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Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.

Lê Cung Hoàng

Emperor of Annam

Lê Cung Hoàng, born Lê Xuân, was the last emperor of the Later Lê dynasty of Vietnam and reigned from 1522 to 1527.
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Mạc Đăng Dung

Emperor of Đại Việt/King of Annam

Mạc Đăng Dung, also known by his temple name Mạc Thái Tổ, was an emperor of Vietnam and the founder of the Mạc dynasty. Previously a captain of the imperial guard of one of the Lê dynasty emperors, he gradually rose to a position of great power. Mạc eventually deposed the last…
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Lê dynasty

Imperial dynasty in Vietnam from 1428 to 1789

The Lê dynasty, also known in historiography as the Later Lê dynasty, officially Đại Việt, was the longest-ruling Vietnamese dynasty, having ruled from 1428 to 1789, with an interregnum between 1527 and 1533. The Lê dynasty is divided into two historical periods: the Initial Lê…
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Mạc dynasty

Imperial dynasty in Vietnam from 1527 to 1677

The Mạc dynasty (1527–1677), officially Đại Việt, was a Vietnamese dynasty which ruled over a unified Vietnam between 1527 and 1540, and northern Vietnam from 1540 until 1593. The Mạc dynasty lost control over the capital Đông Kinh for the last time in its wars against the Later…
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