Family tree of Vietnamese monarchs explained

Following is the family tree of Vietnamese monarchs from the autonomous period of the Khúc clan (905–923) to the reign of Bảo Đại (1926–1945), the last emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty. Emperors, kings and lords of each monarch are denoted by different colours with the period of their reigns.

Family tree

Colour notes

Notes

Kiều Công Tiễn was only adopted son of Dương Đình Nghệ.^[1]
Although being a king of the Ngô dynasty, Dương Tam Kha came from the Dương family as he is Dương Đình Nghệ's son.
Dương Nhật Lễ was only adopted son of Prince Cung Túc, so he did not bear the family name Trần like other emperors of the Trần dynasty.
The second elder brother of Lê Thái Tổ was Grand Duke Lam Lê Trừ whose son was Grand Duke Quỳ Lê Khang. Lê Khang was the great-great-grandfather of the emperor Lê Anh Tông. Because Lê Trung Tông died without any son, Lê Anh Tông was chosen for the throne.
Lê Thần Tông held the throne from 1619 to 1643 and again from 1649 to 1662 in replacing his son Lê Chân Tông who died soon.
Normally the persons in two successive boxes are connected by parental relation, however in this case, Trịnh Cương was not son, but great-grandson of Trịnh Căn. Since Trịnh Cương's father and grandfather both died before the death of Trịnh Căn, Trịnh Cương was chosen the successor of the Trịnh Lord.
Gia Long held the position Nguyễn Lord from 1781 to 1802, afterward he became the first emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty from 1802 to 1819.

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Bibliography

Notes and References

Book: Nguyễn Gia Tường (translator). Đại Việt sử lược . 1993 . Ho Chi Minh City Publishing House, University of Ho Chi Minh City . Ho Chi Minh City . 22.

Family tree of Vietnamese monarchs
Overall	Early independence	Lý Dynasty	Trần dynasty	Lê dynasty	Trịnh lords and Mạc dynasty	Nguyễn lords and dynasty