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

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 ...

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 The Southern dynasties () describe a succession of Chinese empires that coexisted alongside a series of Northern dynasties. The era is generally described as the Northern and Southern dynasties, lasting from 420–589 AD after the Jin and before ...

's forces under lord

Trịnh Tùng Trịnh Tùng (19 December 1550 – 17 July 1623), also known as Trịnh Tòng and later given the title ''Bình An Vương'' (平安王), was the de facto ruler of Đại Việt from 1572 to 1623. Trịnh Tùng is the first official Trịnh lord, ...

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 Mạc Toàn (chữ Hán: 莫全; ?–1593) emperor Vũ An đế was the sixth emperor of the Mạc dynasty, and effectively the last of the dynasty. He reigned briefly from 1592–1593, following the death of Mạc Mậu Hợp and was followed by v ...

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 Mạc Kính Cung (莫敬恭, ?–1593) was the eighth emperor of the Mạc dynasty. He reigned from 1592–1625. He was the seventh son of Mạc Kính Điển. The emperor Mạc Kính Chỉ was captured by Trịnh lord in 1593, he was enthroned ...

Family

* Father :

Mạc Tuyên Tông 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 who reigned from 1546 to 1561. Biography In July 1557, Mạc Phúc Nguyên ordered his genera ...

* 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

References

* * * * * *''Các triều đại Việt Nam'' – Quỳnh Cư, Đỗ Đức Hùng, Nhà xuất bản Thanh niên, 2001 * ''Đại Việt Thông Sử'',

Lê Quý Đôn Lê Quý Đôn (; 1726–1784) was an 18th-century Vietnamese people, Vietnamese poet, encyclopedist, and government official. His pseudonym was Quế - Đường. He was a native of Duyen Ha village in present-day Thái Bình Province. He is cons ...

(1759) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mạc Mậu Hợp 1560 births 1592 deaths A People executed by Vietnam Executed Vietnamese people Vietnamese monarchs