434:, they were thrown into the sea. However, oral stories state that the Wangs were tricked into boarding a ship that was supposedly to take them to a new place of exile. However, the ship was intentionally sunk by divers who cut holes into the ship. On May 17, officials were sent to Samcheok to kill King Gongyang and his two sons. They were strangled to death. On May 20, the royal court proclaimed that an extermination campaign where anyone with the Wang family name was to be apprehended and killed. The remaining Wangs on Geoje Island were killed, with at least 111 former royals killed. In order to survive, the remaining Wangs either went into hiding or assumed their maternal surnames. Several Wangs were caught during this period of extermination. In December 1397, several illegitimate sons of members of the House of Wang were caught and executed.
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311:, later known as Taebong. King Kung Ye appointed Wang Kŏn as the castle lord of Song'ak. Wang would later become the chancellor of Taebong. On July 24, 918, four generals of Taebong persuaded Wang Kŏn to become the king. After the successful coup, Wang Kŏn was crowned as the first king of Goryeo on the next day, July 25. He would later unify the
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488:, which claims to be descended from Chinese immigrants but whose claims are highly attested. Meanwhile, the House of Wang left a mark on a significant number of influential Korean clans, attributed to the former's extensive intermarriage policies during the reign of
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main branch were spared. Exceptions were also made for certain members from the direct line, such as Wang U and Wang Sŭng, who took part in the foundation of Joseon and were linked with the
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those who were guilty of not reporting Wang Kŏŭromi's existence. Kŏŭromi's son, Wang Sullye, would later be appointed as the ritual heir for the House of Wang by
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