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Baekje: Kings: 304-660

Each ruler is recorded under the following protocol: posthumous name (shì | 諡) if available and marked with an asterisk (*) || personal name (míng | 名), considered tabooed (huì | 諱) upon accession (included if appearing in the chronicles). The personal names for the period preceding the reign of Biyu wang are not explicitly identified as such in the sources and formed on presumption.
Ruling house: Buyeo (扶餘|부여), a surname for the ruling family used in Chinese chronicles
Gugwang (國王|국왕) [1]
304 - 344 Biryu wang (比流王|비류왕) [2]
344 - 346 Gye wang (契王|계왕)
346 - 375 Chogo wang (肖古王|초고왕) [3]
375 - 384 Gusu wang (仇首王|구수왕) [4]
  older spelling: 貴須王|귀수왕
384 - 385 Chimnyu wang (枕流王|침류왕)
385 - 392 Jinsa wang (辰斯王|진사왕)
  alternative reading: Sinsa wang (辰斯王|신사왕)
392 - 405 Ahwa wang (阿花王|아화왕 or 阿華王|아화왕)
405 - 407 Seollye wang (碟禮王|설례왕)
407 - 414 Jeonji wang (腆支王|전지왕)
  also known as: Jikji wang (直支王|직지왕)
414 - 429 Guisin wang (久爾辛王|구이신왕)
429 - 456/457 Biyu wang (毗有王|비유왕)
456/457 - 475 Gaero wang (蓋鹵王|개로왕) || Gyeongsa (慶司|경사) [5]
475 - 477 Munju wang (文周王|문주왕 or 汶洲王|문주왕) || Modo (牟都|모도)
477 - May/Jun 479 Samgeun wang (三斤王|삼근왕) || Motae (牟太|모태)
  also known as: Samgeol wang (三乞王|삼걸왕), Mungeun wang (文斤王|문근왕)
May/Jun 479 - 502 Dongseong wang (東城王|동성왕) * || Malda (末多|말다)
502 - 5 Jun 523 Muryeong wang (武寧王|무령왕) * || Sama (斯麻|사마)
Jun 523 - Aug/Sep 554 Seong wang (聖王|성왕) [554] * || Myeongnong (明襛|명농) [6]
Aug/Sep 554 - Jan? 599 Wideok wang (威德王|위덕왕) * || Chang (昌|창)
Jan? 599 - 599 Hye wang (惠王|혜왕) * || Gye (季|계), Heon (獻|헌)
599 - Jun/Jul? 600 Beop wang (法王|법왕) * || Seon (宣|선)
Jun/Jul? 600 - Apr/May 641 Mu wang (武王|무왕) * || Jang (璋|장)
Apr/May 641 - Aug/Sep 660 Uija (義慈|의자)
  1. The equivalent in the spoken language is rendered eoraha (於羅瑕|어라하) (Book of Zhou, ch. 49), then read ʔiəlaɦa (following Qian 2018), and representing *eraγa (Vovin 2005, p. 122). A synonym, said to be used by commoners, is reported as geongilji (鞬吉支|건길지), then read kənkittsiə (following Qian 2018), which matches the Japanese glosses kokishi (コキシ) or konikishi (コニキシ) of the title 百濟王 in the Nihon Shoki, and in which the prefix kən/ko(ni) (鞬|건) is deemed to represent keun (큰), the modern native Korean determiner for "big/great." Both terms are discussed in English in Bentley 2000, Vovin 2005, p. 121f., and Lee-Ramsey 2011, ch. 2.3.6.1.
  2. For earlier kings, see the Note.
  3. Recorded in later sources as Geun Chogo wang (近肖古王|근초고왕), "the recent Chogo" or "Chogo II", to distinguish from a subsequently invented earlier namesake.
  4. Recorded in later sources as Geun Gusu wang (近仇首王|근구수왕), "the recent Gusu" or "Gusu II", to distinguish from a subsequently invented earlier namesake.
  5. Recorded in later sources as Geun Gaero wang (近蓋鹵王|근개로왕), "the recent Gaero" or "Gaero II", to distinguish from a subsequently invented earlier namesake.
  6. According to Nihon Shoki, ch. 19, he was captured in battle and executed in early 555.
Last update: 13 Dec 2023
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