the ledger of connections
The Connections of Sejong the Great
Fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul Every person recorded alongside Sejong the Great in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Sejong the Great in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Taejong of Joseon, Wongyeong
- Spouses
- Soheon, Lady Chonju Lee, Yang, lady Kang, Lady Park, Lady Choi
- Children
- Jeongso, Munjong of Joseon, Jeongeui, Sejo of Joseon, Anpyeong, Imyeong, Gwangpyeong, prince HwaYi, lady ChangHyun, Geumseong, prince KyeYang, Pyeongwon
- Siblings
- Chonsoun, Keongjon, KeonAhn, Yangnyeong, Prince Hyoryeong, Chonsan, Prince Seongnyeong, Prince Gyeongnyeong, Hamneung Gun, Onneung Gun
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1397 to 1450.
Medieval era
Timur
April 9, 1336 – February 19, 1405
The founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405)
Medieval era
Mehmed the Conqueror
March 30, 1432 – May 3, 1481
Seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
Medieval era
Joan of Arc
1412 – May 30, 1431
Peasant girl who led French armies and became a saint and national symbol
Medieval era
Henry V of England
September 16, 1386 – August 31, 1422
King of England from 1413 to 1422
Medieval era
Vlad the Impaler
1431 – December 14, 1476
15th-century ruler of Wallachia
Medieval era
Hongwu Emperor
October 29, 1328 – June 24, 1398
Founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398
Medieval era
Pachacuti
1380 – 1460
11th Inca Emperor
Medieval era
Johannes Gutenberg
1400 – February 3, 1468
Inventor of movable-type printing, the engine of the modern mind
Medieval era
Ibn Khaldun
May 27, 1332 – March 17, 1406
Historiographer and historian
Medieval era
Geoffrey Chaucer
1343 – October 25, 1400
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
Medieval era
Donatello
1386 – December 13, 1466
Early Renaissance Italian sculptor (1386–1466)
Medieval era
Sandro Botticelli
1445 – 1510
Italian painter (1445–1510)