- Hàm Nghi
Emperor Hàm Nghi (
Hán tự : ); Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Lịch (22 July 1872 - 14 January 1943), at the "Purple Forbidden City" ofHuế ) was the eighth Emperor of theVietnam ese Nguyễn Dynasty. He was reigned in 1 year (1884 - 1885).On
July 4 ,1885 , theMandarins' Revolt broke out under the leadership of Nguyễn Văn Tường and Tôn Thất Thuyết. They stormed the palace and Emperor Hàm Nghi and three empresses were taken away.They were taken to the hills and jungles around
Laos along with these men, to wage a guerrilla war against the French occupation forces. The French replaced him with his brother, Emperor Đồng Khánh, who was enthroned as the Son ofHeaven .In 1888, after a series of setbacks, Emperor Hàm Nghi was betrayed by his bodyguard and turned over to the French colonial regime.
On
August 13 ,1888 , he was exiled toAlgeria . He married a French Algerian woman named Marcelle onNovember 4 ,1904 . They had three children, Prince Minh-Duc, Princess Nhu May and Princess Nhu Lý.The
Socialist Republic of Vietnam has sent a delegation to France to seek permission from Princess Nhu Lý (Countess De La Besse, died 2005, in her 97th year) to move her father's remains to the former Imperial capital of Huế. Her family has presently refused.
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