Lê Kính Tông 黎敬宗 | |
Full Name: | Lê Duy Tân (黎維新) |
Emperor of Đại Việt | |
Succession: | Emperor of the Revival Lê dynasty |
Reign: | 1599–1619 |
Regent: | Trịnh Tùng |
Predecessor: | Lê Thế Tông |
Successor: | Lê Thần Tông |
Temple Name: | Kính Tông (敬宗) |
Posthumous Name: | Hiển Nhân Dụ Khánh Tuy Phúc Huệ Hoàng đế (顯仁裕慶綏福惠皇帝) |
House: | Lê dynasty |
Father: | Lê Thế Tông |
Mother: | Ý Đức hoàng thái hậu |
Birth Date: | 1588 |
Death Date: | 23 June 1619 (aged 30–31) |
Era Name: | Thận Đức (慎德): 1600–1601 Hoằng Định (弘定) |
Era Dates: | 1601–1619 |
Lê Kính Tông (chữ Hán: 黎敬宗, 1588 – 23 June 1619), also called Lê Duy Tân (黎維新) was the 16th emperor of Vietnamese Later Lê dynasty reigning from 1599 to 1619. He acted as a figurehead monarch while Lord Trịnh Tùng took full authority over the government and the army. In 1619, Kính Tông cooperated with Trịnh Xuân to make a plot to remove Trịnh Tùng from power. The plot failed and the emperor was killed.[1] [2]