in her will. In August 2006, to support his goal of monarchy restoration, Yi Seok founded the organization "Korean Imperial Family Cultural Foundation" (황실문화재단); he serves as director. Yi Hae-won, one of his elder half-sisters, proclaimed herself as an empress and held a coronation on 29 September 2006. Although she invited Yi Seok, he did not attend the ceremony. The Statue of King Sejong in Gwanghwamun Plaza was erected on 9 October 2009, and Yi Seok attended the unveiling ceremony. According to a talk on 4 September 2014, Yi Seok said that there is no existing contemporary portrait of Sejong the Great. The statue's face was based on that of Yi Seok and a portrait of Grand Prince Hyoryeong, King Sejong's older brother, which is now preserved at Gwanaksan. On 7 August 2018, Harry B. Harris Jr., the United States Ambassador to South Korea, paid a visit to SeungKwangJae. The mayor of Jeonju, Kim Seung-su (김승수), said, "The prince [Yi Seok] is our history and our spirit. I would like to express my deep gratitude to the ambassadors for visiting this symbolic space." On October 6, 2018, Yi declared Andrew Lee, a distant Korean-American relative and an entrepreneur, to be the "Korean Crown Prince". Yi's claims that Lee is descended from the Jeonju clan have not been documented. Family Yi Seok married and divorced four times. He is now married to a woman said to be 18 years younger than he. He has two daughters from his previous mariages: Yi Hong (이홍, born 1974): Works as an actress in Korea. She married Han Yeong-gwang (한영광), another Korean actor. Their daughter was born in 2001. Yi Jin (이진, born 1979): Works on promoting traditional Korean ceramic arts. She lives in Canada. Quotes Ancestry Patrilineal descent Patrilineal descent is the principle behind membership in royal houses, as it can be traced back through the generations – which means that Yi Seok descended of House of Yi that was from Jeonju Yi clan Yi Han, d. 754? Yi Jayeon Yi Cheonsang Yi Gwanghui Yi Ipjeon Yi Geunghyu Yi Yeomsoon Yi Seung-sak Yi Chung-kyung Yi Kyung-young Yi Chung-min Yi Hwa Yi Jinyu Yi Gung-jin Yi Yong-bu Yi In Yi Yang-mu, d. 1231 Yi Ansa, d. 1274 Yi Haeng-ri Yi Chun, d. 1342 Yi Jachun, 1315-1361 Taejo of Joseon, 1335-1408 Taejong of Joseon, 1367-1422 Sejong of Joseon, 1397-1450 Sejo of Joseon, 1417-1468 Crown Prince Uigyeong,