Trịnh Cối (鄭檜, ?–1584) was the de facto ruler of Southern dynasty in only 1570 and official ruler during 1570–1572.

Biography

Trịnh Cối was born at Sáo Sơn village, Vĩnh Hùng commune, Vĩnh Lộc district, Thanh Hoa town (now

Thanh Hóa Thanh Hóa () is the capital of Thanh Hóa Province. The city is situated in the east of the province on the Ma River (Sông Mã), about 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of capital Hanoi and 1560 kilometers (969 miles) north of Ho Chi Minh Cit ...

province). He was the eldest son of duke Trịnh Kiểm and had a title Marquis Tuấn Đức (俊德侯). In February 1570, Trịnh Kiểm has died, so emperor Lê Anh Tông gave Trịnh Cối the authority with new title Duke Đạt Nghĩa (義達公). However, some officials and generals didn't comply with Trịnh Cối, so they supported his younger brother Trịnh Tùng. April 1570,

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s Lê Cập Đệ, Trịnh Vĩnh Thiệu, Trịnh Bách, Phan Công Tích with their inferiors went to Trịnh Tùng's house and advised him to plot a

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. At first Trịnh Tùng pretended refusing for the suffering, then he agreed completely. After the Northern dynasty heard the news about a confusion in Thanh Hoa, Emperor Mạc Mục Tông had assigned Prince Mạc Kính Điển to lead 100,000

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s with 700

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s to attack Southern dynasty. In August 1570, all of Thanh Hoa produced a stir. Mạc forces came on waterfronts Linh Tràng, Chi Long, Hội Triều and occupied Bút Cương village easily and quickly. Northern dynasty garrisoned in Hà Trung, both parties faced about 10

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s. So Trịnh Cối was caught between Mạc forces and Trịnh Tùng, and he was reluctant to surrender to Mạc Kính Điển. Immediately the Mạc forces cancelled marching orders, Trịnh Cối directed his

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, wives, children and inferiors about 1,000

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s to follow marshal Mạc Kính Điển in the backing Đông Kinh. Emperor Mạc Mục Tông had conferred him a title Marquis Trung Lương (中良侯) and his inferiors "duke". All of them had been banished to the capital. In September 1584, Trịnh Cối died. The

Mạc dynasty The Mạc dynasty (; Hán-Nôm: 茹莫/ 朝莫) (1527–1677), officially Đại Việt (Chữ Hán: 大越), was a Vietnamese dynasty which ruled over a unified Vietnam between 1527 and 1540, and northern Vietnam from 1540 until 1593. The M ...

declared the provisional truce, then consigned Southern dynasty Trịnh Cối's bones for the entombing. A surrender made Trịnh Cối to be slighted by

Lê dynasty The Lê dynasty, also known in historiography as the Later Lê dynasty (, chữ Hán: 朝後黎, chữ Nôm: 茹後黎), officially Đại Việt (; Chữ Hán: 大越), was the longest-ruling List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty, h ...

's records,

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clan annals haven't even recognize him as the leader of Southern dynasty. He was only recognized by

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 ...

's records. However, contemporary lord Trịnh Tráng (son of lord Trịnh Tùng) still conferred a

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title Archduke Trung Lương (忠國公).

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Trịnh Kiểm died, gave Trịnh Cối the authority in 1570

Blood of the throne
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trinh, Coi 1584 deaths People from Thanh Hóa province Trịnh lords Mạc dynasty 16th-century Vietnamese monarchs

Biography

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