Person1814 – 1866
Siméon-François Berneux
French bishop of the Paris Foreign Missions who led the Korean church and was executed at Saenamteo in 1866
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The Daewongun launched a sweeping persecution of Catholics, executing nine French missionaries and thousands of believers; it became the pretext for the French expedition.
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Heungseon Daewongun1820 – 1898Gojong's father and regent, who rebuilt Gyeongbokgung and rejected Western trade