Princess Phương Liên of Vietnam (born 3 November 1939 in Đà Lạt) is a daughter of

Bảo Đại Bảo Đại (, vi-hantu, , , 22 October 191331 July 1997), born Nguyễn Phúc (Phước) Vĩnh Thụy (), was the 13th and final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of Vietnam. From 1926 to 1945, he was ''de jure'' em ...

, the last emperor of Vietnam, and his first wife, Empress

Nam Phương Empress Nam Phương (14 November 1913 – 16 September 1963), born Marie-Thérèse Nguyễn Hữu Thị Lan, was the last empress consort of Vietnam. She was the wife of Bảo Đại (), the last emperor of Vietnam (officially named as Names ...

Biography

Her father abdicated as emperor in 1945. She was educated at the Convent des Oiseaux, Verneuil-sur-Seine,

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, and in

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. On 6 January 1961, in the Catholic rite of matrimony, Princess Phương Liên married

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Bernard Maurice Soulain, in Chabrignac, Corrèze,

. He is from

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, and is the son of Alysse Albert Soulain and his wife, Yvonne Adrienne Marguerite Cousin. They have two daughters: * Valérie Soulain (born on 20 July 1963) * Caroline Soulain (born on 20 March 1966)

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Ancestry

1939 births Living people Nguyen dynasty princesses Vietnamese princesses Vietnamese Roman Catholics Vietnamese expatriates in France Daughters of emperors 21st-century Vietnamese women People from Lâm Đồng province {{Vietnam-royal-stub