Lê Hiển Tông

Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗 20 May 1717 – 10 August 1786), born Lê Duy Diêu, was the penultimate emperor of Vietnamese Lê Dynasty. He reigned from 1740 to 1786 and was succeeded by his grandson Lê Duy Kỳ.[1][2][3]

For the 6th monarch of Vietnam's Lê dynasty 1461–1504 (黎憲宗), see Lê Hiến Tông.

Lê Hiển Tông
黎顯宗
Emperor of Đại Việt
Emperor of Revival Lê dynasty
Reign1740 - 1786
PredecessorLê Ý Tông
SuccessorLê Chiêu Thống
Regent
Born20 May 1717
Đông Kinh, Đại Việt
Died10 August 1786
Đông Kinh, Đại Việt
Full name
Lê Duy Diêu (黎維祧)
Era name and dates
Cảnh Hưng (景興): 1740 - 1786
Posthumous name
Vĩnh Hoàng đế (永皇帝)
Temple name
Hiển Tông (顯宗)
HouseRevival Lê dynasty
FatherLê Thuần Tông
MotherNhu Thuận hoàng hậu

At the time Vietnam was under the power of the Trịnh lords. During the reigns of Lê Thuần Tông (1732–35) and Lê Ý Tông (1735–40), Trịnh Giang ruled Vietnam with the title Uy Nam Vương, but he was deposed in 1740 due to poor leadership. From 1740–67, Trịnh Doanh ruled with the title Minh Do Vương in the first part of the reign of Lê Hiển Tông. He was followed by Trịnh Sâm, who ruled from 1767–82 with the title Tinh Do Vương. At this point the Lê dynasty began to regain its power.

Issue

He had twenty-three children, including:

References
  1. Nguyễn Huệ Chi Truyện truyền kỳ Việt Nam 1999 Volume 2 – Page 317 "Lê Hiển Tông (1716–1786)"
  2. Anh Thư Hà, Hồng Đức Trần A Brief Chronology of Vietnam's History 2000- Page 121 "Lê Hiển Tông (1740–1786) "
  3. Nguyên Thi Minh Hà, Nguyên Thi Thanh Bình – Vietnamese feminist poems from antiquity to the present 2007 Page 81 "King Lẽ Hiển Tông (life: 1716–86; reign: 1740–86) married off his youngest daughter, Princess Lê Ngọc Hân (1770–1799), to Nguyễn Huệ (life: 1753–1792; reign: 1788–1792), leader of the .."

Sources
  • Nguyẽ̂n, Phút Tá̂n (1964). A Modern History of Viet-nam (1802–1954). Khai-Trí. pp. 134–135.
  • Tucker, Spencer (1999). Vietnam. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 17–18. ISBN 0-8131-0966-3.
Preceded by
Lê Ý Tông		 Emperor of Vietnam
1740–1786		 Succeeded by
Lê Chiêu Thống


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