Nguyen Huu Canh

Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh
Founder of Saigon-Gia Định
Born	Nguyễn Hữu Kính 1650 Quảng Ninh, Quảng Bình
Died	1700 Rạch Gầm, Mỹ Tho
Burial	Trường Thủy, Quảng Bình
House	Nguyễn Lords
Father	Nguyễn Hữu Dật
Mother	Nguyễn Thị Thiện

Lễ Thành Hầu Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh or Nguyễn Hữu Kính, (阮有鏡), (1650–1700) was a high-ranking general of Lord Nguyễn Phúc Chu. His military expeditions into the Mekong Delta placed the region firmly under Vietnamese administrative control. Considered to be the most famous military general during the time of Vietnam's southward expansion (Nam tiến), Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh found the city of Saigon in 1698. His establishment of Saigon and military forts in and around the Mekong Delta served as the foundation for later military expeditions by the Vietnamese imperial court in its quest to expand its southern territory. In Vietnam, Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh is widely beloved and revered by the Vietnamese as a national hero with various shrines (miếu) and communal houses (đình) dedicated to him.

Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh was born in Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, Bắc Trung Bộ, Vietnam (then part of Đàng Trong). In 1698, Canh was sent by Nguyễn Phúc Chu to the south. He founded Gia Dinh garrison there. He called on people from many places in Central Vietnam to settle in these regions. He ordered the building of roads, canals, markets. Saigon has turned into a busy port city since then.

Below is the list of conferred titles & posthumous name bestowed upon Lễ Thành Hầu Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh by Vietnamese monarchs.

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