Lê Trung Tông (Revival Lê dynasty)

Lê Trung Tông
Emperor of Đại Việt
Emperor of Revival Lê dynasty
Reign 1548 - 1556
Predecessor Lê Trang Tông
Successor Lê Anh Tông
Regent Trịnh Kiểm
Born 1535
Died 24 January 1556
Burial Diên Lăng (景陵)
Full name
Lê Duy Huyên (黎維暄)
Era name and dates
Thuận Bình (順平): 1548 - 1556
Posthumous name
Vũ Hoàng đế (武皇帝)
Temple name
Trung Tông (中宗)
House Revival Lê dynasty
Father Lê Trang Tông

Lê Trung Tông (chữ Hán: 黎中宗, 1535–1556), birth name Lê Duy Huyên (黎維暄), imperial name Vũ Hoàng đế, was an emperor of the Later Lê Dynasty, one of the 250 years of figurehead emperors, who reigned 1548–1556. He succeeded Lê Trang Tông (1533–1548) and was succeeded by Lê Anh Tông (1556–1573). Though power remained with the Nguyen Lords having seized control of the southern part of the country up to Thanh Hoa since 1545, and the north divided between the last emperors of the Mạc dynasty and the Trịnh Lords.

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    Preceded by
    Lê Trang Tông
    Emperor of Vietnam
    1548–1556
    Succeeded by
    Lê Anh Tông


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