Phan Văn Thúy (潘文璻, ? – 1833) was a general and official of the

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

Anouvong Chao Anouvong (; ; ), or regnal name Xaiya Setthathirath V (; ; ), (1767 – 1829), led the Lao rebellion (1826–28) against Siam as the last monarch of the Kingdom of Vientiane. Anouvong succeeded the throne in 1805 upon the death of his ...

, the king of

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, launched a rebellion against

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in 1826, but was defeated by

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. Thúy was sent to support him. Two years later, Anouvong came back to Vientiane and decided to revolt against Siam again. As

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raised an army to quell the rebellion, Anouvong asked for the help of the Vietnamese.

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, the emperor of Vietnam, accepted the offer and sent troops to

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. However, it was just a pretext for annexing the region. Phan Văn Thúy,

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, Nguyễn Khoa Hào was sent to support him, but marched slowly. After Anouvong's defeat and execution by Siamese, the rest part of Vientiane Kingdom was annexed by Vietnam and renamed to the Vietnamese name: ''Trấn Ninh'' (鎮寧), or "Tranquil Commandery". Thúy was sent to put down

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together with Tống Phúc Lương, Nguyễn Xuân,

Trương Minh Giảng Trương Minh Giảng ( vi-hantu, 張明講, 1792 – 1841) was a general and official of Vietnam during the Nguyễn dynasty. Early life Trương-Minh Giảng was born in Gia Định (modern Ho Chi Minh City). He came from an important aristocra ...

and

Trần Văn Năng Trần (陳) or Tran is the second most common Vietnamese surname after Nguyen. More than 10% of all Vietnamese people share this surname. History The Tran ruled the Trần dynasty, a golden era in Vietnam, and successfully repelled the Mongol ...

in 1833.

Death

He fell ill in

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and died in Khánh Hòa.

References

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