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Lý Càn Đức (Li Qiande)

Type Figure Region Vietnam Time 1066–1128 Also known as Lý Nhật Tôn

Li Qiande (1066–1128), posthumous name Nhân Tông, fourth emperor of Vietnam's Lý dynasty; reigned 56 years, the longest in Vietnamese history.

Timeline

  1. 1072–1085Thăng Long (Động Tiên Palace) · Thăng LongIn 1072 his father Lý Thánh Tông died and he ascended the throne at age seven; his legal mother was honored as Empress Dowager Shangyang as regent, his birth mother Ylan Nguyên Phi as Empress Dowager, with Lý Thường Kiệt, Lý Đạo Thành and others assisting in government; the era name was changed to Thái Ninh.
  2. 1085–1109Thăng Long · Thăng LongAfter taking personal rule he promoted the imperial examination, established the Quốc Tử Giám, and set up a bureaucracy based on Confucianism. He fought the Xining War with Song (1075–1076), afterwards maintaining the border. He changed the era name several times; during Quảng Hữu, Hội Phong and Long Phù Nguyên Hóa the state was stable.
  3. 1110–1120Thăng Long · Thăng LongIn 1110 the era name was changed to Hội Tường Đại Khánh, in 1119 to Thiên Phù Duệ Vũ. Over this decade Lý dynasty politics were clear-sighted and the economy prosperous, regarded as the golden age of the Lý dynasty. In 1117, having no son, he made the son of the Marquis of Chongxian, Lý Dương Hoán (Lý Thần Tông), crown prince.
  4. 1121–1128Thăng Long (Vĩnh Quang Palace) · Thăng LongIn his later years he still handled government; in 1127 the era name was changed to Thiên Phù Khánh Thọ. He died in 1128 at Vĩnh Quang Palace, having reigned 56 years, with the posthumous name Hiếu Từ Thánh Thần Văn Vũ Emperor, buried at Thiên Đức Mausoleum; crown prince Lý Dương Hoán succeeded as Thần Tông.

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