PersonAD 371

King Gogugwon

Sixteenth king of Goguryeo, killed defending Pyongyang against Baekje

In 342 Murong Huang of Former Yan invaded and took Hwando Fortress, dug up King Micheon’s tomb and carried off the king’s mother and queen. Gogugwon then turned south and fought Baekje over Hwanghae. He was defeated at Chiyang in 369 by a Baekje army under Crown Prince Geungusu, and in 371 was killed by an arrow while defending Pyongyang. His successor Sosurim rebuilt the kingdom.

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AD 371Baekje Attacks Pyongyangmonarch
King Geunchogo and Crown Prince Geungusu struck Pyongyang with 30,000 men; King Gogugwon of Goguryeo was killed by an arrow defending it.

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King GeunchogoAD 375
Thirteenth king of Baekje, who absorbed Mahan and attacked Pyongyang in its golden age

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Pyongyang194 BC – 2007
From Wanggeom-seong of Gojoseon to the inter-Korean summits — capital of Goguryeo, Western Capital of Goryeo, the great city on the Taedong