Tomb Of Dục Đức
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The Tomb of Emperor Dục Đức ( vi, Lăng Dục Đức), officially the An Mausoleum (, vi-hantu, ) is a tomb complex in
Huế Huế () is the capital of Thừa Thiên Huế province in central Vietnam and was the capital of Đàng Trong from 1738 to 1775 and of Vietnam during the Nguyễn dynasty from 1802 to 1945. The city served as the old Imperial City and admi ...
in which are buried
Dục Đức Dục Đức (, ; born Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Ái, 23 February 1852 – 6 October 1883), was Emperor of Vietnam for three days, from 20 to 23 July 1883. He was the fifth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty and father of Emperor Thành Thái, who ruled f ...
and his wife, his son
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. Biog ...
, and his grandson the child-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. Early c ...
, and several other members of Vietnam's last dynasty, the
Nguyễn dynasty The Nguyễn dynasty (chữ Nôm: 茹阮, vi, Nhà Nguyễn; chữ Hán: 阮朝, vi, Nguyễn triều) was the last Vietnamese dynasty, which ruled the unified Vietnamese state largely independently from 1802 to 1883. During its existence, ...
such as the queen mother Nguyễn Thị Định (mother of Duy Tân). Duy Tân was buried in the tomb compound in 1987. The mausoleum has two sections - the tomb itself and Long An shrine.Khăć Ưńg Mai, Hùng Đào ''Huế, monuments of an ancient capital'' 2000 "In 1987 his remains were brought back to be buried at his father's tomb. An mausoleum with its two sections - the tomb and Long An shrine - became a family graveyard after Kings Thanh Thai and Duy Tan were buried there. It is a memorial to ..."


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Tomb of Duc Duc
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