Princess Phương Liên of Vietnam (born 3 November 1939 in

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) is a daughter of

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, the last emperor of Vietnam, and his first wife, Empress

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Biography

Her father abdicated as emperor in 1945. She was educated at the Convent des Oiseaux,

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, and in

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. On 6 January 1961, in the Catholic rite of matrimony, Princess Phương Liên married

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Bernard Maurice Soulain, in Chabrignac, Corrèze,

. He is from

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, and is the son of Alysse Albert Soulain and his wife, Yvonne Adrienne Marguerite Cousin. They have two daughters: * Valérie Soulain (born on 20 July 1963) * Caroline Soulain (born on 20 March 1966)

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Ancestry

1939 births Living people Nguyen dynasty princesses Vietnamese Roman Catholics Vietnamese expatriates in France Daughters of emperors 21st-century Vietnamese women {{Vietnam-royal-stub