Lê Dụ Tông
King of Vietnam
Lê Dụ Tông (Hán Nôm : 黎裕宗, 1679 – 27 February 1731), born Lê Duy Đường (黎維禟) was an emperor of Vietnam, the 22nd emperor of the Later Lê dynasty.
Biography
Crown Prince Lê Duy Đường reigned as emperor from 1705 to 1729 (24 years), the first ten years of which his father Lê Hy Tông was alive and elevated in semi-retirement to Retired Emperor (Vietnamese: Thái thượng hoàng). He was succeeded by Lê Duy Phường, also known as the second emperor to carry the title as Hôn Đức Công (means "degraded morality").
Relatives
Parents
Father : Emperor Lê Hy Tông (real name Lê Duy Hiệp).
Mother : Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Đệ (initial title "Cung Nghi Chương empress", then "Ôn Từ imperial dowager-empress").
Spouses
Thuần Chính Hòa empress Trịnh Thị Ngọc Trang (正宫皇后 郑氏玉欉), the first of Thì duke Trịnh Nhuận (son of Định Nam prince Trịnh Căn). She gave birth of Lê Phế Đế.
Trang Từ imperial dowager-empress Trần Thị, mother of Emperor Lê Thuần Tông.
Hiến Từ imperial dowager-empress Nguyễn Thị, mother of Emperor Lê Ý Tông.
Children
He had five sons.
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