Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗 20 May 1717 – 10 August 1786), born Lê Duy Diêu, was the penultimate emperor of

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Lê Dynasty The Lê dynasty, also known as Later Lê dynasty ( vi, Hậu Lê triều, chữ Hán: 後黎朝 or vi, nhà Hậu Lê, link=no, chữ Nôm: 茹後黎), was the longest-ruling Vietnamese dynasty, ruling Đại Việt from 1428 to 1789. The Lê ...

. He reigned from 1740 to 1786 and was succeeded by his grandson Lê Duy Kỳ.Nguyên Thi Minh Hà, Nguyên Thi Thanh Bình – ''Vietnamese feminist poems from antiquity to the present'' 2007 Page 81 "King Lẽ Hiển Tông (life: 1716–86; reign: 1740–86) married off his youngest daughter, Princess Lê Ngọc Hân (1770–1799), to Nguyễn Huệ (life: 1753–1792; reign: 1788–1792), leader of the .." At the time Vietnam was under the power of the

Trịnh lords The Trịnh lords ( vi, Chúa Trịnh; Chữ Nôm: 主鄭; 1545–1787), formal title Trịnh Viceroy (; ), also known as Trịnh clan (鄭氏, ''Trịnh thị'') or the House of Trịnh, were a noble feudal clan who de facto ruled Northern Viet ...

. During the reigns of

Lê Thuần Tông Lê Thuần Tông (chữ Hán: 黎純宗, 16 March 1699 – 5 June 1735) birth name Lê Duy Tường (黎維祥, 黎維祜) was the thirteenth and fourth-last emperor of the Vietnamese Lê dynasty under the domination of the Trịnh lords. He reig ...

(1732–35) and

Lê Ý Tông Lê Ý Tông (黎懿宗 29 March 1719 – 10 August 1759) was the third-last emperor of the Vietnamese Lê dynasty, reigning only nominally under the power of Trịnh Giang of the Trịnh lords. He reigned from 1735 to 1740 and was succeeded by L� ...

(1735–40),

Trịnh Giang Trịnh Giang ( vi-hantu, 鄭杠; 14 October 1711 – 30 December 1762) ruled northern Vietnam (Tonkin) from 1729 to 1740. His title as ruling lord (''chua'') was ''Uy Nam Vương''. He was one of the Trịnh Lords who ruled Vietnam. He was a bad r ...

ruled Vietnam with the title Uy Nam Vương, but he was deposed in 1740 due to poor leadership. From 1740 to 1767,

Trịnh Doanh Trịnh Doanh (4 December 1720 – 15 February 1767) ruled northern Vietnam (Tonkin) from 1740 to 1767 (he ruled with the title ''Minh Đô Vương''). Trịnh Doanh was a third son of Trịnh Cương, and belonged to the line of Trịnh lords ...

ruled with the title Minh Do Vương in the first part of the reign of Lê Hiển Tông. He was followed by

Trịnh Sâm Trịnh Sâm (, 9 February 1739 – 13 September 1782) ruled northern Vietnam from 1767 to 1782 AD. He ruled with the title "Tĩnh Đô Vương" () and was one of the last of the powerful Trịnh lords. Trịnh Sâm defeated the ancient enemy of t ...

, who ruled from 1767 to 1782 with the title Tinh Do Vương. At this point the Lê dynasty began to regain its power.

Issue

He had twenty-three children, including: * Crown prince

Lê Duy Vĩ Le is a romanization of several rare East Asian surnames and a common Vietnamese surname. It is a fairly common surname in the United States, ranked 975th during the 1990 census and 368th during the 2000 census. In 2000, it was the eighth-most-co ...

, executed by the

in 1771 *

Lê Duy Cận Lê Duy Cận ( vi-hantu, 黎維𬓑, ?–?) or Lê Duy Cẩn, was a Vietnamese prince during Revival Lê dynasty. Cận was the second son of Lê Hiển Tông. In 1769, his elder brother, Lê Duy Vĩ, was stripped of his position as Crown ...

(died after 1786) * Princess

Lê Thị Ngọc Hân Le is a romanization of several rare East Asian surnames and a common Vietnamese surname. It is a fairly common surname in the United States, ranked 975th during the 1990 census and 368th during the 2000 census. In 2000, it was the eighth-most-co ...

* Princess

Lê Thị Ngọc Bình Le is a romanization of several rare East Asian surnames and a common Vietnamese surname. It is a fairly common surname in the United States, ranked 975th during the 1990 census and 368th during the 2000 census. In 2000, it was the eighth-most-co ...

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* * Hien Tong 1717 births 1786 deaths 18th-century Vietnamese monarchs Vietnamese monarchs {{Asia-royal-stub