Nguyễn Phúc Luân or Nguyễn Phúc Côn (

阮 Ruan ( zh, c=阮, p=Ruǎn, w=''Juan'', ) is a Chinese surname. The Taiwanese Hokkien version or is transcribed Oán and Ńg in Pe̍h-ōe-jī. The Cantonese language, Cantonese version is romanized Jyun2 in the Jyutping system or Yún in the Y ...

福㫻, 24 October 1733– 30 January 1765) was a son of

lord Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power (social and political), power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the Peerage o ...

Nguyễn Phúc Khoát Nguyễn Phúc Khoát (26 September 1714 – 7 July 1765) was one of the Nguyễn lords who ruled over the southern portion of Vietnam from the 16th-18th centuries. Also known as Chúa Võ (主武) or Võ vương (武王) (roughly ''Martial King'' ...

and father of

Nguyễn Phúc Ánh Gia Long (Chữ hán: 嘉隆) ( (''North''), (''South''); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam, whi ...

(future emperor

Gia Long Gia Long (Chữ Hán, Chữ hán: 嘉隆) ( (''Hanoi, North''), (''Ho Chi Minh City, South''); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynas ...

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Life

Luan was the second son of lord

and he was the prince who would succeed the title of

. After lord Khoat's death, an overpowered mandarin named

Trương Phúc Loan Trương Phúc Loan ( vi-hantu, 張福巒, ?–1776) was a mandarin who served under the reign of two Nguyễn lords: Nguyễn Phúc Khoát and Nguyễn Phúc Thuần. In 1765, Nguyễn Phúc Khoát died, and appointed his second son Nguyễn ...

changed lord Khoat's will to make Luan's younger brother

Nguyễn Phúc Thuần Nguyễn Phúc Thuần (31 December 1754 – 18 October 1777) was one of the Nguyễn lords who ruled over the southern portion of Vietnam from the 16th-18th centuries. The collapse of the Nguyễn lords intensified during Thuần's reign, many u ...

to be the next ruler. Later, Trương Phúc Loan imprisoned Luan until his death in 1765. Luan was buried at Cơ Thánh Tomb, located at Cư Chánh, Hưng Thuỷ, Thừa Thiên Huế. Later, his son Nguyễn Phúc Ánh posthumously gave him the title ''Nhân Minh Cẩn Hậu Khoan Dụ Ôn Hòa Hiếu Khang Hoàng Đế'' (仁明謹厚寬裕溫和孝康皇帝).

Family

Nguyễn Phúc Luân had three wives:

Nguyễn Thị Hoàn Empress Dowager Ý Tĩnh, born Lady Nguyễn Thị Hoàn (1736 – 1811), was the first Empress Dowager of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam. She was the mother of Gia Long, Emperor Gia Long, the first monarch of the Nguyễn dynasty. Life She was a ...

- mother of Đồng, Ánh (

), Điển, and Ngọc Tú; Hoàn's elder sister - mother of Hạo, Mân, Ngọc Du, Ngọc Tuyền and one son who died as an infant; and Tống Thị Diên - mother of Ngọc Uyển. ;Sons *Nguyễn Phúc Hạo (阮福暭) *Nguyễn Phúc Đồng (阮福晍) *Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (later emperor

) *''unnamed'' (this son died after several days, no information was recorded) *Nguyễn Phúc Mân (阮福旻) *Nguyễn Phúc Điển (阮福晪) All of them later were killed in battle with the Tây Sơn, except Nguyễn Phúc Ánh. ;Daughters *Nguyễn Phúc Ngọc Tú ��氏玉琇; 1760 - 1825 Gia Long's elder sister. She was buried at Tomb of Gia Long. *Nguyễn Phúc Ngọc Du (阮福玉瑜; 1761 - 1820), Gia Long's half sister, later became wife of Võ Tánh. *Nguyễn Phúc Ngọc Tuyền ��福玉璿; ? - 1782*Nguyễn Phúc Ngọc Uyển ��福玉琬; 1765 - 1810

References

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Records of Nguyen Phuc family: Nguyen Phuc Con
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen Phuc Luan Nguyen dynasty princes Luan 1733 births 1765 deaths Gia Long