Kingdom of Đại Việt | ||||||||||
Đại Việt Quốc (大越國) | ||||||||||
Empire | ||||||||||
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Map of the Trần dynasty
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Capital |
Thăng Long (1225–1397) Thanh Hóa (1397–1400) |
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Languages | Chữ Nôm, Chinese | |||||||||
Religion | Buddhism (official), Taoism, Confucianism | |||||||||
Government | Monarchy | |||||||||
Emperor | ||||||||||
• | 1226–1258 | Trần Thái Tông (first) | ||||||||
• | 1278–1293 | Trần Nhân Tông | ||||||||
• | 1293–1314 | Trần Anh Tông | ||||||||
• | 1398–1400 | Trần Thiếu Đế (last) | ||||||||
Chancellor | ||||||||||
• | 1225 | Trần Thủ Độ (first) | ||||||||
Phạm Ngũ Lão | ||||||||||
Trần Quốc Toản | ||||||||||
Trần Khánh Dư | ||||||||||
Trần Quang Khải | ||||||||||
• | 1397 | Lê Quý Ly (last) | ||||||||
History | ||||||||||
• | Coronation of Trần Cảnh | 22/11/ 1225 | ||||||||
• | Regent of Trần Thừa and Trần Thủ Độ | 1225 | ||||||||
• | Mongol invasions of Vietnam | 1258,1285 and 1287–88 | ||||||||
• | Coup overthrown of Dương Nhật Lễ | 1370 | ||||||||
• | Trần Thiếu Đế ceded the throne to Lê Quý Ly | 22/3/ 1400 | ||||||||
Population | ||||||||||
• | 1225 est. | 2,500,000 | ||||||||
• | 1285 est. | 3,000,000 | ||||||||
• | 1400 est. | 3,100,000 | ||||||||
Currency | xu | |||||||||
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Today part of |
Vietnam China |
The Trần dynasty (Nhà Trần, , Trần triều) ruled in Vietnam (then known as Đại Việt) from 1225 to 1400. The dynasty was founded when emperor Trần Thái Tông ascended to the throne after his uncle Trần Thủ Độ orchestrated the overthrow of the Lý dynasty. The final emperor of the dynasty was Thiếu Đế, who at the age of five years was forced to abdicate the throne in favor of his maternal grandfather, Hồ Quý Ly. The Trần dynasty defeated three Mongol invasions, most notably in the decisive Battle of Bạch Đằng River in 1288.
The ancestors of the Trần clan originated from the province of Fujian before they migrated under Trần Kính (陳京, Chén Jīng) to Đại Việt, where their mixed-blooded descendants established the Trần dynasty which ruled Đại Việt. The descendants of the Trần clan who came to rule Đại Việt were of mixed-blooded descent due to many intermarriages between the Trần and several royal members of the Lý dynasty alongside members of their royal court as in the case of Trần Lý and Trần Thừa, the latter whose son Trần Thái Tông would later become the first emperor of the Trần dynasty. Their descendants established the Tran dynasty, which ruled Vietnam (Dai Viet). Some of the mixed-blooded descendants and certain members of the clan could still speak Chinese, as when a Yuan dynasty envoy met with the Chinese-speaking Tran Prince Trần Quốc Tuấn in 1282. The first of the Trần clan to live in Đại Việt was Trần Kinh, who settled in Tức Mặc village (now Mỹ Lộc, Nam Định) who lived by fishing. After three generations in Đại Việt, the Trần clan became a rich and powerful family under Trần Lý, who was Trần Kinh's grandson.