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Yeongnyu of Goguryeo
Hangul:	영류왕
Hanja:	榮留王
Revised Romanization:	Yeongnyu-wang
McCune-Reischauer:	Yŏngnyu-wang
Birth name
Hangul:	건무 or 성
Hanja:	建武 or 成
Revised Romanization:	Geonmu or Seong

Monarchs of Korea

Goguryeo Dongmyeongseong 37-19 BCE Yurimyeong 19 BCE-18 CE Daemusin 18-44 Minjung 44-48 Mobon 48-53 Taejo 53-146 Chadae 146-165 Sindae 165-179 Gogukcheon 179-197 Sansang 197-227 Dongcheon 227-248 Jungcheon 248-270 Seocheon 270-292 Bongsang 292-300 Micheon 300-331 Gogugwon 331-371 Sosurim 371-384 Gogugyang 384-391 Gwanggaeto the Great 391-413 Jangsu 413-490 Munjamyeong 491-519 Anjang 519-531 Anwon 531-545 Yangwon 545-559 Pyeongwon 559-590 Yeongyang 590-618 Yeongnyu 618-642 Bojang 642-668

King Yeongnyu of Goguryeo (b. ??? - 642, r.618 — 642) was the 27th king of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.

Contents 1 Background 2 Reign 3 Fall, death and succession 4 See also

He was the younger half-brother of the 26th king Yeong-yang, and son of the 25th king Pyeongwon. He assumed the throne when Yeong-yang died in 618.

In China, the Sui Dynasty was followed by the Tang Dynasty in 618, the year of Yeongnyu's ascension. Goguryeo was recovering from the Goguryeo-Sui War, and the new Tang emperor was still completing its internal unification. Neither being in a position for new hostilities, Goguryeo and Tang exchanged emmissaries and upon Tang's request, conducted a prisoner exchange in 622.

In 624, Tang officially presented Taoism to the Goguryeo court, which sent scholars the following year to study Taoism and Buddhism.

However, as Tang gained strength, in 631, it sent a small force to destroy a monument to Goguryeo's victory over the Sui. In response, Goguryeo built the Cheolli Jangseong defensive wall along the western border, a 16 year project begun in 631 under the supervision of Yeon Gaesomun.

During this time, Goguryeo continued its battles to recover lost territory from the southern Korean kingdom Silla. Silla's Kim Yu-sin took Goguryeo's Nangbi-seong in 629.

Yeongnyu and some of the government officials planned to kill some of the more powerful military officers. They planned first to kill Yeon Gaesomun, whose power and influence were rapidly overtaking the throne's. The young man eventually discovered the plot, and immediately went to Pyongyang to kill the plotters, including the king. Yeongnyu was killed in 642.

Yeon Gaesomun placed the king's nephew, Bojang, on the throne.

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