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==Biography ==
Min Chi-rok was born into the [[Aristocracy|aristocratic]] [[Yeoheung Min clan]] in 1799 as the only son of [[:ko:민기현|Min Gi-hyeon]]. Min was a great-great
When Min Chi-rok was young, he studied under scholar Oh Hui-sang (오희상), and eventually married Oh Hui-sang's daughter as his first wife, Lady Haeryeong of the Haeju Oh clan (해령부부인 해주 오씨, 1798 - 15 March 1833). She died at
He died with an illness while he was in [[Sado city|Sado City, Honshu, Japan]] on 17 September 1858. This led to his wife and daughter to live with his relatives in the House of Gamgodang, the house that [[Sukjong of Joseon|King Sukjong]] built for [[Queen Inhyeon]]’s father in 1687, until his daughter became Queen. In 1861, a relative of his clan, Min Seung-ho, became his adoptive son to continue his family line.
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His wife died from a bombing [[assassination]] in 1874, along with their adoptive son, Min Seung-ho.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Oh|first=Yeong-Seop|title=《한국 근현대사를 수놓은 인물들(1)》|year=2007|pages=315}}</ref><ref>Min Seung-ho, Min Seung-ho's son, and his adoptive mother, Gamgodang Hansan Yi, all died on the spot.</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite book|last=Bird Bishop|first=Isabella|title=Korea and Her Neighbours|publisher=Revell|pages=255|quote=She had cut many lives short, but in doing so she had not violated Korean tradition and custom, and some excuse for her has been offered in the fact that soon after the King's accession his father sent to the house of Her Majesty's brother an infernal machine in a shape of a beautiful box, which on being opened exploded, killing her mother, brother, and nephew, as well as some others. Since then he plotted against her own life, and the feud between them was usually at fever heat.}}</ref>
Prior to his wife’s death, his daughter had
His daughter soon faced an ill-fate when she got assassinated in their husband’s private living quarters on 8 October 1895. Her death brought rage from various western powers, as Queen Min brought their influence into Joseon Dynasty politics.
==Family==
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