용궁 전씨(龍宮 全氏) — The Yonggung Jeon clan is said to have branched off from the Jeongseon Jeon clan and taken Yonggung in Yecheon, North Gyeongsang, as its seat.
The Yonggung Jeon clan is said to have branched off from the Jeongseon Jeon clan and taken Yonggung in Yecheon, North Gyeongsang, as its seat. In the 2015 Census the 용궁 전씨 clan numbered about 30,142 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 전, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 용궁) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
The Yonggung Jeon clan (龍宮 全氏) takes its seat at Yonggung-myeon, Yecheon County, North Gyeongsang. Yonggung was called Chuksan-hyeon and Wonsan-hyeon in Silla, raised to Yongju under King Seongjong of Goryeo and renamed Yonggung under King Hyeonjong, when it was placed under Sangju; it later came under Yecheon, and part of it remains Yonggung-myeon today. The founder is Jeon Bang-suk, whose line branched off from the Jeongseon Jeon clan and took Yonggung as its seat.
Accounts of his lineage differ. The Segye Ilbo calls him a 13th-generation descendant of Jeon I-gap of the Jeongseon Jeon, a clan source calls him 14th-generation and 28th from the primal ancestor Jeon Seop, and Wikipedia gives only the 28th generation from Jeon Seop. Check your genealogy for generation counts; Jeon I-gap and Jeon Seop are covered on the Jeongseon Jeon page.
Jeon Bang-suk is said to have been a Hallim scholar and risen to Munha Sijung Pyeongjangsa under King Chungnyeol of Goryeo, and to have been enfeoffed as Prince Yongseong. His son Jeon Jeong-min rose through Jungseo Sain, Samjungdaegwang and Cheomui to Taesa, and Jeong-min's son Jeon Chung-gyeong is said to have revived the family as Jeonbeop Chongnang. Chung-gyeong's grandson Jeon Jin was Jeonseo, and Jin's son Jeon Won-bal is said to have placed first in the Yuan civil examination in late Goryeo and been made Prince Chuksan under King Taejo of Joseon.
In Joseon, Jeon Sam-seong of Seonjo's reign is said to have served well in the Imjin War, and the scholar Jeon O-ik of Injo's reign was known for his broad learning.
Clan villages are reported at Yonggung-myeon and at Manhwa-ri and Songpyeong-ri in Jibo-myeon, Yecheon; Buntong-dong in Bongyang-myeon, Uiseong; Hyo-dong in Yangnam-myeon, Gyeongju; Samgwi-dong in Jayang-myeon, Yeongcheon; Munryang-dong in Haepyeong-myeon (Seonsan), Gumi; Geumcheon-ri in Onjeong-myeon, Uljin; and Wolpyeong-ri in Dudong-myeon, Ulju (names follow old administrative divisions).
Much of the record rests on a single clan source, so verify facts with genealogies and the clan association.
The lineage Jeon Bang-suk, Jeon Jeong-min, Jeon Chung-gyeong, Jeon Jin and Jeon Won-bal is introduced in the literature as the main trunk of the Yonggung Jeon; no separate branch names could be confirmed.
The founder is said to have been a Hallim scholar and Munha Sijung Pyeongjangsa under King Chungnyeol and enfeoffed as Prince Yongseong; his son was Taesa, his grandson Jeonbeop Chongnang, a later descendant Jeonseo, and Jeon Won-bal, said to have topped the Yuan examination, was made Prince Chuksan. See the Jeongseon Jeon clan page for the branching from that clan.
Lineages and offices may differ by genealogy and clan tradition; check your own family genealogy.
Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.
전방숙(founder of the clan·Prince Yongseong), 전정민(Taesa), 전충경(Jeonbeop Chongnang), 전진(Jeonseo), 전원발(first in the Yuan civil examination·Prince Chuksan), 전삼성(Seonjo-era scholar·Imjin War service), 전오익(Injo-era scholar)
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The Yonggung Jeon is a seat that branched from the Jeongseon Jeon clan. See also the pages for Jeon I-gap, revered as founder of the Jeongseon line, and the primal ancestor Jeon Seop. Other Jeon seats such as the Cheonan Jeon clan share the same primal ancestor.
Yonggung is today Yonggung-myeon, Yecheon, North Gyeongsang; its old names Yongseong and Chuksan are said to appear in the enfeoffments of the founder (Yongseong buwongun) and of Jeon Won-bal (Chuksan buwongun).
The 2015 census counted 30,142 people. A 1985 Economic Planning Board count is reported as 5,567 households and 22,375 people in South Korea. Clan villages include Manhwa-ri and Songpyeong-ri in Jibo-myeon, Yecheon; Buntong-dong in Bongyang-myeon, Uiseong; Hyo-dong in Yangnam-myeon, Gyeongju; Samgwi-dong in Jayang-myeon, Yeongcheon; Munryang-dong in Haepyeong-myeon, Seonsan; Geumcheon-ri in Onjeong-myeon, Uljin; and Wolpyeong-ri in Dudong-myeon, Ulju.
The central clan association, official contacts and generation names could not be confirmed. A Jeongseon Jeon hwasuhoe page carries a summary of the Yonggung Jeon, but we could not confirm whether it is an official body.
No source we found describes distinct branches. The main trunk runs Jeon Bang-suk, Jeon Jeong-min, Jeon Chung-gyeong, Jeon Jin and Jeon Won-bal; check your genealogy for branches.
Generation counts and characters (Jeon Jin 全璡/全進; Chuksan or Ipsan buwongun) vary by source.
The 용궁 전씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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