Lê Gia Tông
Lê Gia Tông ( chữ Hán : 黎嘉宗; * 1661 in Đông Kinh (Hanoi); † April 3, 1675 ibid) was the ninth Vietnamese emperor from the restored Lê dynasty . He held office from November 1671 until his untimely death almost three and a half years later. Like all monarchs of his line, he was a puppet ruler of the Trịnh princes who actually ruled .
Life
Before his accession to the throne, his name was Lê Duy Hội (or Lê Duy Hợi ) or Lê Duy Cối or Lê Duy Khoái (depending on the reading of 黎維 禬). He was the third son of the emperor Lê Thần Tông , who sat on the throne until his death in 1662.
Since the eldest brother (and meanwhile emperor) Lê Chân Tông had died before his father, the second brother Lê Huyền Tông ascended the throne in 1662 . However, he died at the end of 1671, so that the ten-year-old Lê Gia Tông was appointed as his successor. He chose the Äranamen (government currency ) Dương Đức (陽 德, 1672–1674) and Đức Nguyên (德 元, 1674–1675).
Like his predecessors, the new child emperor had no powers that went beyond the palace area; instead, all power lay in the hands of Trịnh Tạc . In 1672 he took the emperor with him on his campaign against the Nguyễn princes ruling in the south , which was unusual since the emperors were generally never allowed to leave the capital. The campaign failed, however, despite the imperial presence, whereupon Trịnh Tạc sought peace with the Nguyễn.
According to the traditional court chronicles, Lê Gia Tông was intelligent, generous and moral and thus had the character of a good ruler. His promising development ended with his untimely death at the age of about fourteen.
His younger brother Lê Hy Tông was appointed as his successor .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Văn Thư Hà, Hồng Đức Trần: Tóm tắt niên biểu lịch sử Việt Nam , Verlag Nhà Xuất Bản Văn Hoá Thông Tin, Hanoi 2004, p. 155 (entry Lê Gia Tông )
- ↑ BẢNG TRA NIÊN ĐẠI CÁC TRIỀU VUA VIÊT NAM (List of the Era names of the Vietnamese monarchs), accessed December 2018
- ↑ KW Taylor : A History of the Vietnamese , Cambridge University Press, 2013, pp. 314f
- ^ Hà Văn Thư, Trần Hồng Đức: A Brief Chronology of Vietnamese History , English version, fifth edition, Thế Giới Publishers, Hanoi 2014, p. 97
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Lê Huyền Tông | Emperor of Đại Việt Restored Lê dynasty 1671 / 72–1675 |
Lê Hy Tông |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lê Gia Tông |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lê Duy Hội; Lê Duy Hợi; Lê Duy Cối; Lê Duy Khoái; 黎嘉宗; 黎維 禬 |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Vietnamese emperor of the restored Lê dynasty |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1661 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Đông Kinh |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1675 |
| Place of death | Đông Kinh |