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Gyeon Hwon Defects to Goryeo

Deposed by his eldest son Singeom and confined at Geumsansa, Gyeon Hwon escaped and went over to Goryeo.

Mireukjeon of Geumsansa, Gimje — the temple where Gyeon Hwon was confined (hall rebuilt in 1635)
Mireukjeon of Geumsansa, Gimje — the temple where Gyeon Hwon was confined (hall rebuilt in 1635)

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When Gyeon Hwon chose his fourth son Geumgang as heir, the brothers Singeom, Yanggeom and Yonggeom staged a coup in the third month of 935, killed Geumgang and shut their father up in Geumsansa. Three months later he fled to Geumseong (Naju) and submitted to Goryeo; Wang Geon honoured him as sangbo and granted him Yangju as a fief.

The split in Later Baekje hastened Goryeo’s victory, and the next year Gyeon Hwon marched with the Goryeo army to Illicheon.

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States and rulers at the time
Later Baekje — Gyeon Hwon → Singeom
Places
Geumsansa Temple, Gimje, Geumseong (Naju)

People

  • Gyeon HwonAD 867 – AD 936

    leader · Silla soldier from Gaeun in Sangju who founded Later Baekje at Wansan-ju in 900; deposed by his son Singeom, he defected to Goryeo

  • Singeom

    related figure · Gyeon Hwon's eldest son, who confined his father at Geumsansa and took the throne, but surrendered to Goryeo after the Battle of Illicheon in 936

  • Taejo Wang GeonAD 877 – AD 943

    monarch · Songak magnate who served Gung Ye, took Naju, overthrew Gung Ye to found Goryeo in 918 and reunified the Later Three Kingdoms in 935–936

Before and after

Later
AD 935 King Gyeongsun of Silla Submits to Goryeo

Themes that include this event

  • JeonjuAD 685 – 1894

    From Wansanju, capital of Later Baekje, to the ancestral seat of the Joseon royal house — where the Annals were saved and the Donghak army took the fortress