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The Nguyen Phuoc Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1820 - 1841 H.M. [Nguyen-Phuoc Dam] Minh Mang [Thanh-to Nhon Hoang-De], Emperor of Dai Nam. b. at Saigon, 25^th May 1791, fourth son of H.M. [Nguyen-Phuoc Anh] Gia-Long [The-To Cao Hoang-De], Emperor of Vietnam, by his wife, H.M. Empress Dowager Thuan-Thien-Thai, educ. privately. Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Hoang-Thai-Tu, 6^th April 1816. Invested as such, 3^rd July 1816. Succeeded on the death of his father, 25^th January 1820. Crowned at Hue, with the era name of Minh Mang and the title of Viet Nam Hoang-De, 14^th February 1820. Altered the name of the state to Dai Nam Quoc, becoming Dai Nam Hoang-De, 15^th February 1839. m. H.M. Empress Ta Thien Nhon (Ta Thien Nhon Hoang-Hau) (b. 6^th June 1791; d. at Hue, 8^th July 1825, bur. Hieu-dong, Cu-thanh), from the Ho family. Reputed to have more than 100 concubines, including Ngo Thi Khanh, daughter of the Tay Son General Ngo Van So. m. (a) Tiep-Du Le Thi Ai, elder sister of Qui-Nhan Le Thi Loc. m. (b) Qui-Nhan Le Thi Loc, younger sister of Tiep-Du Le Thi Ai. He d. at the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, 20^th January 1841 (bur. Hieu-lang, Hai-cat), having had issue, seventy-eight sons and sixty-four daughters, including:

1) H.H. Prince Nguyen-Phuoc Mien Chinh. He d. young.
2) H.H. Prince Nguyen-Phuoc Mien Tong, who succeeded as Thieu-Tri [Hien-to Chuong Hoang-De], Emperor of Dai Nam (s/o the first wife) - see below.
3) H.H. Prince Nguyen-Phuoc Mien Dinh, Tho-Xuan Vuong. b. at the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, 5^th August 1810, educ. privately. Regent 15^th July-19^th September 1885. He d. at Hue, 5^th November 1886 (bur. Duong-xuan thuong), having had issue, seventy-eight sons and sixty-six daughters.
4) H.H. Prince Nguyen-Phuoc Mien Nghi, Ninh-thuan Quan-Vuong. b. at the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, 30^th December 1810, educ. privately. He d. at Hue, 12^th August 1874 (bur. Nguyet-bieu), having had issue, thirty-four sons and forty daughters. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
5) H.H. Prince Nguyen-Phuoc Mien Hoang, Vinh-tuong Quan-Vuong. b. at the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, 13^th July 1811, educ. privately. He d. 23^rd December 1835, having had issue, eleven sons.
6) H.H. Prince Nguyen-Phuoc Mien Ao, Prince of Phu Binh (Phu-binh Cong). b. at the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, 14^th January 1817, educ. privately. Minister for War. Degraded and condemned with bastinado for his son's part in rebellion. He d. 1^st February 1865 (bur. Duong-xuan thuong), having had issue, nine sons and seven daughters, including:
- a) Prince (Cong Tu) Nguyen-Phuoc Huong Tap. Rebelled against the government in 1865.
- b) Prince (Cong Tu) Nguyen-Phuoc Huong Vinh, Duke of Phu Binh (Phu-Binh Quan-Cong). He d. before 1940, having had issue, a son:
  - i) H.E. Nguyen-Phuoc Ung Dong, Duke of Phu Binh (Phu-Binh Quan-Cong). b. at Hue, 1872, educ. Quoc-tu-Giam Sch. and Quoc-Hoc High Sch., Hue. Tri-Phu 1903, prom. Tri-huyen 1904, An-sat (Chief of Judicial Service) 1915, prom. Bo-Chanh 1917, Tri-Long in Ministry of Rites 1922-1926, Tham-Tri in the PWD and Vice-Presdt. Cncl. of Ton-Nhon 1926-1928, Hon. Minister of State 1928. Granted the title of Hiep-Ta Dai-Hoc-Si 1938, and Phu-Binh Quan-Cong 1940. Mbr. Assoc. for Mutual Help & Aid of Members of the Imperial Family, the Soc. for the Encouragement of Western Ideas, Local Cttee. of Wards of the Nations, etc. Rcvd: Cdr. of the Order of the Dragon of Annam (1932), Knt. of the Order of Legion of Honour of France (1928). He d. after 1949.
7) H.H. Prince (Cong) Nguyen-Phuoc Mien Than, Duke of Nghi-hoa (Nghi-hoa Quan-Cong). b. at the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, 16^th February 1817, educ. privately. He d. 7^th October 1878 (bur. Phu-xuan), having had issue, eleven sons and three daughters.
8) H.H. Prince (Cong) Nguyen-Phuoc Mien Phu, Duke of Phu-my (Phu-my Quan-Cong). b. at the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, 28^th February 1817, educ. privately. He d. 14^th April 1885 (bur. Thanh-thuy thuong), having had issue, thirteen sons and eight daughters. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
9) H.H. Prince (Cong) Nguyen-Phuoc Mien Thu, Duke of Ham-thuan (Ham-thuan Quan-Cong). b.at the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, 5^th March 1819, educ. privately. He d. 24^th September 1859 (bur. Gia-le), having had issue, twenty-seven sons and thirty five daughters.
10) H.H. Prince (Cong) Nguyen-Phuoc Mien Tham, Tung-thien Quan-Vuong. b. at the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, 11^th December 1819, educ. privately. A famous poet and author of "Thuong son thi tap". He d. 30^th September 1870 (bur. Duong-xuan), having had issue, twenty sons and twelve daughters, including:
- a) Prince (Cong Tu) Nguyen-Phuoc Huong Phi. Dep. Minister for the Interior 1883.
- a) A daughter. m. Doan-Trung, of An-Truyen, in Thura-Thien province.
11) H.H. Prince (Cong) Nguyen-Phuoc Mien Trinh, Tuy-Ly Vuong. b. at the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, 3^rd February 1820 (s/o Tiep-Du Le-Thi Ai), educ. privately. Principal Mbr. Regency Cncl. 1^st February 1889-27^th September 1897. Poet and author of "Vi da thi tap" under the pen name of Tuy Li Vuong. Rcvd: The Decoration of the Golden Gong (Kim Khanh) 1^st class, GO of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, etc. m. several wives, including (a) a daughter of Tin-Vo-Hao. He d. at the Palace of Vy Da, 18^th November 1897 (bur. Duong-xuan), having had issue, forty sons and thirty-six daughters, including:
- a) H.H. Prince (Cong Tu) Nguyen-Phuoc Huong Tu. He d. 1884.
- b) H.H. Prince (Cong Tu) Nguyen-Phuoc Huong Nhung.
- c) H.H. Prince (Cong Tu) Nguyen-Phuoc Huong Sam. He was k. (executed) 30^th December 1883.
- d) H.H. Prince (Cong Tu) Nguyen-Phuoc Huong Thiet. He had issue:
  - i) H.E. Nguyen-Phuoc Ung Binh. b. at Hue, 1877. Residency Auxiliary Scholar 1904, Tri-huyen (Sub-Prefect) of Hoa-Vang 1911, Hon. Minister of State 1933, Presdt. Assoc. for the Teaching of Annamese 1939-1940, Presdt. Mixed Cmsn. Chamber of People's Reps. 1942. Rcvd: Cdr. of the Order of the Dragon of Annam, Officer of the Royal Order of Cambodia, and Knt. of the Order of the Legion of Honour. m. (first) Huynh Thi Kien (b. 1879; d. 1963). He d. 1960, having had issue, including two sons:
    - (1) Nguyen-Phuoc Buu Due. b. 6^th August 1911. m. 20^th May 1934 (or 25^th May 1936), Huynh Thi Loi (b. 6^th October 1913). He d. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 27^th July 1997, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
      - (a) Nguyen-Phuoc Vinh Hang. b. 25^th February 1941, educ. Lycée Yersin, Dalat.
      - (b) Nguyen-Phuoc Vinh Sang. b. 27^th October 1944, educ. Lycée Yersin, Dalat. m. Dagmar Hubertine (b. at Berlin, Germany, 26^th November 1948), née Schuettler. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
        
        (i) Nguyen-Phuoc Bao Hien [Alexander Constantin Vinh]. b. at Munich, Bavaria, Germany, 10^th January 1983.
        
        (i) Cong Huyen Ton Nu Quynh Giao [Géraldine Vinh]. b. at Munich, Bavaria, Germany, 12^th April 1980.
      - (a) Cong Tan Ton Nu Hong Mai [Gisèle Hong Mai Séguy]. b. 8^th August 1939, educ. Lycée Marie Curie. m. Le Thi. She d. at Antibes, France, 5^th June 2003, having had issue, one daughter:
        
        (i) Le Thi Ngoc Dung. b. 16^th November 1960.
    - (2) Nguyen-Phuoc Buu Ba. He d. 1973, having had issue, two sons and one daughter.
  - ii) Nguyen-Phuoc Ung Ton. b. at Hue, 1877. m. Nguyen-Thi Hoan Du (b. 1892). He d. June 1935, having had issue, including:
    - (1) H.H. Prince (Hoang-Than) Nguyen-Phuoc Buu Loc. b. 22^nd August 1914, educ. Montpellier Univ. (LLD 1941). Head of the Cabinet to Emperor Bao Dai 1948-1949, Special Rep. to UN General Assembly 1949, Di r. Imperial Cabinet in Paris 1951-1952, High Cmsnr. Paris 1952-1953 & 1954-1955, Presdt. Cncl. of Ministers and Minister of the Interior 1953-1954. Raised to the rank of Hoang-Than together with the style of His Highness, 8^th March 1949. Rcvd: GC of the National Order of Merit, Queen Elizabeth II Coron. Medal (1953), etc. m. (morganatic) 23^rd April 1958, France (d. 23^rd December 1967), née Pacteau. He d. at Paris, France, 27^th February 1990, having had issue, a son:
      - (a) Jean-François Nguyen-Phuoc Buu-Loc. b. 18^th October 1959 (s/o France), educ. l'École des Mines, Paris (dipl. Civil Engineering 1983).
- e) H.H. Prince (Cong Tu) Nguyen-Phuoc Huong Thi. Tri-huyen (Sub-Prefect) of Huong-Tra. He had issue: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  - i) H.H. Prince Nguyen-Phuoc Ung Uy. b. at Hue, 1889. Sec. to Resident Superieure of Annam 1905-1915, Tu-vu (Head of Bureau) Ministry of the Interior 1915-1916, Tri-huyen (Sub-Prefect) of Nong-Cong 1916-1921, Tri-phu (Prefect) of Tuy-Hoa, Tam-Ky and of Hoang-Hoa 1921-1927, An-sat (Chief of Judicial Service) Quang-Nam 1930-1932, Bo-Chach (Administrator) of Binh-Dinh & Nghe-An 1932-1933, Governor of Thua-Thien 1933-1935, An-Pinh 1935-1938, and Thanh-Hoa 1938-1940, Mbr. Econ. Delegation to Tokyo 1940, Federal Councillor 1941-1942, Minister for Rites & Public Works 1942-1945, and for Finance & Justice 1945, Sometime Presdt. Imperial Family Cncl., Chair. Military Recruitment Cttee. 4^th War Zone 1949. He had issue, two sons:
    - (1) Professor Prince Nguyen-Phuoc Buu Hoi. b. at Hue, 15^th June 1915, educ. Univ. of the Sorbonne, Paris. Biophysicist. Lecturer in Bacteriology at Politechnique de Paris 1947-1949, Dir. of Research at Radium Inst., Paris 1949, Dir-Gen. Office of Atomic Energy to 1963, Permanent Rep. at the UN 1963, Mbr. Brd. of Governors of the IAEA at Vienna. m. (first) a French citizen. m. (second?) Dr Ellen Joy Hammer (b. 1921; d. at New York, USA, 28^th January 2001), educ. Barnard Univ. (BA 1941), and Columbia Univ., New York (LLD), author of "The Struggle for Vietnam" (1954), "Vietnam, Yesterday and Today" (1966) and "A Death in November" (1987). He d. form cancer, at Paris, 28^th January 1972, having had issue:
      - (a) Nguyen-Phuoc Vinh Hué [Dr Patrick Buu-Hoi]. Consultant Gynecologist m. a Spanish national. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
        
        (i) Nguyen-Phuoc Bao Anh Benjamin.
        
        (i) Y Minh Virginie. m. at the Church of St Francis Xavier, Paris, October 2002, James Stewart.
      - (b) Dr A Yvain Buu-Hoi. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      - (c) Dr Annie Buu-Hoi. Microbiologist.
    - (2) Prince Nguyen-Phuoc Buu Luc.
- f) H.H. Prince (Cong Tu) Nguyen-Phuoc Huong Tham. Sec-Gen. of the Imperial Cabinet of Emperor Hiep-Hoa 1883.
- g) H.H. Prince (Cong Tu) Nguyen-Phuoc Huong … He had issue, a son:
  - i) Nguyen-Phuoc Ung Canh. A poet of some note. m. Trinh Thi To, a poetess. He had issue, a son:
    - (1) Professor Nguyen-Phuoc Buu Cam. b. at Hue, 14^th August 1920, educ. Quoc-Hoc High Sch., Hue. Civil Servant in the Ministry of Rites 1943-1945, Teacher at Quoc Hoc High Sch., Hue 1950-1953, Chief Editor for Culture Promotion Inst. 1954-1955, Archaeologist for Culture Promotion Inst. 1956-1968, Prof. Faculty of Letters Saigon Univ. 1969. Author "Tong Nho" (1954), "Hoai Co Ngam Chu Thich" (1950), etc.
- h) H.H. Prince (Cong Tu) Nguyen-Phuoc Huong … He had issue:
  - i) H.E. Nguyen-Phuoc Ung Du. b. at Hue, 1882, educ. Quoc-tu-Giam Sch. and Quoc-Hoc High Sch., Hue. Teacher at Quoc-Noc Sch. 1906-1907, Sec-Gen. Mutual Educ. Soc. of Annam 1907-1914, Sec-Gen. Propaganda Cttee. for French Aviation, Federal Councillor 1942. Agent for Standard Oil Co. of USA and Darobert of France.
- i) H.H. Prince (Cong Tu) Nguyen-Phuoc Huong … He had issue:
  - i) Nguyen-Phuoc Ung Thong. b. at Hue, 1882, educ. Medical Sch., Hanoi. Resdt. Doctor Hue Gen. Hospital 1907, then at Dong-Hoi, Nha-trang, Fai-foo and Song-Cau, Dir. Medical Service Kon-tum prov. 1915, retd. 1933, Mbr. Grand Cncl. for Econ. & Financial Interests 1935-1936, Vice-Presdt. Soc. for the Protection of Children, Hon. Minister of State 1937. Rcvd: Cdr. of the Order of the Dragon of Annam (1936), Knt. of the Order of the Legion of Honour (1926).

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