Nguyễn Quang Thùy () was a

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ese prince alive during the

Tây Sơn dynasty The Tây Sơn dynasty (, vi, Nhà Tây Sơn (Chữ Nôm: 茹西山); vi, Tây Sơn triều ( Hán tự: 西山朝) was a ruling dynasty of Vietnam, founded in the wake of a rebellion against both the Nguyễn lords and the Trịnh lords befor ...

Background

A son of

Nguyễn Huệ Emperor Quang Trung ( vi-hantu, 光中, 1753 – 16 September 1792) or Nguyễn Huệ ( vi-hantu, 阮惠), also known as Nguyễn Quang Bình ( vi-hantu, 阮光平), was the second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty, reigning from 1788 until 17 ...

, Thùy was also a half-brother of

Nguyễn Quang Toản Emperor Cảnh Thịnh ( vi-hantu, ), born Nguyễn Quang Toản ( vi-hantu, ; 1783–1802), was the third and last emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty. He followed his father Quang Trung (Nguyễn Huệ ruled 1788–1792) at the age of 9, and reig ...

. After Toản ascended the throne in 1792, Thùy was granted the royal title ''Khanh công'' (, "Duke of Khanh"), and tasked with mobilising troops and managing civil and military affairs in

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. In 1795, the regent

Bùi Đắc Tuyên Bùi Đắc Tuyên (, died 1795) was a mandarin of the Tây Sơn dynasty. Born in Tuy Viễn District (mordern Tây Sơn District), Bình Định Province, he was a son of Bùi Đức Lương, an elder brother of Bùi Thị Nhạn, and an uncle ...

was overthrown by

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and Nguyễn Văn Huấn. Thùy arrested

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, a political ally of Tuyên, and transferred him to

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.''

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'', Quyển 2, Chương 12'' Đại Nam chính biên liệt truyện'', vol. 30 In May 1801, the capital Phú Xuân was captured by army of

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s. The young emperor Nguyễn Quang Toản fled to

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, and lived in Thùy's house. In August, a troop under Thùy marched south, stayed in Nghệ An. In November, the young emperor led 30 thousand men marched south. In January 1802, Thùy attacked Lũy Thầy (a strategic wall built by

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, in present day Quảng Bình Province), but was defeated by

Nguyễn Ánh Gia Long ( (''North''), (''South''); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh, was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam. His dynasty would rule the unifie ...

, and retreated to Nghệ An. In the same time, Toản was utterly beaten in Linh River (modern

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). They met in Nghệ An, and fled back to Thăng Long together.

Death

In June 1802,

Nguyễn Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese name, Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. wiktionary:nguyên, Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 perc ...

army captured Thăng Long. Nguyễn Quang Thùy fled to Xương Giang (in mordern

Bắc Giang Bắc Giang () is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Bắc Giang Province. Its name, deriving from that of the Province Sino-Vietnamese, means "north of the river." The location is very convenient for transportation: it is 50 km north ...

), and was captured by local villagers. In order to avoid being captured, he committed suicide by hanging.

References

1802 deaths Tây Sơn dynasty generals 18th-century Vietnamese people 19th-century Vietnamese people Suicides by hanging in Vietnam Year of birth unknown {{Vietnam-royal-stub