Thành Thái
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Thành Thái born Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Lân, was the son of Vietnamese Emperor Dục Đức and Empress Dowager Từ Minh. He reigned as emperor for 18 years, from 1889 to 1907. Thành Thái was one of the three "patr
Emperor Thanh Thai in military costume
Young emperor Thanh Thai in 1892
Coronation of Thành Thái
Young emperor Thanh Thai's enthronement
Đồng Khánh
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Đồng Khánh, born Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Kỷ or Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Đường, also known as Chánh Mông, was the ninth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam. He reigned four years between 1885 and 1889. His royal t
Thành Thái
…Tự Đức was alive, Prince Quang Thái was placed under house arrest with his family for having connections with those who opposed him. When the emperor Đồng Khánh died, however, the French colonial authorities and the high-ranking mandarins decided that Quang Thái was the ideal successor and enthroned him as the…
Emperor Đồng Khánh on throne in coronation day
Welcome ceremony of French diplomats by Emperor Đồng Khánh at Thái Hòa Điện (太和殿), 1886
Main gate to mausoleum of Đồng Khánh
Main temple of mausoleum, Ngưng Hy Điện (凝禧殿)