Nguyễn Phúc Trú Explained

Nguyễn Phúc Trú should not be confused with Nguyễn Phúc Chu.

Nguyễn Phúc Trú
阮福澍
Nguyễn lords
Lord of Cochinchina
Father:Nguyễn Phúc Chu
Mother:Tống Thị Được
Spouse:Trương Thị Thư
Trương Thị Hoặc
Issue:Nguyễn Phúc Khoát
Birth Date:c. 1697
Death Place:Cochinchina
Regnal Name:Chúa Ninh (主寧 "Lord Ninh")
Full Name:Nguyễn Phúc Trú (阮福澍)
Succession:Nguyễn lords
Reign:1725 - 1738
Predecessor:Nguyễn Phúc Chu
Successor:Nguyễn Phúc Khoát
House:Nguyễn Phúc
Temple Name:Túc Tông (肅宗)
Posthumous Name:Tuyên Quang Thiệu Liệt Tuấn Triết Tĩnh Uyên Kinh Văn Vĩ Vũ Hiếu Ninh Hoàng Đế
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Religion:Buddhism

Nguyễn Phúc Trú, or Nguyễn Phúc Chú, (c. 1697–1738; r. 1725–1738) was one of the Nguyễn lords who ruled over Đàng Trong (southern Vietnam) in the 16th–18th centuries. Also known as Ninh Vương, he expanded his family's territory by seizing the Cambodian provinces of Vĩnh Long Province and Tiền Giang Province in 1731.

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