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Nguyễn Thị Hoàn
Empress Dowager Ý Tĩnh, born Lady Nguyễn Thị Hoàn (1736 – 1811), was the first Empress Dowager of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam. She was the mother of Gia Long, Emperor Gia Long, the first monarch of the Nguyễn dynasty. Life She was a daughter of Duke Nguyễn Phúc Trung of Minh Linh Nguyễn clan and Lady Phùng of An Du Phùng Clan, Thừa Thiên, Thừa Thiên district. She married Nguyễn Phúc Luân and gave birth to three sons and one daughter. After Nguyễn Phúc Khoát, Lord Nguyễn Phúc Khoát died, the royal official Trương Phúc Loan changed his last will to put the young prince Nguyễn Phúc Thuần to the throne, and sent Nguyễn Phúc Luân, who was the real successor stated in the will, to prison. Nguyễn Phúc Luân died in 1765 at the age of 33. After Nguyễn Phúc Thuần lost the throne in the Tây Sơn rebellion, Lady Nguyễn Thị Hoàn's life became relatively uneasy. She escaped to the very far south of Vietnam and spent most of her t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hương Trà
Hương Trà is a district-level town (''thị xã'') of Huế in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2020 the town had a population of 72,677. The town covers an area of 392.32 km². The district capital lies at Tứ Hạ. Hương Trà town is bordered by the city of Huế Huế (formerly Thừa Thiên Huế province) is the southernmost coastal Municipalities of Vietnam, city in the North Central Coast region, the Central Vietnam, Central of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country. It borders Quảng ... to the east, Phong Điền District to the west, Hương Thủy town and A Lưới District to the south and Quảng Điền District to the north. The area has both mountainous terrain and plains. The town consists of the 5 phường (ward): Tứ Hạ, Hương Văn, Hương Xuân, Hương Vân, Hương Chữ and 4 xã (commune): Hương Toàn, Bình Thành, Bình Tiến, Hương Bình. Tứ Hạ is located on National Road 1A, the natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th-century Vietnamese Women
The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the Atlantic Revolutions. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures. The Industrial Revolution began mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. The European colonization of the Americas and other parts of the world intensified and associated mass migrations of people grew in size as part of the Age of Sail. During the century, slave trading expanded across the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, while declining in Russia and China. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
