Lê Thế Tông (

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: 黎世宗, 1567 – 12 October 1599, reigned 1573–1599), real name Lê Duy Đàm (黎維潭) was the 15th emperor of the later

Lê dynasty The Lê dynasty, also known as Later Lê dynasty ( vi, Hậu Lê triều, chữ Hán: 後黎朝 or vi, nhà Hậu Lê, link=no, chữ Nôm: 茹後黎), was the longest-ruling Vietnamese dynasty, ruling Đại Việt from 1428 to 1789. The Lê ...

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. He was the fifth son of

Lê Anh Tông Lê Anh Tông ( chữ Hán: 黎英宗; 1532–1573), posthumous name Tuấn Hoàng đế (峻皇帝) birth name Lê Duy Bang (黎維邦) was the 12th emperor of Vietnamese Later Lê dynasty, ruling nation's south realm from 1556 to 1573 during ...

, born during the

Trịnh–Nguyễn war The Trịnh–Nguyễn Civil War ( vi, Trịnh-Nguyễn phân tranh; Hán tự: 鄭阮紛爭) was a 17th-century lengthy civil war waged between the two ruling families in Vietnam, the Trịnh lords of Đàng Ngoài and the Nguyễn lords of � ...

. In 1573, Anh Tông saw that Trịnh Tùng was autocratic, so he and four great princes left the palace of Vạn Lại and fled to Nghệ An. On the first day of the new year 1573, Trịnh Tùng established a 5-year-old Lê Duy Đàm to become emperor; three weeks later Trịnh Tùng sent Tống Đức Vị to secretly kill Anh Tông. During the reign of Thế Tông, Trịnh Tùng took full control of the military and continued to wage war with the Mạc in

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. After many great campaigns, in 1592 Trịnh Tùng defeated the Mạc army, regained Đông Kinh and brought Thế Tông back to the old capital. Therefore, the national history of

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was compiled by Trịnh lords and considered Lê Thế Tông to be the king who was instrumental in restoring the inheritance of the

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. In fact, although the

was re-established, the real power fell into Trịnh Tùng's hands, leaving the king with only vanity. In 1599, Thế Tông appointed Trịnh Tùng as King of Bình An ( Bình An Vương), beginning a period known as the reign of Lê kings - Trịnh lords (Vua Lê - Chúa Trịnh). In 1599, Thế Tông died, reigned for 26 years, aged 33 years, and was buried at

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(華岳陵). After his death, his fourth son,

Lê Duy Tân Le is a romanization of several rare East Asian surnames and a common Vietnamese surname. It is a fairly common surname in the United States, ranked 975th during the 1990 census and 368th during the 2000 census. In 2000, it was the eighth-most-co ...

, was enthroned by Trịnh Tùng as King

Lê Kính Tông Lê Kính Tông ( chữ Hán: 黎敬宗, 1588 – 23 June 1619), also called Lê Duy Tân (黎維新) was the 16th emperor of Vietnamese Later Lê dynasty reigning from 1599 to 1619. He acted as a figurehead monarch while Lord Lord is an ap ...

Family

* Issues:

Lê Duy Trì Le is a romanization of several rare East Asian surnames and a common Vietnamese surname. It is a fairly common surname in the United States, ranked 975th during the 1990 census and 368th during the 2000 census. In 2000, it was the eighth-most-co ...

(黎维持),

(黎维新)

References

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