VIETNAM

The Nguyen Phuoc Dynasty

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1885 - 1889 H.M. [Nguyen-Phuoc Bien] Dong-Khanh [Canh-Tong Thuan Hoang-De], King of Annam. b. at the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, 19th February 1864, as Prince Trieu, eldest son of H.H. Prince Nguyen-Phuoc Huong Hoi-ou Cai, Thuan Nghi Kien-Thoi Vuong, by his first wife, Bui [Hoang-Thuc Mau-Kien Thai-Phi], educ. privately. Received the names of Nguyen-Phuoc Ung-Xuy and Nguyen-Phuoc Ung-Duong. Adopted by his paternal uncle, Emperor Tu Duc, receiving the title of Kien-Giang Quan-Cong (Duke of Kien-Giang) and the personal appellation of Chan Mong 1868. Acceded 14th September 1885. Crowned at Hue and assumed the reign name of Bien and the era of Dong-Khanh, 20th September 1885. m. (first) at Hue, September 1885,. H.M. Grand Empress Dowager Khon-Nguyen Xuong-Minh Thai-Hoang Thai-Hau (b. ca. 1870; d. at Hue, 1940), elevated to the title of Khon-Nguyen Xuong-Minh Thai-Hoang Thai-Hau 19th March 1933, second daughter of H.E. Nguyen Huu-Do, Imperial High Commissioner for Tonkin 1886-1888 and Minister for Public Functions 1884-1886. m. (second) at the Imperial Palace, Hue, 28th September1886, H.M. Empress Dowager Khon-Nghi Xuong-Duc Thai-Hoang Thai-Hau (b. at Trung-Kien, Hue, April 1868; d. at the Imperial Palace, Hue, 17th September 1944), elevated to the title of Hoa-Tan 1886, prom. to Tiep-Du 1899, Hoang-Thai-Phi 1916, Khon-Nghi Hoang-Thai-Han 16th November 1924, and finally Khon-Nghi Xuong-Duc Thai-Hoang Thai-Hau 20th March 1933, née Tieng-Cung, daughter of H.E. Dunong-quang-Huong, Duke of Phu-Loc (Phu-Loc Quoc-Cung). He d. at the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, 28th January 1889 (bur. Tu-lang, Duong-xuan thuong), having had issue, six sons and three daughters:
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1889 - 1907 H.M. [Nguyen-Phuoc Buu Lan] Thanh-Thai [Hoang Phu Hoang-De], King of Annam. b. at the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, 14th March 1879, seventh son of H.M. [Nguyen-Phuoc Ung Chan] Duc-Duc [Cung-tong Hue Hoang-De], Emperor of Dai Viet, by his first wife, Phan-Thi-Dieu [H.M. Empress Dowager Tu-Minh], educ. privately. Adopted by To-Duc. Selected by the family as successor to King Dong Kanh, 29th January 1889. Proclaimed at Hue, 31st January 1889 and Crowned there, at the Palace of Thai-Hoa with the era name of Thanh-Thai, 1st February 1889. Reigned under a Council of Regency. Deposed by the French 30th July and exiled to Réunion, 3rd September 1907. Thereafter styled Prince Buu Lan, Hoang-phu (Father of the Emperor). Returned to Saigon in 1947. Rcvd: GC of the Royal Order of Cambodia, and the Million Elephants & White Parasol of Laos, and Legion of Honour of France (1889). m. (first) Nguyen Thi Dinh, daughter of Nguyen Than, sometime Regent and C-in-C, who was raised to the rank of Tai Nhan 1900, and became First Queen Mother (Hoang Dich Mau) in 1907, eldest daughter of Nguyen Van Thanh, of Ho Quyen, Duong Xuan Thuong, Huong Thuy dist., by Dang thi Tram. m. (second) …, who became the Second Queen Mother (Hoang Sinh Mau) in 1907. m. (third) Ho Thi Nhan, daughter of Ho Tri Phu, of Bao Vinh. m. (fourth) Ho Thi Mung, younger daughter of Ho Tri Phu, of Bao Vinh, by who he had issue two children (b. 1913 and 1914). He d. at Saigon, 24th March 1954, having had issue, fifteen sons and several daughters, including:
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1907 - 1916 H.M. [Nguyen-Phuoc Vinh-San] Duy-Tan, King of Annam. b. at the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, 3rd August 1900, fifth son of H.M. [Nguyen-Phuoc Buu Lan] Thanh-Thai [Hoang Phu Hoang-De], King of Annam, by his first wife, H.M. the First Queen Mother Nguyen Thi-Dinh, educ. Succeeded, 3rd September 1907. Crowned at Hue with the era name of Duy-Tan, 5th September 1907. Deposed 10th May 1916, exiled by the French to Réunion 2nd July 1916 (together with his wife, mother and sister). Thereafter styled Prince Vinh-San. Mbr of the lodge L'Amitié in St Denis on Réunion. Joined the Free French Forces and secretly cmsnd. as a Sub-Lieut. 5/12/1942, served in WW2 1942-1945, prom. Lieut. 5/12/1943, private 2nd class in the Colonial forces 3/1/1944, prom. Corp. 15/2/1944, prom. Capt. 5/12/1944, Maj. 9th (Colonial) Inf. Dvsn. 20/7/1945, prom. Lieut-Col. 25/9/1945. Rcvd: GC of the Order of the Legion of Honour, Comp. of the the Order of the Libération (1946), and the Resistance Medal (28.12.1944) with rosette (posth. 24.4.1946) of France. m. (first) at Hue, 30th January 1916, Mai Ba Thi Vang, Hoang Quy Phi, eldest daughter of Mai Khac Don, Thuong Thu, of Kim Long, Huong Long, Huong Tra dist., a Mandarin and sometime Tutor to King Duy Tan. m. (a) 1918, Marie-Anne, née Viale. m. (b) January 1929 (sep. 1938), Fernande (b. 1913), née Antier, of Salazie, Reunion. m. (c) 1938, Marie-Ernestine, née Maillot, of Saint-Benoit, Reunion. He was k. in an air accident near the village of Bossako, Lobaye, Oubangui-Chari, 26th December 1945 (bur. at Hue 6th April 1987), having had issue, five sons and five daughters by his unofficial wives. His surviving issue by the last two assumed the name of Vinh-San as a family name, after their father's death:
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