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Singeom

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

In 935 he and his brothers Yanggeom and Yonggeom staged a coup and killed their younger brother Geumgang, to whom Gyeon Hwon had meant to leave the throne. The next year he met the Goryeo army, led by Gyeon Hwon himself, at Illicheon; seeing their old king, Later Baekje commanders defected one after another and he was routed. Pursued to Hwangsan (Nonsan), he surrendered, and Later Baekje came to an end.

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  1. 1
    AD 935Gyeon Hwon Defects to Goryeorelated figure

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

  2. 2
    AD 936Battle of Illicheonmonarch

    Wang Geon, with Gyeon Hwon at his side, crushed Singeom’s Later Baekje army at Illicheon; Singeom surrendered at Hwangsan, Later Baekje fell and Goryeo reunified the Later Three Kingdoms.

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  • Gyeon HwonAD 867 – AD 936

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

  • Taejo Wang GeonAD 877 – AD 943

    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

  • Yu Geum-pilAD 941

    Goryeo general who distinguished himself at the battles of Gochang and Illicheon

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  • 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