Nguyễn Thị Định (阮氏定, 1883 – ?) was a wife of the Vietnamese emperor
Thành Thái
Thành Thái (, vi-hantu, 成 泰; 14 March 1879 – 20 March 1954) born Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Lân (阮福寶嶙), was the son of Emperor Dục Đức and Empress Dowager Từ Minh. He reigned as emperor for 18 years, from 1889 to 1907.
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, and the queen mother of the emperor's fifth son, the boy emperor
Duy Tân
Emperor Duy Tân (, vi-hantu, 維新, lit. "renovation"; 19 September 1900 – 26 December 1945), born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh San, was the 11th emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam, who reigned for nine years between 1907 and 1916.
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(reigned 1907-1916). Following the abdication, forced by the French, of Thành Thái, the new boy emperor's mother resided at court as queen mother, while Thành Thái was relegated to a duke, and lived with his large retinue of wives and retainers away from court. This did not prevent the former emperor for pressuring his wife, the queen mother, for funds. She, with her husband and son, are buried in the
tomb of Dục Đức
The Tomb of Emperor Dục Đức ( vi, Lăng Dục Đức), officially the An Mausoleum (, vi-hantu, 安 陵) is a tomb complex in Huế in which are buried Dục Đức and his wife, his son Thành Thái, and his grandson the child-emperor Duy ...
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[Di sản Hán Nôm Hué̂ - Page 107 Trung tâm bảo tồn di tích cố đô Huế, Đại học quó̂c gia Hà Nội. Trường đại học khoa học xã hội và nhân văn - 2003 -"Còn 10 bài thơ xướng và 10 bài thơ họa mang đầu đề “Khuê phụ thán” thì đã rô ràng là do nhà giáo Phan Quốc Quang và nhà thơ Lẽ Quang Nhơn ở Vĩnh Long thác lời Bá phi Nguyễn Thị Định (mẹ vua Duy Tân) và lời vua Thành Thái mà ...]
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