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Lý Huệ Tông


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nameLý Huệ Tông
李惠宗
captionPainting of Lý Huệ Tông by a modern artist
titleEmperor of Đại Việt
fatherLý Cao Tông
motherEmpress An Toàn
spouseTrần Thị Dung
issueThuận Thiên (Trần dynasty empress)
Princess Phật Kim as Lý Chiêu Hoàng
birth_dateJuly 1194
birth_placeThăng Long
death_date3 September 1226 (aged 31–32)
death_placeChân Giáo pagoda, Thăng Long
place of burialThọ Tomb
full nameLý Sảm (李旵) or Lý Hạo Sảm(李昊旵)
successionEmperor of the Lý dynasty
reign15/11/1210–3/9/1224
predecessorLý Cao Tông
successorLý Chiêu Hoàng
succession1Retired Emperor of the Lý dynasty
reign11224–1226
predecessor1Sùng Hiền hầu
successor1Trần Thái Tổ (of Trần dynasty)
house
era datesKiến Gia (建嘉): 1210 – 10/1224
temple nameHuệ Tông (惠宗)
regnal nameTự Thiên Thống Ngự Khâm Nhân Hoành Hiếu Hoàng đế (資天統御欽仁宏孝皇帝)
religionBuddhism

李惠宗 Princess Phật Kim as Lý Chiêu Hoàng Lý Huệ Tông (chữ Hán: 李惠宗; born Lý Sảm 李旵; July 1194 – 3 September 1226) was the emperor of Vietnam from 1211 to 1224, the penultimate leader of the Lý dynasty. During Lý Huệ Tông's rule, many members of the Trần family assumed key roles in the government, including Trần Thủ Độ. The Trần family later used its position of power to place a young Trần Cảnh (temple name Trần Thái Tông) on the throne to found the Trần dynasty.

Biography

In 1224, Lý Huệ Tông became mentally ill, and the issue of succession became pressing. He had produced no male heirs, and so appointed his seven-year-old daughter Lý Chiêu Hoàng as his successor. Although a female ruler would likely not have been normally acceptable to the court, Trần Thủ Độ had a scheme to end the Lý dynasty and place a Trần on the throne which depended on the existence of a young empress, and so Lý Chiêu Hoàng was accepted as empress. Lý Huệ Tông retired to become a Buddhist monk, although he lived only two more years. In 1226 Trần Thủ Độ, while consolidating the power of the newly founded Trần dynasty by eliminating Lý family members and potential pretenders, induced Lý Huệ Tông to commit suicide.

References

References

  1. Anh Thư Hà & Hồng Đức Trần. (2000). "A Brief Chronology of Vietnam's History".
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