# Silla annexes Geumgwan Gaya (532)

URL: https://allhistories.com/korea/timeline/532-silla-annexes-geumgwan-gaya
Location: Gimhae, Geumgwan Gaya
Themes: Politics

In 532, King Guhyeong, the last ruler of Geumgwan Gaya, surrendered his kingdom to Silla together with his queen and three sons. King Beopheung of Silla received them with honor, granted Guhyeong a high rank, and allowed him to keep his home territory as a hereditary estate. Geumgwan Gaya at Gimhae had once been the leading Gaya state, but it had declined since Goguryeo's intervention of 400 and was caught between Silla's advance and Baekje's ambitions. The annexation gave Silla control of the lower Nakdong River and its access to the sea. Guhyeong's descendants were integrated into Silla's aristocracy with the high rank of true bone. His great-grandson was Kim Yu-sin, the general who would lead Silla to victory over Baekje and Goguryeo more than a century later. The fall of Geumgwan Gaya marked the beginning of the end for the Gaya confederacy.

## Why it matters
The annexation began Silla's absorption of Gaya and brought the ancestors of Kim Yu-sin into Silla's elite.

Ruler at the Time: [Later kings of Gaya (199 - 562)](https://allhistories.com/korea/rulers/later-kings-of-gaya-199-562)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Guhyeong of Geumgwan Gaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guhyeong_of_Geumgwan_Gaya)
- [Wikipedia — Geumgwan Gaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geumgwan_Gaya)
- [Wikipedia — Kim Yu-sin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Yu-sin)
- [Wikipedia — Three Kingdoms (period overview)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kingdoms_of_Korea)