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Gyeon Hwon ( 867?- 936, reigned 900- 935) was the king and founder of Hubaekje, one of the Later Three Kingdoms of Korea. Some records render his name as "Jinhwon" (진훤). He was also the progenitor of the Hwanggan Gyeon clan . Substantial accounts of his life are preserved in the Samguk Sagi, which presents a single narrative, and the Samguk Yusa, which presents excerpts about him from various sources.

Most accounts agree that Gyeon Hwon's father was Agajae , a farmer of the Lee clan, and that he was born in what is today Gaeun-eup in Mungyeong, North GyeongsangNorth Gyeongsang Province Korean Name Revised RomanizationGyeongsangbuk-do McCune-ReischauerKyongsangbuk-to Hangul Hanja Short NameGyeongbuk (Kyongbuk;; ) Statistics Population(Excluding Daegu)2,716,218( 2000, census) Area (Excluding Daegu)19,440 km² Capi province. His mother was from the GwangjuGwangju Metropolitan City Korean Name Revised RomanizationGwangju Gwangyeoksi McCune-ReischauerKwangju Kwangyokshi Hangul Hanja Short NameGwangju (Kwangju;; ) Statistics Population1,400,000 ( 2003, estimate) Area? km² GovernmentMetropolitan City;Capital o area. Agajae later led a local peasant revoltPeasant revolts were popular uprisings by European peasants against their lords and the institution of serfdom, including the 1358 Jacquerie in France, the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England, the 1524- 1526 Peasants' War in Germany and the 1573 Croatian and and declared himself a general.

Gyeon Hwon is said to have left home at 15 to join the Silla army, at which time he changed his family name from Lee to Gyeon. After becoming the commander of Silla forces in the JeollaJeolla Province Korean Name Revised RomanizationJeolla-do McCune-ReischauerCholla-do Hangul Hanja Short NameJeolla (Cholla; ) Statistics Capital Jeonju Split Into North and South Jeolla, 1896 Region Honam Dialect Jeolla Jeolla Jeolla-do was one of the eig area, he marshalled local peasantA peasant from 15th century French paisant from Latin pagus country district, is someone who lives in the country either working for others or, more specifically, owning or renting and working by his own labour a small plot of ground. Peasants depend econs to his cause and attacked the southwestern perimeter of GyeongjuGyeongju is a city in North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. The city was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla, which ruled most of the Korean Peninsula from the 7th to the 9th centuries. At that time, the city was called "Seorabeol" (; ). Today,, the Silla capital. That attack was beaten back, and he turned back to Jeolla where he seized the city of Gwangju in 892Events Poppo of Thuringia, count of the march in Thuringia,is deposed by the German Carolingian king Arnulf of Carinthia Arnulf of Carinthia invades Great Moravia Duke Guido of Spoleto crowned Roman Emperor in April The former Silla general Gyeonhwon atta.

In 900, Gyeon Hwon declared himself the king of Hubaekje ("later Baekje") and established his capital at JeonjuJeonju Jeonju-si is a city in and the capital of North Jeolla Province, South Korea. History Located in the fertile Honam plain, Jeonju has been an important regional center in the province. In 1894, the town was ocuppied by Donghak peasants' rebellion.. He swore to avenge King Uija, the last king of Baekje. From that time forth, his life largely coincides with the history of his short-lived kingdom. Sending an embassy to the Chinese kingdom of Wuyue , he was confirmed by the Wuyue court as a legitimate ruler.

Gyeon Hwon took numerous wives after becoming king, and had numerous children by them in addition to the eight sons and a daughter borne by his first wife. In 935, as his kingdom reeled from military defeats, he decided that his fourth son Geumgang should succeed him, rather than his firstborn son Singeom. Singeom, together with his brothers Yanggeom and Yonggeom, imprisoned Gyeon Hwon and killed Geumgang. Gyeon Hwon escaped from prison and fled to his old enemy Wanggeon in Goryeo, who welcomed him and provided him with land and slaves. At Gyeon Hwon's request, the following year he and Wanggeon led the massive Goryeo army which defeated Hubaekje at Seonsan .

Later in 936, Gyeon Hwon died of an inflamed tumor.