Mạc Phúc Nguyên (chữ Hán: 莫福源, ? – December 1561), also known as Mạc Tuyên Tông (莫宣宗), was an emperor of Vietnam's

Mạc dynasty The Mạc dynasty ( vi, Nhà Mạc / ''Mạc triều''; Hán Nôm: 茹莫 / 莫朝) (1527-1627), as known as House of Mạc ruled the whole of Đại Việt between 1527 and 1540 and the northern part of the country from 1540 until 1593, and t ...

who reigned from 1546 to 1561.

Biography

In July 1557, Mạc Phúc Nguyên ordered his general Mạc Kính Điển to attack rebels in Thanh Hóa Province, but the attack failed and following a rearguard attack on Sơn Tây, Tuyên Quang, Hưng Hoá, Kinh Băc, and Hải Dương provinces Mạc Phúc Nguyên had to fall back to his capital at

Đông Đô Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

. He died of

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four years later. He was preceded by

Mạc Hiến Tông Mạc Hiến Tông (, ?–1546), birth name Mạc Phúc Hải (), was the third emperor of the Mạc dynasty of Annam from 1540 to 1546. He was born in Cao Đôi village, Bình Hà district (present day Nam Tan, Nam Sach, Hai Duong). He was the ...

and succeeded by Mạc Mậu Hợp.''Lịch sử Đảng bộ huyện Thanh Thủy, 1947-2003'' 2005- Page 16 "Đến đời nhà Mạc (1527-1592), do kiêng tên huý Mạc Tuyên Tông tức Mạc Phúc Nguyên) nên huyện Thanh Nguyên đổi thành Thanh Xuyên, phú Gia Hưng, trấn Hưng Hoá. Năm 1831, vua Minh Mạng thời nhà Nguyễn) đổi trấn thành tỉnh, ..."

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* ''Đại Việt Thông Sử'', Lê Quý Đôn (1759) 1561 deaths Mạc dynasty emperors Year of birth unknown Vietnamese monarchs {{Asia-royal-stub