Trần Minh Tông |
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Emperor of Đại Việt | |||||||||||||||||
Emperor of Trần dynasty | |||||||||||||||||
Reign | 1314–1329 | ||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Trần Anh Tông | ||||||||||||||||
Successor | Trần Hiến Tông | ||||||||||||||||
Retired Emperor of Trần dynasty | |||||||||||||||||
Reign | 1329–1357 | ||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Trần Anh Tông | ||||||||||||||||
Successor | Trần Nghệ Tông | ||||||||||||||||
Born | 4 September 1300 Thanglong, Đại Việt |
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Died | 10 March 1357 Đại Việt |
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Burial | Mục Tomb | ||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Queen Lê Thánh | ||||||||||||||||
Issue |
Crown Prince Trần Vượng |
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House | Trần dynasty | ||||||||||||||||
Father | Trần Anh Tông | ||||||||||||||||
Mother | Imperial Consort Huy Tư | ||||||||||||||||
Religion | Buddhism |
Full name | |
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Trần Mạnh (陳奣) | |
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Đại Khánh (大慶, 1314–1323) |
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Posthumous name | |
Chương-nghiêu văn-triết hoàng-đế (章堯文哲皇帝) |
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Temple name | |
Minh Tông (明宗) |
Crown Prince Trần Vượng
Prince Cung Tĩnh Trần Nguyên Trác
Prince Cung Định Trần Phủ
Prince Cung Mẫn Trần Nguyên Hú
Prince Cung Giản Trần Nguyên Thạch
Prince Cung Túc Trần Nguyên Dục
Prince Cung Tín Trần Thiên Trạch
Trần Hạo
Đại Khánh (大慶, 1314–1323)
Trần Minh Tông (4 September 1300 – 10 March 1357), given name Trần Mạnh (), was the fifth emperor of the Trần dynasty who ruled Đại Việt from 1314 to 1329. After ceding the throne to his son Trần Hiến Tông, Minh Tông held the title of Retired Emperor (Vietnamese: Thái thượng hoàng) for 29 years. As the last emperor in the prosperous period of Trần dynasty, Minh Tông was known for his successful reign of Đại Việt with the assistance of many talented mandarins. Minh Tông was also the longest-reigning retired emperor in history of Vietnam when he acted as a regent and co-ruled with Hiến Tông and Dụ Tông. His death marked a significant turning point in the history of the Trần Dynasty, as the country began to decline and soon fell into troubled times.
Minh Tông was born in 1300 as Trần Mạnh, the only surviving son of emperor Trần Anh Tông and imperial consort Huy Tư, who was the daughter of general Trần Bình Trọng. According to Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, the precise birthday of Prince Trần Mạnh was 21 August in the lunar calendar, only one day after the death of Trần Hưng Đạo who was the most important minister in the early Trần dynasty and the main commander of second and third wars of resistance by Đại Việt against Mongol Empire, which made him one of the most famous heroes of Vietnam. The other sons of Anh Tông all died at a young age so the Emperor had his relative and important figure of the Trần clan, Trần Nhật Duật, raise Trần Mạnh in the hope that he would survive and began a key figure in the family. Indeed, Prince Trần Mạnh was well looked after due to the wholehearted devotion of Trần Nhật Duật.