Jungjong Restoration
Park Won-jong and others deposed Yeonsangun and enthroned Grand Prince Jinseong as King Jungjong; Yeonsangun was exiled to Gyodong Island.
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After the Gapja purge Yeonsangun abolished the royal lectures and the Censor-General’s office, turned the National Academy into a pleasure ground and gathered courtesans from across the country. In the ninth month of 1506 Park Won-jong, Seong Hui-an, Yu Sun-jeong and others raised troops and seized the palace. With the consent of the queen dowager (Queen Jeonghyeon), they enthroned Yeonsangun’s half-brother, Grand Prince Jinseong. It was the first time in Joseon that subjects had deposed a king.
Reduced to the rank of prince, Yeonsangun was exiled to Gyodong Island off Ganghwa and died of illness that November; the record of his reign is therefore called a "diary" rather than annals. As the restoration’s merit subjects dominated the court, Jungjong brought in Jo Gwang-jo and other Sarim to check them — which led to the Gimyo purge.
