Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor (born 1762)

Gia Long

Founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty (r. 1802–04)

Gia Long, born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam, which would rule the unified territories that constitute modern-day Vietnam until 1945.