head of Unhyun Palace Seoul Metropolitan
He is the eldest son of Prince Wu of of Korea who inherited the title of Prince Heung with the 4th head of Unhyun Palace and his wife Princess Chanju, a granddaughter of Marquis Park Yeonghyo who was a son-in-law of King Cheoljong of Joseon.
He was nine years old when he inherited Unhyeongung, where Emperor Gojong was born, because his father, a colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army, was killed by the atomic blast that destroyed Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. In 1947, his father"s elder brother, Prince Gun (Momoyama Ken"ichi) acquired Japanese citizenship. In 1991, Prince Chung gave his ancestral home of Unhyeongung to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on the death of his mother.
At present, he is de jure genealogical heir to the headship of the Imperial family when male primogeniture is applied.
