Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor (born 1791)

Minh Mạng

Second emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty in the 19th century

Minh Mạng, also known as Minh Mệnh, was the second emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam, reigning from 14 February 1820 until his death, on 20 January 1841. He was the fourth son of Emperor Gia Long, whose eldest son, Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh, had died in 1801. He was well known for…