Lê Khắc Xương (黎克昌, 1440 – 1476) was a prince of the
Lê dynasty
The Lê dynasty, also known in historiography as the Later Lê dynasty (, chữ Hán: 朝後黎, chữ Nôm: 茹後黎), officially Đại Việt (; Chữ Hán: 大越), was the longest-ruling List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty, h ...
in
Vietnam
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. He was the second prince of
Emperor Lê Thái Tông, also elder brother of
Emperor Lê Nhân Tông, and
Emperor Lê Thánh Tông. He was given the title ''Cung vương'' (恭王, "Reverent Prince").
Biography
Born in 1440, as a son of
Emperor Lê Thái Tông and Lady Bùi thị of
Đậu Liêu Bùi clan. His maternal grandfather is
Bùi Cầm Hổ, one official in era of
Emperor Lê Thái Tổ.
In
Thiên Hưng Coup in 1460,
Prince Lê Nghi Dân killed
Emperor Lê Nhân Tông and then became the fourth emperor of
Lê dynasty
The Lê dynasty, also known in historiography as the Later Lê dynasty (, chữ Hán: 朝後黎, chữ Nôm: 茹後黎), officially Đại Việt (; Chữ Hán: 大越), was the longest-ruling List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty, h ...
with the name of
Thiên Hưng Đế, but after 8 months of his reign, he was disposed by a group of officials – notably
Lê Lăng,
Nguyễn Xí
Nguyễn Xí ( vi-hantu, 阮熾; 1397–1465), or Lê Xí, was a general, politician, and public servant who served as a minister for four generations of rulers during the late Lê dynasty.
He grew up while Đại Việt was under the Fourth Era ...
,
Đinh Liệt. Officials who launched the coup wanted to put Prince Lê Khắc Xương to the throne, but he refused. Therefore, the youngest Prince Lê Tư Thành became the next ruler,
Emperor Lê Thánh Tông.
However, during the early time of his reign,
Emperor Lê Thánh Tông started to worry about his elder brother who should have been the real king, not him. He killed the official
Lê Lăng, one of main leaders of coup, and drove Prince Lê Khắc Xương to suicide.
"Mirror of History"
/ref> Prince Lê Khắc Xương died in 1476 in Đông Kinh. His children were not allowed to keep the family name of the royal court as ''Lê'', and all were requested to change their clan name to ''Bùi'' of their grandmother.
See also
* Lê Thái Tông
Lê Thái Tông (黎太宗 22 December 1423 – 28 August 1442), birth name Lê Nguyên Long (黎元龍), was the second king of the Later Lê dynasty from 1433 until his early death nine years later.
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Biography
Lê Thái Tông was ...
* Lê Thánh Tông
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 empero ...
References
Later Lê dynasty
Vietnamese princes
1440 births
1476 deaths