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Lý Thái Tổ

Type Figure Region Vietnam Time 974–1028 Also known as Lý Thái Tổ、李公蕴、Lý Công Uẩn

Lý Thái Tổ, Lý Công Uẩn (974–1028), was the founding ruler of Vietnam's Lý dynasty, originally a general of the Earlier Lê dynasty.…

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  1. 1001–1008Hoa Lư (capital of the Earlier Lê dynasty) · VietnamIn the final period of the Earlier Lê dynasty he held important posts, accumulating military and political prestige and laying the political capital for his later accession to the throne by abdication.
  2. 1009–1028Thăng Long (capital of the Lý dynasty) · VietnamHe took the throne by abdication in 1009 and in 1010 issued the Edict on Moving the Capital, relocating the capital to Thăng Long, founding the Lý dynasty, and implementing Buddhist statecraft and civil governance measures; he died in 1028.

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