List of recipients of the Order of the Golden Ruler

This is a list of Recipients of the Order of the Golden Ruler. The Order of the Golden Ruler was an Order of chivalry of the Korean Empire which was part of the Gwangmu Reform, which modernized the Korean Empire. The order was given to the Imperial Family who will be enthroned and the family's relatives, officials and soldiers as the will of the Emperor.^[1]

Name	Position and Title	Nationality	Date	Image	Source
Gojong	Emperor of Korea	Korean Empire
Yi Cheock	Crown Prince	Korean Empire
Yi Un	Crown Prince	Korean Empire
Prince Henry of Prussia	Prince	German Empire	20 March 1904		[2]
Itō Hirobumi	Marquess	Japanese Empire	24 March 1904		[3]
Yi Seung-eung [ko]	Member of House of Yi	Korean Empire	16 September 1904	—	[4]
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu	Prince of the Japanese Empire	Japanese Empire	23 May 1905		[5]
Min Young-hwan	Leutnant General	Korean Empire	1 December 1905		[6]
Jo Byeong-se [ko]	Special official	Korean Empire	2 December 1905	—	[7]
Yi Kang	Prince	Korean Empire	9 April 1905		[8]
Prince Leopold Clement of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	Grand Duke	Austria-Hungary	27 February 1906		[9]
Hasegawa Yoshimichi	General of Infantry Baron	Japanese Empire	27 August 1907		[10]
Prince Arisugawa Takehito	Member of the Imperial House of Japan	Japanese Empire	18 October 1907		[11]
Katsura Tarō	General of Infantry Marquess	Japanese Empire	18 October 1907		[11]
Tōgō Heihachirō	Admiral Count	Japanese Empire	18 October 1907		[11]
Yamagata Aritomo	General of Infantry Duke	Japanese Empire	29 January 1908		[12]
Saionji Kinmochi	prime minister Marquess	Japanese Empire	29 January 1908		[12]
Prince Tsunehisa Takeda	Member of the Imperial House of Japan	Japanese Empire	11 May 1908		[13]
Prince Nashimoto Morimasa	Member of the Imperial House of Japan	Japanese Empire	21 July 1909		[14]
Prince Imperial Heung	Prince of Korea	Korean Empire	22 September 1909
Yoon Taek-young	Politician and Member of the Imperial Korean House	Korean Empire	22 September 1909		[15]
Yi Jae-wan [ko]	Politician and Member of the Imperial Korean House	Korean Empire	22 September 1909		[15]
Prince Yasuhiko Asaka	Member of the Imperial House of Japan	Japanese Empire	16 April 1910		[16]
Min Byeong-seok [ko]	Politician	Korean Empire	26 August 1910		[17]
Yi Wanyong	Politician	Korean Empire	26 August 1910		[17]
Yi Jae-gak	Member of the Imperial House of Korea	Korean Empire	27 August 1910		[18]
Yi Jun-yong	Member of Imperial House of Korea	Korean Empire	27 August 1910		[18]