Trịnh Doanh (4 December 1720 – 15 February 1767) ruled northern Vietnam (
Tonkin
Tonkin, also spelled Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking, is an exonym referring to the northern region of Vietnam. During the 17th and 18th centuries, this term referred to the domain '' Đàng Ngoài'' under Trịnh lords' control, including both the ...
) from 1740 to 1767 (he ruled with the title ''Minh Đô Vương''). Trịnh Doanh was the third son of
Trịnh Cương, and belonged to the line of
Trịnh lords Trịnh is a Vietnamese family name
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full na ...
who ruled northern Vietnam. His rule was spent putting down rebellions against Trịnh rule.
Trịnh Doanh took over from his brother,
Trịnh Giang, who, through financial mismanagement and bad behavior, provoked a wave of revolts against his rule. This was a time of increasing peasant revolts in both the north and the south under the
Nguyễn lords
The Nguyễn lords (, 主阮; 1558–1777, 1780–1802), also known as the Nguyễn clan (; ), were Nguyễn dynasty's forerunner and a feudal noble clan ruling southern Đại Việt in the Revival Lê dynasty. The Nguyễn lords were membe ...
. In the north, some of the revolts were apparently led by members of the royal Lê family.
The rebellions which broke out in Tonkin during this period, were almost without number. Princes belonging to the royal family, generals, civil mandarins, common people, and out-casts from the hills, all rose in the provinces against the tyranny of the Trịnh, as well as for their personal interests
Chapter 16 (continued)
Despite the many revolts, Trịnh Doanh defeated them all and passed the rule of Vietnam to his son,
Trịnh Sâm.
As far as the Lê dynasty was concerned, there was just one emperor, Lê Hien Tông (1740–1786), who occupied the royal throne in Hanoi.
See also
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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 ...
Sources
*''Encyclopedia of Asian History'', Volumes 4. 1988. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
''Annam and its Minor Currency''Chapter 16 (downloaded May 2006)
Trịnh lords
1720 births
1767 deaths
18th-century Vietnamese poets
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