Nguyễn Phúc Miên Định (阮福綿定, 5 August 1810 – 5 November 1886), born Nguyễn Phúc Yến (阮福宴), was a prince of

Nguyễn dynasty The Nguyễn dynasty (, chữ Nôm: 茹阮, chữ Hán: 朝阮) was the last List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty, preceded by the Nguyễn lords and ruling unified Vietnam independently from 1802 until French protectorate in 1883 ...

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Life

He was the third son of

Minh Mạng Minh Mạng (), also known as Minh Mệnh (, vi-hantu, 明命, lit. "the bright favour of Heaven"; 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu), was the second emperor of the Nguyễ ...

, and his mother was Phạm Thị Tuyết. He was granted the title Thọ Xuân Công (壽春公 "Duke of Thọ Xuân") and appointed Right Director of

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( 尊人府右尊正) in 1830. He was elevated to Left Director ( 左尊正) in 1865. In 1880, he was elevated to Thọ Xuân Vương (壽春王 "Prince of Thọ Xuân"). After

Tự Đức Tự Đức (, vi-hantu, :wikt:嗣, 嗣:wikt:德, 德, , 22 September 1829 – 19 July 1883) (personal name: Nguyễn Phúc Hồng Nhậm, also Nguyễn Phúc Thì) was the fourth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam, and the country's la ...

's death, he was named as regent together with Nguyễn Phúc Miên Trinh (Prince of Tuy Lý) to assist the new emperor

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 rule ...

, but they wielded little power. In 1885,

Tôn Thất Thuyết Tôn Thất Thuyết ( 尊室説; 12 May 1839 in Huế – 1913 in Longzhou), Courtesy name Đàm Phu (談夫), was the regent and leading mandarin of Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam's Nguyễn dynasty. Thuyết later led the Cần Vươn ...

launched a failure ambush against French colonists, and escaped from

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together with Emperor

Hàm Nghi Emperor Hàm Nghi (, vi-hantu, lit. "entirely right", 3 August 1871 – 14 January 1944), personal name Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Lịch (), also Nguyễn Phúc Minh, was the eighth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty. He reigned for only one ...

. During the emperor's absence, Miên Định was appointed as puppet "Prince Regent" () by French general

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. Nguyễn Hữu Độ, Phan Đình Bình and

Nguyễn Văn Tường Nguyễn Văn Tường ( vi-hantu, , 1824–1886) was a mandarin of the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam. He is known for installing and dethroning two emperors in 1883–84: Dục Đức and Hiệp Hoà. Biography Tường was born in Q ...

were appointed as

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in the same time.''

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'', Quyển 2, Cận kim thời đại, Chương 14 He allowed his two brothers, Nguyễn Phúc Miên Trinh (Prince of Tuy Lý) and

Nguyễn Phúc Miên Triện Nguyễn (阮) (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as ''Nguyen''. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese peopl ...

(Prince of Hoằng Hóa) to come back to Huế. In September, de Courcy exiled Tường to Poulo Condore, and installed

Đồng Khánh Đồng Khánh (, vi-hantu, 同慶, lit. "collective celebration"; 19 February 1864 – 28 January 1889), born Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Kỷ (阮福膺祺) or Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Đường (阮福膺禟), also known as Chánh Mông (正蒙), was the ...

as new emperor. Miên Định retired. He died in the next year, and received the posthumous name Đoan Khác (端恪). Miên Định fathered 144 children, including 78 sons and 66 daughters.

As a poet

Miên Định was also a poet. He was a member of ''Mạc Vân thi xã'' ("Mạc Vân Poetry Society").

Nguyễn Phúc Miên Thủ Nguyễn (阮) (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as ''Nguyen''. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese peopl ...

(Prince of Hàm Thuận),

Nguyễn Phúc Miên Thẩm Nguyễn Phúc Miên Thẩm ( vi-hantu, 阮福綿審, 11 December 1819 – 1 April 1870), courtesy name ''Trọng Uyên'' (仲淵), pseudonym ''Bạch Hào Tử'' (白毫子), was a prince of Nguyễn dynasty, Vietnam. Life Born Nguyễn Ph� ...

(Prince of Tùng Thiện), Nguyễn Phúc Miên Trinh (Prince of Tuy Lý), Nguyễn Phúc Miên Bửu (Prince of Tương An), Nguyễn Phúc Miên Triện (Prince of Hoằng Hóa),

Nguyễn Văn Siêu Nguyễn (阮) (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as ''Nguyen''. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese peopl ...

Cao Bá Quát Cao Bá Quát (, 1809–1855) was a Vietnamese poet and revolutionary who led a peasant uprising against Emperor Tự Đức. He was either executed or killed in battle. Many of his poems were destroyed, but about 1400 (most written in Literary C ...

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Phan Thanh Giản Phan Thanh Giản (November 11, 1796– August 4, 1867) was a Grand Counsellor at the Nguyễn dynasty, Nguyễn court in Vietnam. He led an diplomatic mission to Second French Empire, France in 1863, and Suicide, committed suicide when Fran ...

and

Nguyễn Đăng Giai Nguyễn (阮) (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as ''Nguyen''. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese peopl ...

were also members of this poetry society.Hoằng Hóa Quận Vương Miên Triện - thân sinh của Đạm Phương nữ sử
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