Lê Hiến Tông (chữ Hán: 黎憲宗, 10 August 1461 – 24 May 1504) was the 6th emperor of Vietnam's Lê dynasty reigning over Đại Việt from 1497 to 1504.
Lê Hiến Tông 黎憲宗 | |||||||||||||||||
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Emperor of Đại Việt | |||||||||||||||||
Emperor of Lê dynasty | |||||||||||||||||
Reign | 1498–1504 | ||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Lê Thánh Tông | ||||||||||||||||
Successor | Lê Túc Tông | ||||||||||||||||
Born | 10 August 1461 | ||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 May 1504 (aged 44) | ||||||||||||||||
Issue | Lê Túc Tông, Le Uy Muc | ||||||||||||||||
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House | Lê dynasty | ||||||||||||||||
Father | Lê Thánh Tông | ||||||||||||||||
Mother | Nguyễn Thị Huyên |
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He promulgated the legal code of his father Lê Thánh Tông (1442–1497) in the Khâm định Việt sử Thông giám cương mục.[1] His death in 1504 marked the beginning of the crisis in sixteenth-century Đại Việt which continued eighty-eight years until the Trịnh Lords drove the Mạc dynasty from the capital Thăng Long.[2]
References
edit- ^ Walter H. Slote, George A. De Vos Confucianism and the Family 1998 - Page 97 "This code was promulgated again with commentaries by his son Le Hien Tong (r. 1497-1504) (Kham Dinh Viet Su Thong Giam Cuoung Muc). As Le Thanh Tong's long reign was one of the most glorious in Vietnamese history, this emperor ..."
- ^ Keith Weller Taylor, John K. Whitmore Essays into Vietnamese pasts 1995 Page 116 "The crisis in sixteenth-century Đại Việt began in 1504 with the death of Lê Hiến-tông, son of the major fifteenth-century ruler Thánh-tông. It ended eighty-eight years later as the Trịnh drove the Mạc from the capital of Thăng-long."