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TIL of Kyŏn Hwŏn, the founding king of Later Baekje. After being overthrown by his son, he fled to a neighbouring kingdom before leading their army to invade Later Baekje, resulting in its fall and becoming the only ruler in history to have defeated the nation they founded.

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