
! rowspan="2" width="2%" |Ref(s)
|-
! width="8%" |Korean
! width="15%" |English
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|1
|이범승<br>李範昇
|Lee Beom-seung
|7 November 1955 – 9 February 1958
|Grand Prince Gwangpyeong<br>''17th generation''
|1887–1976
|<ref>{{cite book|author1=이용재|title=도서관인물 평전|date=2013-02-28|isbn=9788965452102}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=아방가르드미술연구소 |url=https://www.gokams.or.kr:442/visual-art/art-terms/glossary/group_view.asp?idx=307 |website=한국미술 다국어 용어사전 |accessdate=20 June 2020}}</ref>
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|2
|리기붕<br>李起鵬
|[[Lee Ki-poong]]
|10 February 1958 – 3 April 1959
|[[Prince Hyoryeong|Grand Prince Hyoryeong]]<br>''17th generation''
|1896–1960
|
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|3
| rowspan="3" |이세정<br>李世楨
| rowspan="3" |Yi Se-jeong
| rowspan="3" |25 December 1962 – 4 March 1970
| rowspan="3" |Prince Ikyang<br>''15th generation''
| rowspan="3" |1895–1972
| rowspan="3" |<ref>{{cite web|title=이세정(李世楨, 1895~1972)|url=http://www.daejonggyo.or.kr/modules/board/bd_view.html?no=6&id=man4&p=1&or=bd_order&al=asc|accessdate=2020-06-18|website=[[Daejongism]]|archive-date=2020-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620034143/http://www.daejonggyo.or.kr/modules/board/bd_view.html?no=6&id=man4&p=1&or=bd_order&al=asc|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=전주이씨(全州李氏)|url=http://www.jokbo.re.kr/book/index.html?sn=&fn=1125&fnkey=11251216|website=부천족보도서관}}</ref>
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|4
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|5
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|6
|이건웅<br>李建雄
|Yi Geon-ung
|20 March 1970 – 20 September 1970<br>(acting)
|Prince Deokcheon<br>''15th generation''
|born 1941
|<ref>{{cite news|date=2002-02-23|title=사직대제, 중요무형문화재로 지정 예고|url=https://news.joins.com/article/705070|accessdate=2020-06-18}}</ref>
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|7
|이수길<br>李壽吉
|Yi Su-gil
|12 February 1971 – 12 May 1974
|Grand Prince Inpyeong<br>''10th generation''
|1917–1982
|{{efn|name=NoteA}}
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|8
|이봉우<br>李鳳宇
|Yi Bong-u
|15 April 1975 － 12 May 1977
|[[Prince Hyoryeong|Grand Prince Hyoryeong]]<br>''15th generation''
|
|
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|9
| rowspan="4" |이재형<br>李載灐
| rowspan="4" |Lee Choi-hyung
| rowspan="4" |13 May 1977 – 30 January 1992
| rowspan="4" |Prince Inseong<br>''10th generation''
| rowspan="4" |1914–1992
| rowspan="4" |<ref>{{cite web|title=운경 이재형|url=https://www.woonkyung.or.kr/blank-2|accessdate=2020-06-18|archive-date=2020-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619043615/https://www.woonkyung.or.kr/blank-2|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=이재형 (李載灐 / LEE,CHOI-HYUNG) |url=https://people.joins.com/search/profile.aspx?pn=15013 |website=Jo!ns |accessdate=20 June 2020}}</ref>
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|10
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|11
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|12
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|13
| rowspan="2" |이범준<br>李範俊
| rowspan="2" |Rhee Bomb-june
| rowspan="2" |1 February 1992 – 20 September 1996
| rowspan="2" |Grand Prince Gwangpyeong<br>''17th generation''
| rowspan="2" |1928–2007
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite web|title=공훈록보기|url=http://dnc.go.kr/_prog/_board/?mode=V&no=33697&code=merit&site_dvs_cd=kr&menu_dvs_cd=0208&s_post_dvs_cd=&skey=&sval=&GotoPage=250|accessdate=2020-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=이범준 (李範俊 / RHEE,BOMB-JUNE) |url=https://people.joins.com/search/profile.aspx?pn=15000 |website=Jo!ns |accessdate=20 June 2020}}</ref>
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|14
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|15
| rowspan="6" |이환의<br>李桓儀
| rowspan="6" |Lee Hwan-ey
| rowspan="6" |31 September 1996 – 3 January 2012
| rowspan="6" |[[Prince Hyoryeong|Grand Prince Hyoryeong]]<br>''16th generation''
| rowspan="6" |born 1931
| rowspan="6" |<ref>{{cite web|title=이환의|url=http://cdb.chosun.com/search/db-people/i_common/profile.jsp?uci=G010+1-02141999110500021424|accessdate=2020-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=이환의 (李桓儀 / LEE,HWAN-EY) |url=https://people.joins.com/search/profile.aspx?pn=10904 |website=Jo!ns}}</ref>
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|16
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|17
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|18
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|19
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|20
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|21
| rowspan="4" |이태섭<br>李台燮
| rowspan="4" |Lee Tae-sup
| rowspan="4" |4 January 2012 – 17 December 2019
| rowspan="4" |Prince Deokyang<br>''14th generation''
| rowspan="4" |born 1939
| rowspan="4" |<ref>{{cite web|title=이태섭|url=https://people.joins.com/search/profile.aspx?pn=10664|accessdate=2020-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=이태섭 (李台燮 / LEE,TAE-SUP) |url=https://people.joins.com/search/profile.aspx?pn=10664 |website=Jo!ns |accessdate=20 June 2020}}</ref>
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|22
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|23
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|24
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|25
|rowspan="2"|이귀남<br>李貴男
|rowspan="2"|Lee Gwi-nam
|rowspan="2"|18 December 2019 – present
|rowspan="2"|Prince Hoesan<br>''17th generation''
|rowspan="2"|born 1951
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|title=이귀남|url=https://people.joins.com/search/profile.aspx?pn=33089|accessdate=2020-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=김용란|date=2020-02-07|title=이귀남 향우 전주이씨 대동종약원 이사장 추대|agency=장흥투데이|url=http://www.jhtoday.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=3637|accessdate=2020-06-18}}</ref>
|- style="font-size:89%;" align="center"
|26
|}

== See also ==

* [[Kungnaebu]]
* [[Office of the Yi Dynasty]]
* [[Cultural Heritage Administration]]

==Notes==
{{notelist|refs=
{{efn|name=NoteA|Yi Su-gil (이수길) was by birth the 5th son of Prince [[Yi Kang]], and by extension a grandson of [[Gojong of Korea|Gojong]], but he was later adopted as the heir to Baron Yi Yin-yong (이인용, 1907-1950); therefore his genealogy goes by his adoptive father.<ref>{{cite news |title=황실 후손이 매국노의 양자로… |url=http://legacy.h21.hani.co.kr/section-021106000/2005/08/021106000200508230574128.html |accessdate=20 June 2020 |issue=574 |publisher=한겨레21 |date=2005-08-25}}</ref> He was also known as other names, including Yi Ju (이주/李鑄).<ref>{{cite web |title=문화유산신문 |url=http://kchn.kr/column/?q=YToyOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjtzOjQ6InBhZ2UiO2k6NDt9&bmode=view&idx=1865710&t=board |website=문화유산신문 |accessdate=20 June 2020}}</ref>}}
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* Korean website: [http://www.rfo.co.kr/index.htm 전주이씨대동종약원] ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620060751/http://www.rfo.co.kr/index.htm |date=20 June 2020}})
* English website: [https://jeonjulee.imweb.me/ Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association] ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130044814/https://jeonjulee.imweb.me/ |date=30 Jan 2023}})

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