Mạc Kính Chỉ (莫敬止, ?–1593) was the seventh 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 ...
. He reigned briefly from 1592–1593.
He was the eldest son of
Mạc Kính Điển
Mạc ( Hán tự: 莫) is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Mo in Chinese and Mua in Hmong language. It is also of Gaelic origin, meaning son, used as a prefix in many Irish and Scottish surnames e.g. MacDonald, and MacG ...
. The emperor
Mạc Mậu Hợp
Mạc Mậu Hợp (莫茂洽, 1560–1593) was the fifth and effectively last reigning emperor of the Mạc dynasty from 1562 to 1593. Biography
Mạc Mậu Hợp was born in 1560 at Đông Đô. He became the emperor in 1562.
In 1592, the South ...
was captured by
Trịnh lord
Trịnh is a Vietnamese family name, which is also common in some countries such as Korea (Jung, Jeong). A considerable portion of families that bear the surname Trinh are ethnically Vietnamese.
Notable people
*Trịnh Như Khuê, First Cardina ...
in 1592, so he enthroned in
Thanh Lâm. He led sixteen to seventeen thousand men, later,
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 ...
abdicated and surrendered to him.
['']Việt Nam sử lược
( vi-hantu, 越南史略, french: Précis d'Histoire du Việt-Nam, lit. "Outline History of Vietnam"), was the first history text published in the Vietnamese and the Vietnamese alphabet. It was compiled by Vietnamese historian Trần Trọng Ki ...
'', Quyển 2, Tự chủ thời đại, Chương 2
In the next year, Chỉ was captured by two generals of Trịnh lord,
Hoàng Đình Ái and
Nguyễn Hữu Liêu, and executed in
Thang Long.
['']Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư
The ''Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư'' ( vi-hantu, 大越史記全書; ; ''Complete Annals of Đại Việt'') is the official national chronicle of the Vietnamese state, that was originally compiled by the royal historian Ngô Sĩ Liên under ...
'', Basic Records 17
References
1593 deaths
Mạc dynasty emperors
Year of birth unknown
Vietnamese monarchs
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