Nguyễn Phúc Trăn Explained

Nguyễn Phúc Thái
阮福溙
Nguyễn lords
Lord of Cochinchina
Father:Nguyễn Phúc Tần
Mother:Tống Thị Đôi
Spouse:Tống Thị Lĩnh
Issue:Nguyễn Phúc Chu
4 other sons and 4 daughters
Birth Date:January 22, 1650
Birth Place:Phú Xuân, Cochinchina
Death Place:Phú Xuân, Cochinchina
Place Of Burial:Phú Xuân, Cochinchina
Regnal Name:Chúa Nghĩa ("Lord Nghĩa")
Full Name:Nguyễn Phước Thái
Succession:Nguyễn lords
Reign:1687–1691
Predecessor:Nguyễn Phúc Tần
Successor:Nguyễn Phúc Chu
House:Nguyễn Phúc
Temple Name:Anh Tông
Posthumous Name:Thiệu-hư Toản-nghiệp Khoan-hồng Bác-hậu Ôn-huệ Từ-tường Hiếu-nghĩa Emperor
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Religion:Three teachings

Nguyễn Phúc Thái (Vietnamese: {{linktext|阮|福|溙, 1650–1691) was the ruler of Cochinchina from 1687 to 1691. During his short rule, a small rebellion by Ming Chinese was put down.

Biography

Nguyễn Phúc Thái was also known as Nguyễn Phước Trăn, courtesy name Ngạn . He was the second son of lord Nguyễn Phúc Tần. Nguyễn Phúc Thái took the title Hoằng Quốc-công (; National Duke of Hoằng, different from Quận-công as Local Duke). With the end of the Trịnh–Nguyễn War, not much of note happened during Nguyễn Phúc Thái's rule. It is reported that he put down an uprising by Chinese immigrants who had settled in Saigon.

In 1689, he ordered an invasion of Cambodia. However, the Vietnamese general withdrew after meeting with the Cambodian king Chei Chettha III's envoy, a beautiful woman. In 1690 Nguyễn Phúc Thái sent a more famous general, Nguyễn Hữu Hào, who also retreated after meeting the same woman, waiting for presents that never came.[1]

On February 7, 1691, Nguyễn Phúc Thái died and was succeeded by his eldest son, Nguyễn Phúc Chu.

References

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=6UHi9JXNokEC&dq=nguyen+phuc+tran&pg=PA320 A History of the Vietnamese (Cambridge University Press, 2013)