Princess Deokhye

Princess Deokhye 덕혜옹주
Princess Deokhye, ca. 1923
Born	Yi Deokhye (1912-05-25)25 May 1912 Deoksu Palace, Keijo, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	21 April 1989(1989-04-21) (aged 76) Sugang Hall, Changdeok Palace, Seoul, South Korea
Burial	Hongryureung, Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Spouse	Count Sō Takeyuki ​ ​ (m. 1931; div. 1955)​
Father	Gojong of Korea
Mother	Imperial Consort Boknyeong Gwi-in
Korean name
Hangul	덕혜옹주
Hanja	德惠翁主[1]
Revised Romanization	Deokhye Ongju
McCune–Reischauer	Tŏkhye Ongju
Birth name
Hangul	이덕혜
Hanja	李德惠
Revised Romanization	Yi Deokhye
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Dŏkhye

Princess Deokhye of Korea (Korean: 덕혜옹주; RR: Deokhye-ongju; Japanese: 徳恵姫, Tokue-hime; 25 May 1912 – 21 April 1989) was the last princess of the Korean royal family.

She was born on 25 May 1912, at Changdeok Palace, in Seoul, as the youngest daughter of Emperor Gojong from his concubine, then known as Yang Gwi-in. After her birth, Gojong bestowed the royal title Boknyeong on Lady Yang.^[2]

Deokhye was not formally recognized as a princess by Japan because she was not the daughter of a Queen. In 1917, she was officially recognized as a princess by the Japanese government and also her name was formally entered into the Imperial Family's registry. Her father loved her greatly and established the Deoksugung Kindergarten for her in Junmyungdang (준명당),^[1] Hamnyeong Hall. Girls her age from noble families attended the kindergarten.

In South Korea, she is called Deokhye Ongju, not Gongju. Gongju refers to the daughters of the Queen, and Ongju refers to the daughters of concubines.