Nguyễn Văn Bảo (阮文寶, 1776–1798) or Nguyễn Bảo (阮寶), was a prince of

Tây Sơn dynasty The Tây Sơn dynasty (; , (chữ Hán: 朝西山; Chữ Nôm: 茹西山), officially Đại Việt (Chữ Hán: 大越), was an imperial dynasty of Vietnam. It originated in a revolt led by three peasant brothers with the surname Nguyễn, r ...

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

. Bảo was the eldest son of

Nguyễn Nhạc Nguyễn Nhạc ( vi-hantu, 阮岳, born 1743, died 1793) was the founder of the Tây Sơn dynasty, reigning from 1778 to 1788. From 1778 to 1788, Nguyễn Nhạc proclaimed himself Emperor Thái Đức ( vi-hantu, 泰德). In 1788 after his ...

. His mother was

Trần Thị Huệ Trần (陳) or Tran is the second most common Vietnamese surname after Nguyen. More than 10% of all Vietnamese people share this surname. History The Tran ruled the Trần dynasty, a golden era in Vietnam, and successfully repelled the Mongol ...

. After Nguyễn Nhạc ascended the throne, he was designated as

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. In 1793,

Quy Nhơn Quy Nhon ( ) is a coastal city in Bình Định province in central Vietnam. It is composed of 16 wards and five communes with a total of . Quy Nhon was the capital of the former Bình Định province. As of 2022 its population was 481.110. H ...

was attacked by

Nguyễn lord Nguyễn (阮) (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as ''Nguyen''. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese peopl ...

. When Nguyễn navy reached

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, Bảo was ordered to fight against them. Tây Sơn navy suffered from a double-pronged attack, Bảo was defeated by Tôn Thất Hội, Võ Tính,

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and

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, and fled back to Quy Nhơn. Nguyễn Nhạc had to ask for

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's help.

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led troops to reinforce Quy Nhơn together with

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and

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. A navy led by

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was also sent there in the same time. Nguyễn army had to retreat. Hưng marched into the city, claiming that the emperor of

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had taken over it. Nhạc was angry, and died soon after suffering from vomiting blood.''

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'', Quyển 2, Tự chủ thời đại, Chương 12'' Đại Nam chính biên liệt truyện'', vol. 30 Bảo was stripped of his position as Crown Prince, and granted the title ''Hiếu công'' (孝公, "Duke of filial piety") by his cousin Nguyễn Quang Toản. He received Phù Ly (modern Phù Mỹ and Phù Cát) as his fief, and was called ''tiểu triều'' (小朝, "small court") by Tây Sơn dynasty. Bùi Đắc Trụ, an officer of Toản, was left in Quy Nhơn to watch him. Bùi Đắc Trụ was replaced by Nguyễn Văn Huấn, then by Lê Trung. Bảo was resentful, he colluded with

Nguyễn Ánh Gia Long (Chữ Hán, Chữ hán: 嘉隆) ( (''Hanoi, North''), (''Ho Chi Minh City, South''); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynas ...

, and planned to revolt against Tây Sơn dynasty. In 1798, he revolted against Tây Sơn dynasty in Lê Trung's absence, and surrendered to Nguyễn lord. Getting the information, an army under Nguyễn Văn Thành was sent to assist him. Before the army reach, Quy Nhơn was recaptured by Tây Sơn dynasty again. Bảo was captured and transferred to

. There, he was executed.

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