Trinh Tung
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Trinh Tung ruled Vietnam from 1570 - 1623 (also known as Trinh Tong and also given the title Binh An Vuong)
Trinh Tung, one of the famous Trinh Lords who ruled Vietnam while a succession of figurehead kings nominally ruled the country. During his rule, the war with the Mac Dynasty was carried to a successful completion.
Trinh Tung was the second son of Trinh Khiem. In 1570, with the death of his father, Trinh Tung's older brother Trinh Coi took command but was inept. He lost a battle to the Mac and so Trinh Tung took control over the situation. He proved to be a very capable leader and in 1571, the Royal Army captured the capital Hanoi from the Mac king Mac Mau Hiep. However, a counter attack the next year drove them out. In the midst of this reverse, the nominal Le King: Lê Anh Tông fled to Nghe An Province. Trinh Tung appointed a new king king (Lê The Tông) and had the previous king assassinated. The war against the Mac continued for the next twenty years until in 1592, Hanoi was reconqured. Mac Mau Hiep was captured during the retreat and subsequently executed.
Further military actions took place against the army of the Mac in the years 1593 and 1594. The Royal (Trinh) army was helped in this battles by a Nguyen army.
In formal recognition for his defeat of the Mac, Trinh Tung was given the title Peaceful Prince (Binh An Vuong) in 1599.
A new Le king, Lê Kinh Tông, in 1619 tried to have Trinh Tung killed so he could take power but the plot was discovered, the king was executed and a new king put in his place (Lê Than Tông). This lead Nguyen Phuc Nguyen to formally end his relation to the court which, after seven more years, lead to the Trinh-Nguyen War.
In the 1623, Trinh Tung was growing old. He tried to secure the succession to his power by dividing rule between his two sons in order to avoid conflict. His attempt was not successful.
- Jealousy broke out in his family even before his death, as not only both his sons but also one of his brothers tried to (take) his power. Trinh Tung was taken ill to his brother's house and there his younger son was murdered. The elder, called Trinh Trang, hearing of this, ran away to the province of Thanh-hoa, taking with him the king and the royal family. Trinh Tung was then driven away from his brother's place, and abandoned by the servants who had carried him away in a sedan chair, died alone on the road. So ended the statesman who had more capitcity and energy than any other man mentioned in the whole of Annamese history... [- Annam and it Minor Currency] Chapter 16 (downloaded May 2006)
See also Le Dynasty.
Sources
[Annam and it Minor Currency] Chapter 16 (downloaded May 2006)[A Glimpse of Vietnams History] (downloaded May 2006)
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