Mạc Kính Chỉ 莫敬止 | |
Emperor of Đại Việt | |
Full Name: | Mạc Kính Chỉ (莫敬止) |
Father: | Mạc Kính Điển |
Succession: | Emperor of Mạc Dynasty |
Reign: | 1592–1593 |
Predecessor: | Mạc Mậu Hợp |
Successor: | Mạc Kính Cung |
House: | Mạc dynasty |
Era Dates: | Bảo Định (寶定, 1592 – 1593) Khang Hựu (康佑, 1593 – 1593) |
Birth Date: | ? |
Death Date: | 1593 |
Mạc Kính Chỉ (莫敬止, ?–1593) was the seventh emperor of the Mạc dynasty. He reigned briefly from 1592–1593.
He was the eldest son of Mạc Kính Điển. The emperor Mạc Mậu Hợp was captured by Trịnh lord in 1592, so he enthroned in Thanh Lâm. He led sixteen to seventeen thousand men, later, Mạc Toàn abdicated and surrendered to him.[1]
In the next year, Chỉ was captured by two generals of Trịnh lord, Hoàng Đình Ái and Nguyễn Hữu Liêu, and executed in Thang Long.[2]