Myeongjong of Goryeo (8 November 1131 – 3 December 1202) (r. 1170–1197) was 19th monarch of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was the third son of King Injong.

Although it was intended that Injong's second son should succeed his father, he was assassinated because Jeong Jung-bu feared that he might become a threat to him in the future. Myeongjong was a weak king, and was merely on the throne to show the general populace they still had a king, as the true rulers were the military leaders. His reign saw constant bloodshed as well as the deaths of the rebels Chung Jung-bu, Yi Ui-bang, and Yi Ui-min (not related to Yi Ui-Bang) but also the hero, Gyeong Dae-seung (General Gyeong was in fact the most loyal of the military leaders. Yet Myeongjong hated and mistrusted him because of his popularity with the populace).

After twenty-seven years on the throne, he was sent into exile by the military ruler of the time, Choe Chung-heon, and Injong's fifth son, King Sinjong, was placed on the throne.

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高麗明宗（；1131年 - 1202年），姓王，諱晧（），字之旦，是高麗國的第19代君主，1170年─1197年在位。

王晧是高麗仁宗王楷的第三子，封翼陽公。1170年，鄭仲夫等高麗武將因不滿毅宗對武將的欺壓，推翻毅宗。毅宗遜位於巨濟縣，太子王祈被流放到珍島縣。鄭仲夫、李義方等人領兵迎翼陽公王晧即位。

1197年九月，崔忠獻兄弟幽禁明宗於昌樂宮，流放太子王祦於江華島，立平涼公王晫為君，是為高麗神宗。

1202年九月，明宗患上痢疾，十一月薨於昌樂宮。死後廟號明宗，諡號皇明光孝大王，葬於智陵。

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