Nguyễn lords
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The Nguyễn lords, also known as the Nguyễn clan, were Nguyễn dynasty's forerunner and a feudal noble clan ruling southern Đại Việt in the Revival Lê dynasty. The Nguyễn lords were members of the House
The main gate of Phu Xuan citadel
The letter of Marquis of Phúc Nghĩa (Nguyễn Cảnh Đoan) on behalf of Nguyen Hoang sent to Toyotomi Hideyoshi as King of Japan in 1591.
Southern Vietnamese people live in territory of Nguyễn
Vietnamese nobleman and wife from Quảng Nam (Đàng Trong) in 1595.
Gia Long
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Gia Long, born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh or Nguyễn Ánh, was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam, which would rule the unified territories that constitute modern-day Vietnam u
Nguyễn lords
…a series of long and bitter wars that pitted the two halves of Vietnam against each other. The Nguyễn were finally overthrown in the Tây Sơn wars, but one of their descendants would eventually come to unite all of Vietnam. Their rule consolidated earlier southward expansion into Champa and pushed southwest into Cambodia. The…
Emperor Gia Long
Pigneau de Behaine (Bá Đa Lộc), the French priest who recruited armies for Nguyễn Phúc Ánh during the war against the Tây Sơn
Portrait of Prince Cảnh, the eldest son of Gia Long, 1787
A painting of Nguyễn Phúc Ánh in audience with King Rama I in Phra Thinang Amarin Winitchai, Bangkok, 1782. Note Phra Thinang Amarin Winitchai did not exist in 1782, it was built in the 19th century