Nguyen Dynasty
The Nguyen dynasty was a line of rulers of Vietnam in the 19th century to mid-20th century. This is the first and only Vietnamese dynasty when the rulers declared themselves emperors. Nguyễn (阮) is the emperor's family name.The second thru fifth emperors were not pro-French and what it stood for, such as Catholicism. So like the Qing Empire, there were numerous foreign-related incidents during the 19th century.
The Nguyen Empire expanded its territory by making Kampuchea a protectorate, and invaded Laos.
The following list is the emperors' era names, which have meaning in Chinese. (This was before French was adapted in Vietnam.) For example, the first ruler's era name, Gia Long, means "Beautiful Prosperity"; the fourth means "Inheritance of Virtues"; the ninth means "Collective Celebration".
- Gia Long (嘉隆帝 1802 - 1820): named Nguyễn-Phúc Ánh (阮福映) or 阮映
- Minh Mạng (明命帝 1820 - 1841)
- Thieu Tri (紹治帝 1841 - 1847): Nguyễn-Phúc Mien Thi
- Tu Duc (嗣德帝 1847 - 1883): Nguyen-Phuc Huong Nham
- Duc Duc (育德帝 1883)
- Hiep Hoa (協和帝 1883)
- Kien Phuc (建福帝 1883 - 1884)
- Ham Nghi (咸宜帝 1884 - 1885)
- Dong Khanh (同慶帝 1885 - 1889)
- Thanh Thai (成泰帝 1889 - 1907)
- Duy Tan (維新帝 1907 - 1916)
- Khai Dinh (啟定帝 1916 - 1925)
- Bao Dai (保大帝 1926 - 1945)
