Mc dynasty
The Mạc dynasty ( Vietnamese : Hán Việt or Mạc triều , Hán Tự : 莫 朝) ruled all of Vietnam from 1527 to 1533 and the northern part from 1533 to 1592. Until 1677, the dynasty had control over the province of Cao Bằng .
Family origin
The Mạc family derived their descent from the Confucian scholar Mạc Đĩnh Chi from the time of the Trần dynasty . It had its power base on the east coast of Tonkins around today's Hải Phong .
Dynastic rule
The rise of the family to a ruling dynasty was brought about by Mạc Đăng Dung . He gained great influence as a military leader at the court of the Lê dynasty and usurped the throne in favor of his own person and family when he deposed the emperor Lê Cung Hoàng in 1527.
The rule of the Mạc controlled the northern part of the country including the capital Hanoi, but it was not recognized by all groups and parts of the country. From the 1540s, loyalists of the deposed Lê established their own state in Annam. Vietnam was thus divided into two parts and in a civil war. The Lê were ultimately able to win this power contrast. They conquered the capital in 1592 and deposed the last Mạc emperor, Mạc Mậu Hợp . Remnants of the family retained political influence on the border with China until 1667.