Lord Deokhye
Princess Deokhye was born in Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul on May 25, 1912. She is the youngest daughter of Emperor Gojong of North Korea and a concubine named Liang Guiren. She was not recognized as a princess until 1917. Because of the regulations of the Korean royal family of , the daughter of middle palace princess is called "princess", and the daughter of the imperial concubine is called " master ". Her father was forced to abdicate in 1907 and was succeeded by his son and Dehui's half brother, Emperor Sunjong. The empire ended after being annexed by Japan in 1910. When she was born, her father was 59 years old, so the North Korean Gaozong Lee Hee loved her very much, and she became the country's darling.
After her father persuaded the governor of Korea, she was included in the royal family register in 1917. Her father died suddenly on January 21, 1919. In 1925, Dehui was taken to Japan, reportedly to continue her studies. The Japanese prefer to keep the darling of this country away from the spotlight. Although she was allowed to go to school, she was rejected and there were problems with her personal safety. In 1930, she was only briefly allowed to return to Korea to attend her mother's funeral, and she did not even have proper clothes to wear. By the beginning of 1930, her mental health began to have problems, first manifested as sleepwalking. She was transferred to the house of another half-brother, Crown Prince Li Yun, who lives in Tokyo. Her health deteriorated further and she often skipped meals. She was diagnosed with precocious dementia-now commonly referred to as schizophrenia.
Wedding
Despite this, Teimei, the concubine of the Japanese imperial emperor, arranged for her a marriage to the Japanese nobleman, Earl Sō Takeyuki. When her condition improved slightly, the marriage took place immediately. They got married on May 8, 1931, and on August 14 of the following year, she gave birth to a daughter named Masae. By 1933,Dehui's body suffered again and she was sent to a mental hospital, where she even thought she would spend the rest of her life there.
The Royal Family of North Korea
It was not until Japan was defeated and surrendered in World War II that South Korea achieved independence. The nobles in Japan lost their titles, and the nobility system was abolished. Dehui and her husband divorced in 1953, and she remarried in 1955. The biggest tragedy and mystery of her life appeared in 1956, when her daughter ran away from home and left a letter similar to a suicide note. It never appeared again. De-hui’s mental health was affected, and she was able to return to South Korea in 1962 and was hospitalized at Seoul National University Hospital. After the Korean War , Dehui and her surviving family received a small allowance. She lives with her sister-in-law Li Fangzi in Changdeokgung . She continued to receive hospital treatment, but she gradually did not recognize or forget many people and things.
The Royal Family of North Korea
Princess Deokhye died of a cold on April 21, 1989-she was 76 years old at the time. According to reports, she was already suffering from aphasia , which meant that she could not speak or understand others.
In recent years, the tragic life of Princess Dehui has been announced. An exhibition about her life was held in 2012, and the movie " Dehui Weng Master" was filmed in 2016: Shin Linya as the young Dehui Weng Master , Kim So-hyun as the young Lord Deok Hye, Sun Yizhen as the adult De Hye Lord.
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