Mạc Mậu Hợp (莫茂洽, 1560–1593) was the fifth and effectively last reigning emperor of the

Mạc dynasty The Mạc dynasty (; Hán-Nôm: 茹莫/ 朝莫) (1527–1677), officially Đại Việt (Chữ Hán: 大越), was a Vietnamese dynasty which ruled over a unified Vietnam between 1527 and 1540, and northern Vietnam from 1540 until 1593. The M ...

from 1562 to 1593.

Biography

Mạc Mậu Hợp was born in 1560 at Đông Đô. He became the emperor in 1562. In 1592, the Southern dynasty's forces under lord Trịnh Tùng conquered the capital Đông Đô along with the rest of the Northern provinces. Mạc Mậu Hợp was captured during the retreat at one pagoda of Phượng Nhỡn district ( Lạng Giang prefecture) and was cut to pieces over three days at Thảo Tân margin ( Đông Đô). However, his son Mạc Toàn and other successors continued to hold Cao Bình county during 1592–3. Firstly, his

temple name Temple names are posthumous titles accorded to monarchs of the Sinosphere for the purpose of ancestor worship. The practice of honoring monarchs with temple names began during the Shang dynasty in China and had since been adopted by other dynas ...

was named as Mục Tông (穆宗) then changed as Anh Tổ (英祖) by duke Mạc Kính Cung.

Family

* Father : Mạc Tuyên Tông * Mother : A concubine of his father * Wives : Võ Thị Hoành (武氏橫, ?–1592), Nguyễn Thị 阮倦之女。《大越史記全書》，892頁 (阮氏, ?–1600) * Children : First son has noname, second son Mạc Toàn

References

* * * * * *''Các triều đại Việt Nam'' – Quỳnh Cư, Đỗ Đức Hùng, Nhà xuất bản Thanh niên, 2001 * ''Đại Việt Thông Sử'', Lê Quý Đôn (1759) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mạc, Mậu Hợp 1560 births 1592 deaths A People executed by Vietnam by decapitation Executed Vietnamese people Vietnamese monarchs Royalty from Hanoi