Gwon Ram

Korean scholar-official (1416–1465)

권람

Left State CouncillorIn office
17 June 1462 – 11 October 1463Preceded bySin Suk-juSucceeded byHan Myeong-hoeRight State CouncillorIn office
9 December 1459 – 17 June 1462Preceded byYi In-sonSucceeded byHan Myeong-hoeIn office
30 November 1459 – 5 December 1459Preceded bySin Suk-juSucceeded byYi In-son Personal detailsBorn1416
Hanseong, JoseonDied6 February 1465(1465-02-06) (aged 48–49)Korean nameHangul

권람

Hanja

權擥

Revised RomanizationGwon RamMcCune–ReischauerKwon RamArt nameHangul

소한당

Hanja

所閑堂 or 所閒堂

Revised RomanizationSohandangMcCune–ReischauerSohandangCourtesy nameHangul

정경

Hanja

正卿

Revised RomanizationJeonggyeongMcCune–ReischauerChŏnggyŏngPosthumous name Hangul

익평

Hanja

翼平

Revised RomanizationIkpyeongMcCune–ReischauerIkp'yŏng

Gwon Ram (Korean: 권람; 1416 – 6 February 1465), art name Sohandang (소한당) was a Korean politician, writer, and historian of the Joseon period. He served as Left State Councillor, and the entourage of Sejo of Joseon.

He was the father-in-law of general Nam Yi and Shin Su-geun.^[1]

Family

Grandfather
- Gwon Geun (1352 – 14 February 1409)
Grandmother
- Princess Sukgyeong, Lady Yi of the Gyeongju Yi clan (숙경택주 경주 이씨; 淑敬宅主慶州李氏; ?–1423)
Father
- Gwon Je (1387–1445)
Mother
- Lady Yi of the Gyeongju Yi clan (경주 이씨; 慶州李氏); daughter of Yi Hyu (검교판한성부사 이휴; 李携), Gwon Je’s first wife
- Unnamed stepmother; Gwon Je’s second wife
Siblings
- Older brother - Gwon Ji (권지; 權摯)
- Younger brother - Gwon Ban (권반; 權攀)
- Younger brother - Gwon Ma (권마; 權摩)
- Younger brother - Gwon Hyeol (권혈; 權挈)
- Younger brother - Gwon Hyeong (권경; 權擎)
- Younger sister - Lady Gwon of the Andong Gwon clan
- Younger sister - Lady Gwon of the Andong Gwon clan
- Younger half-brother - Gwon Chu (권추; 權揫)
Wife
- Princess Consort Yeongwon of the Goseong Yi clan (영원군부인 고성 이씨; 寧原郡夫人固城李氏; 1410 – 18 October 1491)
Children
- Son - Gwon Geol (권걸; 權傑)
- Son - Gwon Geon (권건; 權健)
- Daughter - Lady Gwon of the Andong Gwon clan
- Daughter - Lady Gwon of the Andong Gwon clan
- Daughter - Lady Gwon of the Andong Gwon clan
- Daughter - Lady Gwon of the Andong Gwon clan
- Daughter - Lady Gwon of the Andong Gwon clan
- Daughter - Internal Princess Consort Yeongga of the Andong Gwon clan (영가부부인 안동 권씨; 永嘉府夫人安東權氏); Shin Su-geun’s first wife
  - Son-in-law - Shin Su-geun (신수근; 愼守勤; 1450–1506)
    - Step-granddaughter - Queen Dangyeong of the Geochang Shin clan (단경왕후 신씨; 7 February 1487 – 27 December 1557)
- Daughter - Lady Gwon of the Andong Gwon clan
- Daughter - Lady Gwon of the Andong Gwon clan