Yi Hwa (; 1348âÂÂ1408) or Grand Prince à ¬ian, was a warrior and scholar in the late Goryeo period who became part of the early Joseon dynasty royal family as the fourth son of Yi Chach'un, making him a younger half-brother to Yi Sà Ânggye, its founder.
He served as an assistant commander to his older half-brother, Yi Sà Ânggye, then after he founded the Joseon dynasty in 1392, Yi Hwa was honoured as Count à ¬ian () and after helped his half nephew, Yi Pangwà Ân in defeated in the 1st rebellion, à ¬ian become Jeongsagongsin ().
Later in 1400, during the 2nd Princes Strife, Yi went out again under the command from Yi Pangwà Ân. à ¬ian, along with Yi Sukbà Ân (ì´ìÂÂë²Â; formally called Prince Anseong, ìÂÂì±군) and Yi Paekgang (ì´백ê°Â; formally called Prince Cheongpyeong, ì²ÂÃÂÂêµ°) were got the target and succeeded in defeated Yi Panggan (ì´방ê°Â; formally called Grand Prince Hoean, ÃÂÂìÂÂëÂÂêµ°) and Yi Maengjong (ì´맹좠; formally called Prince Uiryeong, ìÂÂ령군), then he was promoted to Jwamyeonggongsin () along with 47 others.
From all of his successions include in defeated Chà Âng Mongju with Yi Pangwà Ân, Yi Hwa then became the richest nobleman in the Early Joseon period and often got promoted until passed the 4 positions in military. Although he had title, such like: "Count à ¬ian" and "Duke à ¬ian", but after Yi Pangwà Ân (a.k.a. Taejong) reorganized the royal titles system and abolished the 5 Deungjak (ì¤ë±ìÂÂ), Yi Hwa then was elevated to Grand Prince à ¬ian (). According to the old tradition that an illegitimate child (especially son) couldn't had the same rank like the legitimate one, Yi Hwa became the one who was actually the illegitimate heir of Hwanjo whom his rank was elevated and same like Hwanjo's legitimate heir for seeing about his contributions in helped Yi Sà Ânggye established the new dynasty.
Although his descendants had time to suffered a lot from their fate to just became a farmer until King Jeongjo of Joseon and King Sunjo of Joseon's reign, their lives be more better than before. It is said that in nowadays, almost of Yi Hwa's descendants live better now and have the nice home in Seoul City, South Korea.