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{{Short description|South Korean model and entertainer (b. 1974)}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Lee (Korean name)|Yi]]||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name    =      Yi Hong
| suc-type    =   
| spouse      = Han Yŏng-kwang (2000–2002)
| issue       = A daughter  
| royal house =   [[House of Yi]]
| posthumous name =
| father          = [[Yi Seok]]
| mother          = Donkgo Jeonghui
| birth_date      = {{birth year and age|1974}}
| birth_place     = [[Seoul]], South Korea
|}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto
|hangul=%이홍
|hanja=李洪
}}
'''Yi Hong''' (born 1974 in Seoul) is a South Korean model and entertainer. She is descendant of [[Joseon]] royalty; she is the eldest daughter of [[Yi Seok]] by his second wife, Donkgo Jeonghui, and a great-granddaughter of Emperor [[Gojong of Korea]].

==Biography==
Yi Hong was born in [[Chigung]] palace in the neighborhood of [[Gujeong-dong]] located next to [[Gyeongbokgung]] palace, [[Seoul]], the main palace of the [[Joseon dynasty]].<ref name="Hankook Ilbo 2007-03-01">{{cite news|url=http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/it_tech/200703/h2007030113351023630.htm |script-title=ko:이 사람이 바로 전설의 무인 '곽원갑'|trans-title=This is the legendary martial artist, "Gwak Won-gap" |newspaper=[[Hankook Ilbo]] |language=Korean |date=2007-03-01}}</ref> Her father, Yi Seok is the eleventh son of [[Prince Imperial Ui]], the 5th son of [[Emperor Gojong of Korea]]. He was a well known singer in the 1960s while in his twenties, having several hit songs including ''"Bidulgi jip'' (Dove's house). Yi Seok is currently lecturing at [[Jeonju University]] and several universities.<ref name="Chosun Ilbo">{{cite news|url=http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/it_tech/200703/h2007030113351023630.htm |script-title=ko:(사람들) 연예인이 된 고종의 증손녀 이홍씨|trans-title=(People) Yi Hong, a great-granddaughter of Emperor Gojong of the Korean Empire becomes an entertainer |newspaper=[[The Chosun Ilbo]] |language=Korean |date=2006-08-19 |author=Seo, Il-ho (서일호)}}</ref> Her parents divorced when she was at the age of three in [[East Asian age reckoning|Korean age]], so Yi was raised by her maternal grandmother. Since 1979, she had lived in the United States for 10 years. Yi did not know that she was a descendant of the [[House of Yi|Korean imperial family]] until she was at the first year of her middle school. She first met her father at her senior year of her high school 6 months before she took the university entrance exam. In an interview with a weekly magazine, she confessed that she felt glad to meet her father, and at the same time, she was in confusion.<ref name="Hankook Ilbo 2007-03-01" />

After graduation from the [[Industrial design]] department at [[Hansung University]], she worked as an [[interior designer]] for a short period. Yi then studied business in Japan. Although she appeared in several films as a small roles, Yi officially started her career as an entertainer by starring in a [[KTF]] commercial. She also appeared in a [[Samsung]] [[Anicall]] commercial, and singer [[Jo Gwan-u]]'s music video. In an interview with [[Hankook Ilbo]] in 2007, Yi Hong wished to restore the dignity of the empire.<ref name="Hankook Ilbo 2007-03-01" />

In 2000, she married [[Han Yeong-gwang]] (한영광), an [[actor]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.donga.com/docs/magazine/woman_donga/200005/wd2000050300.html |script-title=ko:궁중에서 전통 공주가례식 추진중인 고종의 증손녀 이홍 영화배우 한영광 커플|trans-title=Yi Hong, a great-granddaughter of Emperor Gojong of the Korean Empire is preparing the traditional wedding ceremony for princes with actor, Han Yeong-gwang |newspaper=[[Dong-a Ilbo|Women Dong-a]] |language=Korean |date=May 2000 |author=Kim, Seon-jung (김선중)}}</ref> They have one child, a daughter born in 2001.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Princess Yi Hong'''
|2= 2. [[Yi Seok|Prince Yi Seok]]
|3= 3. Donkgo Jeonghui
|4= 4. [[Yi Kang|Prince Yi Kang]]
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==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://cafe.daum.net/epna Cafe]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050207052645/http://royalcity.or.kr/ Royal City]
* [http://people.empas.com/people/info/le/eh/leehong/ Yi Hong's profile at Empas]
* {{in lang|ja}} [http://japanese.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/06/20/20060620000048.html Joseon's descendant Yi Hong is an entertainer]
* {{in lang|ja}} [http://japanese.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2004/04/26/20040426000023.html Emperor Gojong's great-grand daughter enters the singing circle]

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[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:House of Yi]]
[[Category:South Korean female models]]


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