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Mạc Đăng Dung

Type Figure Region Vietnam Time 1483–1541 Also known as Mạc Thái Tổ、Mạc Đăng Dương

Mạc Đăng Dung (1483–1541) was the founding ruler of Vietnam's Mạc dynasty, temple name Thái Tổ.

Timeline

  1. 1483–1516Cổ Trai · Hải PhòngSon of a fisherman, he began as a palace guard of Lê Uy Mục's imperial guard and accumulated military merit amid court turmoil after the assassinations of Uy Mục and Tương Dực. His birthplace is Cổ Trai, not Quỳnh Côi in Thái Bình province.
  2. 1516–1526Thăng Long · Red River DeltaAfter Lê Chiêu Tông acceded in 1516, Mạc Đăng Dung first rallied loyalists to defeat Trần Hạo and others, then in 1522 forced Chiêu Tông to flee and enthroned Lê Cung Hoàng instead; in 1526 he captured Chiêu Tông. He did not kill 'Lê Chiêu Thống' in 1516 — Lê Chiêu Thống was an 18th-century emperor.
  3. 1527–1529Thăng Long · VietnamIn 1527 he executed Lê Chiêu Tông and Lê Cung Hoàng, declared himself emperor with era name Minh Đức and temple name Thái Tổ. In 1529 he passed the throne to his eldest son Mạc Đăng Dung and took the title of retired emperor.
  4. 1529–1541Cổ Trai · Hải PhòngHis son Mạc Đăng Dung suffered defeats against the pro-Lê forces of Nguyễn Kim and Trịnh Kiểm in the south. After 1537 Ming armies pressed the border, Đăng Dung died and Mạc Đăng Dung reemerged; in 1540 he submitted to the Ming seeking recognition. He died at Cổ Trai in 1541.

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