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Đồng Khánh was born on 19 February 1864 in the Imperial City of Huế.His childhood name was Chánh Mông because he was brought up in Chánh Mông palace. Đồng Khánh was the eldest son of Prince Nguyễn Phúc Hồng Cai, a son of emperor Thiệu Trị, and his concubine Bùi Thị Thanh.
Its official name was the Médaille du Mérite (Medal of Merit). [3]In French the medal was known under various names, such as the Médaille du Mérite des militaires et Gardes Civils Indigènes de l'Annam, the Médaille du Mérite des militaires et Gardes Civils Indigènes de l'Indochine, the Médaille Militaire de S. M. Đồng-Khánh, and the Médaille de S. M. Đồng-Khánh.
Mạc Chính Trung claimed himself as emperor of Mạc dynasty, however Mạc dynasty never considered him as official emperor. After internal fighting with his brothers, he fled to the Ming dynasty of China. After Mạc Toàn, Mạc family was defeated by Later Lê forces and fled to Cao Bằng. Mac family continued to rule there until 1677:
In 2005, Andrew Hardy, associate professor and head [5] of the Hanoi branch of the École française d'Extrême-Orient (French School of the Far East), which has been relocated to Paris since 1975, came upon a textual reference to a "Long Wall of Quang Ngai" in the "Descriptive Geography of the Emperor Dong Khanh," an 1885 Nguyễn dynasty ...
The emperor was the head of state who wielded absolute authority. Under the emperor was the Ministry of Interior (which worked on papers, imperial messages and recording) and four Grand Secretariats (Vietnamese: Tứ trụ Đại thần), later renamed the Ministry of Secret Council. [159] [160] [161]
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While the emperor Tự Đức was alive, Prince Quang Thái was placed under house arrest with his family for having connections with those who opposed him. When the emperor Đồng Khánh died, however, the French colonial authorities and the high-ranking mandarins decided that Quang Thái was the ideal successor and enthroned him as the new Vietnamese emperor, Emperor Thành Thái.
The government meetings of August 5 and 6 were headlined by personal disputes and the resignation of the ministers of interior, economy, and supplies. Hồ Tá Khanh, the economic minister, went further and demanded the resignation of the government. Khanh proposed that the communist Viet Minh be given a chance to govern because of its strength.