Yi Haegyeong

Yi Hae-gyeong (이해경, 李海瓊; born 1930) is the 5th daughter of Prince Yi Kang. Yi is the granddaughter of Emperor Gojong of the Korean Empire who reigned from 1863 to 1907. She resides in New York City since 1956, working in Columbia University in charge of a famous collection of Asian literature, from which she eventually retired in 1996.[1][2]

In this Korean name, the family name is Yi.

References
  1. 마지막 왕녀 이해경씨 경기전 참배, 《연합뉴스》, 1999년 3월 15일 작성, 2011년 3월 16일 확인.
  2. "고종 손녀 "나는 프린세스가 아니다"". 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2017-12-02.



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