Lê Thế Tông (

chữ Hán ( , ) are the Chinese characters that were used to write Literary Chinese in Vietnam, Literary Chinese (; ) and Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary in Vietnamese language, Vietnamese. They were officially used in Vietnam after the Red River Delta region ...

: 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 in historiography as the Later Lê dynasty (, chữ Hán: 朝後黎, chữ Nôm: 茹後黎), officially Đại Việt (; Chữ Hán: 大越), was the longest-ruling List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty, h ...

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. He was the fifth son of Lê Anh Tông, born during the

Trịnh–Nguyễn war The Trịnh–Nguyễn Civil War (; chữ Hán: 鄭阮紛爭, lit. Trịnh–Nguyễn contention) was a 17th and 18th-century lengthy civil war waged between the two ruling families in Vietnam, the Trịnh lords of Đàng Ngoài and the Nguy� ...

. 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 Đông Kinh. 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

Đại Việt Đại Việt (, ; literally Great Việt), was a Vietnamese monarchy in eastern Mainland Southeast Asia from the 10th century AD to the early 19th century, centered around the region of present-day Hanoi. Its early name, Đại Cồ Việt,(ch ...

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 Hua Yueling (華岳陵). After his death, his fourth son, Lê Duy Tân, was enthroned by Trịnh Tùng as King Lê Kính Tông.

Family

* Issues: Lê Duy Trì (黎维持), Lê Duy Tân (黎维新)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Le The Tong 1567 births 1599 deaths Lê dynasty emperors 16th-century Vietnamese monarchs