Grandson of Yi Dal-seon and father of the brothers Yi Bal and Yi Gil; held the post of Jehak and is said to have been the son-in-law of Yun Gu; counted among the clan's Five Worthies
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Yi Jung-ho (李仲虎) was a mid-Joseon official of the Gwangsan seat. His dates are not given in the sources checked. The Encyclopedia of Korean Culture entries on Yi Bal and Yi Gil describe him as grandson of Yi Dal-seon and son of Yi Gong-in, and say he rose to the post of Jehak. He fathered Yi Bal and Yi Gil, and as the records naming their mother as a daughter of Yun Gu (尹衢) show, he was Yun Gu's son-in-law.
A commentary introduces him as a Jeolla governor who married the daughter of Gyujeong Yun Gu of the Haenam Yun, but the years of his governorship could not be confirmed. Per Wikipedia's entry on Yi Bal, he had four sons: Yi Bal was the second and Yi Gil the third, and his elder brother Yi Geup was also implicated and killed in the 1589 purge.
Wikipedia's Gwangsan Yi article, citing the Academy of Korean Studies, says Yi Seon-je, Yi Jo-won, Yi Jung-ho, Yi Bal and Yi Gil are called the clan's "Five Worthies." His detailed career and how he raised his sons could not be confirmed here; what is clear is that the 1589 purge brought tragedy to all his sons and was the deepest wound to his house.
The entries on Yi Bal and Yi Gil record the line from great-grandfather Yi Dal-seon through grandfather Yi Gong-in to Yi Jung-ho. Because his sons' mother was a daughter of Yun Gu, Haenam Yun-side material records Yi Bal as Yun Gu's maternal grandson.
The Academy of Korean Studies material cited by Wikipedia counts Yi Jung-ho with Yi Seon-je, Yi Jo-won, Yi Bal and Yi Gil as the Five Worthies. His specific achievements could not be confirmed here.
The location of his tomb could not be confirmed.
His sons Yi Geup, Yi Bal and Yi Gil all died in the 1589 purge, and Yi Gil's son Yi Won-seop is said to have gone to Jindo and founded the Dongoe line.