The Trịnh lords, formally titled as Viceroy of Trịnh, also known as the House of Trịnh or the Trịnh clan, were a feudal noble clan that ruled Đàng Ngoài during the Revival Lê dynasty. The Trịnh lords
Army of the Trinh lords, late 18th century
The painting of Đông Kinh (Hanoi) from the Red River in 1685 by Samuel Baron, representative of English East India Company in which depicted the residence of Trịnh lord (The King's Arsenal) labeled as number 1 (Vietnamese: Vương Phủ; chữ Hán: 王府).
Northern Vietnamese nobleman and wife from Hải Môn harbor (Đàng Ngoài) in 1595.
Two women and a child in Tonkin around the 1700s.
Mạc Đăng Dung, also known by his temple name Mạc Thái Tổ, was an emperor of Vietnam and the founder of the Mạc dynasty. Previously a captain of the imperial guard of one of the Lê dynasty emperors, he
Emperor Mạc Đăng Dung was making a symbolic gesture to receive the recognition of the Ming Dynasty through their ambassador Mao Bowen. South Suppressing Pass in 1540.
Mạc Đăng Dung (left) portraited in Chinese book "安南來威圖冊"