Mạc Kính Chỉ Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Việt Nam sử lược, Quyển 2, Tự chủ thời đại, Chương 2
  2. Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, Basic Records 17