Lord DeHui Ong
Princess Deok hye was born on May 25, 1912 at Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul, the youngest daughter of Emperor Gojong of Joseon and a concubine named Liang Guijin. She was not recognized as a princess until 1917, because of the Joseon royal regulations, the daughters of the princesses of the Middle Palace were called "princesses", and the concubines of the concubines were called "wonjues". Her father was forced to abdicate in 1907 and was succeeded by his son and Deok Hye's half-brother Emperor Shunzong. The empire ended after being annexed by Japan in 1910. When she was born, her father was 59 years old, so Gojong Lee Hee of North Korea loved her so much that she became the darling of the country.
After her father persuaded the governor of Korea, she was placed in the royal family register in 1917. Her father died suddenly on January 21, 1919. In 1925, Deokie was brought to Japan, supposedly to continue her studies. The Japanese prefer to keep the country's darling out of the spotlight. Although she was allowed to go to school, she was ostracized and had problems with her personal safety. In 1930, she was only briefly allowed to return to Korea for her mother's funeral, and she didn't even have proper clothes to wear. By the early 1930s, her mental health began to have problems, first manifesting itself as sleepwalking. She was transferred to the home of another half-brother, Crown Prince Lee Yun, who lives in Tokyo. Her health deteriorated further and she often stopped eating. She was diagnosed with precocious dementia – now commonly known as schizophrenia.
wedding
Nevertheless, Teimei, the concubine of the Japanese Emperor Taishang, arranged for her to marry the Japanese nobleman Count Sō Takeyuki. When her condition improved slightly, the marriage took place immediately. They married on May 8, 1931, and on August 14 of the following year, she gave birth to a daughter named Masae. By 1933, Deok Hye's health was once again in trouble, and she was sent to a mental hospital where she even thought she would spend the rest of her life.
The Korean royal family
It was not until Japan was defeated and surrendered in World War II that South Korea achieved independence. The Japanese aristocracy lost their titles and the aristocracy was abolished. Dehui and her husband divorced in 1953 and she remarried in 1955. The greatest tragedy and mystery of her life came in 1956, when her daughter ran away from home, leaving behind a letter resembling a suicide note. It has never been seen again. Deok Hye's mental health was affected by this, and she was able to return to South Korea in 1962 and was hospitalized at Seoul National University Hospital. After the Korean War, Deok Hye and her surviving family received a small stipend. She lives with her sister-in-law, Li Fangzi, at Changdeokgung Palace. She continued to receive treatment at the hospital, but there were many people and things she had gradually not known or forgotten.
Princess Dehui died of a cold on April 21, 1989 – she was 76 years old at the time. By then she was reportedly already suffering from aphasia, which meant not being able to speak or understand others.
In recent years, Princess Deok Hye's tragic life has been announced, with an exhibition about her life held in 2012 and the film "Deh Hye Wong Lord" filmed in 2016: Shin Hyun-ya as the young Deok Hye Wong Lord, Kim So-hyun as the young Deok Hye Wong Lord, and Sun Yizhen as the adult Deok Hye Wong Lord.