Nguyễn Phúc Mỹ Đường ( vi-hantu, 阮福美堂, 1798 – 1849) born Nguyễn Phúc Đán (阮福旦), was a prince of the

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, rulers of

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. Mỹ Đường was the eldest son of Crown Prince

Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh (1780–1801), also known as Prince Cảnh, was the eldest son of the Vietnamese Prince Nguyễn Phúc Ánh, the future Emperor Gia Long. At the age of seven, he famously visited France with the French Catholic Father Pigne ...

, and his mother was Tống Thị Quyên. He was granted the title Ứng Hòa Công (應和公, "Duke of Ứng Hòa") in 1817.'' Đại Nam chính biên liệt truyện'', vol. 2 At that time, Emperor

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was on his deathbed and had not appointed an heir since the death of his eldest son Cảnh. Ministers suggested that Mỹ Đường should be appointed as crown prince, a suggestion that the emperor rejected. The old emperor later appointed one of his other sons, Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, as successor, who became Emperor

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 ...

.Viêt Nam Exposé By Gisèle Luce Bousquet, Pierre Brocheux, p.204
/ref> In 1824, Mỹ Đường was accused of incest with his mother, Tống Thị Quyên, by mandarin Lê Văn Duyệt. He was banished from the royal court and his mother died in prison.''A Vietnamese Royal Exile in Japan'' by My-Van Tran, Tran My-Van My Duong p.2

/ref> In 1833, Lê Văn Khôi revolted against the royal court in

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, fighting for Mỹ Đường's claim to the throne .McLeod, p.30

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and Tôn Thất Bằng suggested that Mỹ Đường should be rehabilitated. Minh Mạng took his advice, but banished him again after the revolt was put down. His eldest son, Lệ Chung, was designated as Mỹ Thùy's heir to offer sacrifices to Prince Canh. Mỹ Đường died in 1849. He was rehabilitated by

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 ...

posthumously.

References

*McLeod, Mark W. ''The Vietnamese response to French Intervention, 1862-1874'' Greenwood Publishing Group, 1990 {{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen Phuc, My Duong 1798 births 1849 deaths Nguyen dynasty princes