Minh Mạng
Emperor of Vietnam
Died when: 49 years 341 days (599 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Minh M?ng (Hanoi: [mï?? ma?????]) or Minh M?nh (Hanoi: [mï?? m?j?????], Hán t?: ??, lit. "the bright favour of Heaven"; 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguy?n Phúc Ð?m, also known as Nguy?n Phúc Ki?u) was the second emperor of the Nguy?n 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, Nguy?n Phúc C?nh, had died in 1801.
He was well known for his opposition to French involvement in Vietnam and his rigid Confucian orthodoxy.
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