경주 이씨(慶州 李氏) — A venerable ancestral seat whose founder is said to be Yi Al-pyeong, village chief of Alcheon Yangsan, one of the six villages of Silla.
A venerable ancestral seat whose founder is said to be Yi Al-pyeong, village chief of Alcheon Yangsan, one of the six villages of Silla. In the 2015 Census the 경주 이씨 clan numbered about 1,391,867 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 이, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 경주) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
Ikjaegong-pa, Gukdanggong-pa, Sangseogong-pa, Seoktangong-pa
Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.
이상설(Hague envoy; independence activist), 이알평(founder of the Gyeongju Yi clan), 이제현(Goryeo civil official and scholar), 이항복(Chief State Councillor of Joseon), 이병철(founder of Samsung)
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경주 이씨 figures recognized as independence patriots (National Independence Hall / Gonghun public data). Tap a name for the citation.
The Gyeongju Yi clan (慶州 李氏), with its ancestral seat in Gyeongju, traces its founder to Yi Al-pyeong (李謁平), village chief of Alcheon Yangsan, one of the six villages of Saro that predate the founding of Silla. As one of the six village chiefs who took part in enthroning Bak Hyeokgeose, he is said to have been granted the surname Yi (李) in the year 32.
It produced many civil officials and scholars, including the great late-Goryeo scholar Ikjae Yi Je-hyeon, and divides into several branches such as the Ikjaegong line and the Gukdanggong line. It is a representative surname, the second most populous ancestral seat among the Yi surname after the Jeonju Yi clan.
The 경주 이씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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