Lê Thánh Tông
Emperor of Đại Việt (1442–1497) (r. 1460–1497) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lê Thánh Tông (黎聖宗; 25 August 1442 – 3 March 1497), personal name Lê Hạo, temple name Thánh Tông, courtesy name Tư Thành, was an emperor of Đại Việt, reigning from 1460 to 1497, the fifth and the longest-reigning emperor of the Later Lê dynasty, and is widely praised as one of the greatest emperors in Vietnamese history. He came to power through a coup d'état against his second brother Lê Nghi Dân in 1460.
Lê Thánh Tông 黎聖宗 | |||||||||||||||||
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Emperor of Đại Việt | |||||||||||||||||
Emperor of the Lê dynasty | |||||||||||||||||
Reign | 13 June 1460 – 13 March 1497 (36 years, 250 days) | ||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Lê Nghi Dân | ||||||||||||||||
Successor | Lê Hiến Tông | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Lê Tư Thành (黎思誠) (1442-08-25)25 August 1442 | ||||||||||||||||
Died | 3 March 1497(1497-03-03) (aged 54) | ||||||||||||||||
Burial | Chiêu Tomb, Lam Kinh [vi], Đại Việt | ||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Nguyễn Thị Huyên | ||||||||||||||||
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Dynasty | Later Lê | ||||||||||||||||
Father | Lê Thái Tông | ||||||||||||||||
Mother | Ngô Thị Ngọc Dao |
Temple name | |
Vietnamese alphabet | Lê Thánh Tông |
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Chữ Hán | 黎聖宗 |
His reign is recognized for the extensive administrative, military, education, and fiscal reforms he instituted, conquests of Champa states and expansion of Đại Việt territory in the south, and a cultural revolution that replaced the old aristocracy with a generation of literati scholars. His reign was later praised as the Prospered reign of Hồng Đức (Hồng Đức Thịnh trị; 洪德盛治).