Trần Liễu
| Trần Liễu Trần Quốc Tuấn Empress Trần Thị Thiều | |
|---|---|
| House | Trần dynasty |
| Father | Trần Thừa |
Prince Yên Sinh Trần Liễu (1211–1251) was the elder brother of the
Background
Trần Liễu was born in 1211 as the first son of
In October 1224, Lý Huệ Tông decided to cede the throne to his second daughter, the Princess Chiêu Thánh, now the Empress Regnant Lý Chiêu Hoàng.
History
In August 1228 Trần Thái Tông appointed Trần Liễu for the position of prime minister (Thái úy) of the royal court.[8] He was promoted to Regent of the Emperor in 1234 and was honoured by the Emperor with the title King Hiển (Hiển Hoàng) which was criticized by the historian Ngô Sĩ Liên as an over-merit and origin of Trần Liễu's revolt afterwards.[9] However, in 1236 Trần Liễu committed a serious guilt in royal palace when he violated a former concubine of the Lý dynasty, therefore he was downgraded to Prince Hoài (Hoài vương).[9]
According to
After the revolt, Trần Liễu was granted land in Yên Sinh (now
Family
Trần Liễu had two wives. The first was Princess Thuận Thiên whom Trần Liễu was forced to give up for his brother Thái Tông.[3] The second wife of Trần Liễu was Lady Thiện Đạo who was entitled as Mother of the Nation (Quốc mẫu), her given name Nguyệt afterwards was made as taboo by an order of the Emperor for the purpose of honouring Trần Liễu and his wife.[14] Besides his natural son Trần Quốc Khang who was Prince Tĩnh Quốc of Thái Tông, Trần Liễu had four children:
- Trần Tung, who eventually became Tuệ Trung Thượng Sĩ, one of the most significant Buddhist masters of medieval Vietnam.
- Prince Vũ Thành Trần Doãn who tried to defect with his family to the Song dynasty after the death of Trần Liễu but was arrested in the border.[15]
- Prince Hưng Đạo Trần Quốc Tuấn, commander in chief of Đại Việt army during the second and third war of resistance against Mongol invasion.
- Empress Nguyên Thánh Thiên Cảm (元聖天感皇后) Trần Thị Thiều, empress of Trần Thánh Tông and natural mother of Trần Nhân Tông.[16]
References
Notes
- ^ Ngô Sĩ Liên 1993, p. 153
- ^ Ngô Sĩ Liên 1993, p. 154
- ^ a b c Ngô Sĩ Liên 1993, p. 165
- ^ Trần Trọng Kim 1971, p. 47
- ^ Ngô Sĩ Liên 1993, p. 156
- ^ Chapuis 1995, p. 79
- ^ Ngô Sĩ Liên 1993, pp. 157–158
- ^ Ngô Sĩ Liên 1993, p. 161
- ^ a b Ngô Sĩ Liên 1993, p. 164
- ^ Trần Trọng Kim 1971, p. 49
- ^ Ngô Sĩ Liên 1993, pp. 184
- ^ Ngô Sĩ Liên 1993, pp. 171
- ^ Ngô Sĩ Liên 1993, pp. 211
- ^ Ngô Sĩ Liên 1993, p. 208
- ^ Ngô Sĩ Liên 1993, pp. 172–173
- ^ Ngô Sĩ Liên 1993, p. 175
Bibliography
- Ngô Sĩ Liên (1993), Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư (in Vietnamese) (Nội các quan bản ed.), Hanoi: Social Science Publishing House
- National Bureau for Historical Record (1998), Khâm định Việt sử Thông giám cương mục (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Education Publishing House
- Saigon: Center for School Materials
- Chapuis, Oscar (1995), A history of Vietnam: from Hong Bang to Tu Duc, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0-313-29622-7