Mạc Mậu Hợp

Mạc Mậu Hợp (莫茂洽, 1560–1593) was the fifth and effectively last reigning emperor of the Mạc dynasty from 1562 to 1593.^[1][2]

Mạc Anh Tổ 莫英祖
Emperor of Annam
Portrait statue.
Emperor of Mạc Dynasty
Reign	1562–1593
Predecessor	Mạc Tuyên Tông
Successor	Mạc Cảnh Tông
Born	1560 Đông Đô, An Nam
Died	December 1593 Đông Đô, An Nam
Burial	Bạch Đa pagoda, Dương Kinh county, Haiphong city
Issue	Mạc Toàn
Names Mạc Mậu Hợp (莫茂洽) Era dates Thuần Phúc (淳福, 1562–1565) Sùng Khang (崇康, 1566–1577) Diên Thành (延成, 1578–1585) Đoan Thái (端泰, 1586–1587) Hưng Trị (興治, 1588–1590) Hồng Ninh (洪寧, 1591–1592) Posthumous name Tĩnh emperor (靜皇帝) Temple name Anh Tổ (英祖) Mục Tông (穆宗)
House	Mạc Dynasty
Father	Mạc Tuyên Tông
Mother	?

Biography

Mạc Mậu Hợp was born in 1560 at Đông Đô. He became the emperor in 1562.

In 1592, the Southern dynasty's forces under lord Trịnh Tùng conquered the capital Đông Đô along with the rest of the Northern provinces. Mạc Mậu Hợp was captured during the retreat at one pagoda of Phượng Nhỡn district (Lạng Giang prefecture) and was cut to pieces over three days at Thảo Tân margin (Đông Đô).

However, his son Mạc Toàn and other successors continued to hold Cao Bình county during 1592–3.

Firstly, his temple name was named as Mục Tông (穆宗) then changed as Anh Tổ (英祖) by duke Mạc Kính Cung.^{[citation needed]}

Family

• Father : Mạc Tuyên Tông
• Mother : A concubine of his father
• Wives : Võ Thị Hoành^[3] (武氏橫, ?–1592), Nguyễn Thị^[4] (阮氏, ?–1600)
• Children : First son has noname, second son Mạc Toàn