Minh Mạng
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Minh Mạng () or
Minh Mệnh (, , lit. "the bright
favour of Heaven"; 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born
Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as
Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu) was the second
emperor of the
Nguyễn dynasty of
Vietnam, reigning from 14 February 1820 until his death, on 20 January 1841. He was the fourth son of Emperor
Gia Long, whose eldest son,
Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh, had died in 1801. He was well known for his opposition to French involvement in Vietnam, completing the final Vietnamese conquest of
Champa, temporary annexation of
Cambodia, and his rigid
Confucian orthodoxy.
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