# Gojong's internal exile to the Russian legation

> event (1896–1897) in which Gojong, king of Joseon, and the crown prince (the future Sunjong of Joseon) fled to the Russian legation in Seoul in fear of a coup d'état and in reaction to the murder of his wife Empress Myeongseong by the Japanese empire

**Wikidata**: [Q488535](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q488535)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gojong's_internal_exile_to_the_Russian_legation)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/gojong-s-internal-exile-to-the-russian-legation


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013