Heungseon Daewongun (흥선대원군, 1820–1898) or The
Daewongun (대원군),
Guktaegong (국태공, "The Great Archduke") or formally
Heungseon Heonui Daewonwang (흥선헌의대원왕) and also known to contemporary western diplomats as
Prince Gung, was the title of
Yi Ha-eung,
regent of
Joseon during the minority of
Emperor Gojong in the 1860s and until his death a key political figure of late Joseon
Korea.