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Lê–Mạc War
16th and 17th-century war in present-day Northern Vietnam / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lê–Mạc War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Lê-Mạc; chữ Hán: 戰爭黎莫) was a civil war waged between two Vietnamese dynasties, the Mạc and Revival Lê, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period of Vietnamese history.
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![]() Territorial control from 1555 to 1592: | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Mạc dynasty ![]() |
Revival Lê dynasty Bầu lords (1527–1593) ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mạc Thái Tổ Mạc Thái Tông Mạc Kính Điển Nguyễn Kính Phạm Tử Nghi Dương Chấp Nhất Lê Bá Ly (until 1551) Nguyễn Quyện Mạc Đôn Nhượng Mạc Ngọc Liễn Lê Khắc Thận (before 1551, after 1572) Bùi Văn Khuê (before 1592, from 1600) Mạc Kính Chỉ Mạc Kính Cung Mạc Kính Khoan Mạc Kính Vũ |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lại Thế Vinh Lê Bá Ly (1551–1557) Hoàng Đình Ái Nguyễn Hữu Liêu Nguyễn Khải Khang (from 1551) Lê Khắc Thận (1551–1572) Vũ Sư Thước Lại Thế Khanh Bùi Văn Khuê (1592–1600) ![]() Lê Thì Hiến Lê Sĩ Triệt Đinh Văn Tả | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
around 120,000 |
around 60,000 100,000+ (1677)[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown | unknown |
The Vietnamese throne was usurped by Mạc Đăng Dung in 1527. Lê Ninh, a prince of the Later Lê dynasty, escaped to Lan Xang. In 1533, Lê Ninh proclaimed himself emperor with the support of Nguyễn Kim and Trịnh Kiểm. The civil war between the two dynasties thus ensued.
In 1592, Đông Kinh, the capital of the Mạc dynasty, was reconquered by the Later Lê forces, marking the end of the Southern and Northern Dynasties period. Mạc rulers fled to Cao Bằng Province, with the direct support of the Chinese Ming and Qing dynasties until they were completedly defeated by Trịnh clan in 1677.