Kings of Vietnam

Monarchy of Vietnam
Bảo Đại, the last Emperor of Vietnam
Details
First monarch	Kinh Dương Vương (as King) Đinh Tiên Hoàng (as Emperor) Lý Chiêu Hoàng (as Empress)
Last monarch	Bảo Đại (as Emperor)
Formation	2879 BC
Abolition	August 25, 1945
Residence	Cổ Loa Citadel (257 BC–967) Imperial Citadel of Hoa Lư (968–1009) Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long (1010–1400)/(1428-1789) Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty (1400–1407) Imperial City, Huế (1802–1945)
Pretender(s)	Bảo Thắng

Below is a list of monarchs of Vietnam.

Some Vietnamese monarchs declared themselves kings (vua/vương) or emperors (hoàng đế). Imperial titles were used for both domestic and foreign affairs, except for diplomatic missions to China where Vietnamese monarchs were regarded as kingship or prince. Many of the Later Lê monarchs were figurehead rulers, with the real powers resting on feudal lords and princes who were technically their servants. Most Vietnamese monarchs are known through their posthumous names or temple names, while the Nguyễn dynasty, the last reigning house is known through their era names.

According to tradition there were eighteen of the Hùng kings of the Hồng Bàng period, known then as Văn Lang at that time, from around 2879 BC to around 258 BC. Following is the list of 18 lines of Hùng kings as recorded in the book Việt Nam sử lược by Trần Trọng Kim. There has been no definite proof of the existence of these legendary figures.

There is still a debate about the legitimacy of Triệu dynasty (Zhao dynasty): some Vietnamese historians confirm Triệu dynasty is one of the Vietnamese dynasties but others claim that Triệu dynasty is a Chinese dynasty.

Mai Bạch Đầu đế 723 -724

Đào Lang Vương is not officially considered as king of Early Lý Dynasty as he was a self-claimed king.

At this time, the Khúc leaders still held the title of Jiedushi, hence they are not official kings of Vietnam

Mạc Chính Trung claimed himself as emperor of Mac Dynasty, however Mac Dynasty never considered him as official emperor . After internal fighting with his brothers, he fled to Ming Dynasty of China

After Mạc Toàn, Mạc family was defeated by Later Lê forces and fled to Cao Bằng. Mac family continued to rule there until 1677:

During this time, emperors of the Lê dynasty only ruled in name, it was the Trịnh lords in Northern Vietnam and Nguyễn lords in Southern Vietnam who held the real power.