Muryeong of Baekje
25th king of Baekje
462 CE to 523 CE
Muryeong of Baekje (462–523, r. 501–23) is the 25th king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
During his reign, Baekje remainw allied with Silla against Goguryeo, and expandw its relationships with China and Japan.
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Muryeong becomes king of Baekje.
He is described as the second son of the twenty-fourth king, Dongseong, who became king when Dongseong was assassinated by the court official Baekga.
The following year, he crushed a planned rebellion by Baekga.
China's Liang shu gives his surname as Yeo and personal name as Yung, and states that he restored Baekje into a strong nation.
Japan's Nihonshoki gives his birth year as 461, and describes him as the son of Gonji, the younger brother of the twenty-first king, Gaero, making him the stepbrother of Dongseong.
It is said Gonji escaped the invading Goguryeo forces with King Muryeong's mother to Japan, and she went into labor as their ship was passing by a small Japanese island.
He was called Semakishi and King Shima in Japanese records because he was born in an island.
Some scholars claim Muryeong ruled the Yamato region under the name of King Bu before he moved to Baekje to be a king of kings.
He sends an army to attack Goguryeo's Sugok-seong in 501.
During his reign, the kingdom will remain allied with Silla and expand its relationships with China and Japan.