Trịnh Doanh

Trịnh Doanh ruled Vietnam from 1740 - 1767 (he ruled with the title "Minh Do Vuong")

Trinh Doanh, one of the Trinh Lords who ruled Vietnam. His rule was spent putting down rebellions against rule by the Trinh.

Trinh Doanh took over from Trinh Giang who, through financial mis-management 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 Nguyen Lords. In the north, some of the revolts were apparently led by members of the royal Le 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 Trinh, as well as for their personal interests. [http://art-hanoi.com/toda/16_.html Chapter 16 (continued)]

Despite the many revolts, Trinh Doanh defeated them all and passed the rule of Vietnam to his son, Trinh Sam.

As far as the Le dynasty was concerned, there was just one king, Lê Hien Tông (1740-1786), who occupied the royal throne in Hanoi.

ee also

* Le Dynasty.

Sources

Encyclopedia of Asian History, Volumns 4. 1988. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
[http://art-hanoi.com/toda/16.html Annam and it Minor Currency] Chapter 16 (downloaded May 2006)

List of Vietnamese dynasties