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Yeongnyu of Goguryeo

d. 642 · 7th century

Yeongnyu of Goguryeo was the twenty-seventh king of Goguryeo, reigning from 618 to 642. He sought peace with the newly founded Tang dynasty and exchanged prisoners from the Sui wars, while ordering a long defensive wall along the frontier. In 642 the general Yeon Gaesomun killed him and more than a hundred officials and placed King Bojang on the throne.

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