VIETNAM

The Nguyen Phuoc Dynasty

GENEALOGY

1916 - 1925 H.M. [Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Đảo] Khài Đinh [Hoằng Tôn Tuyên Hoàng Đế], King of Annam. b. at Huế, 8^th October 1885, as Nguyên-Phúc Tuan, eldest son of H.M. [Nguyễn-Phúc Bien] Đơng Khánh [Cảnh Tông Thuần Hoàng Đế], King of Annam, by his second wife, H.M. Empress Dowager Khon-Nghi Xuong-Duc, née Tieng-Cung, educ. Raised to the title of Duke of Phụng Hóa (Phụng Hóa Công) with the appelation of Bửu Đảo 1906. Raised to the throne by the French authorities after the deposition of Emperor Duy-Than, 10^th May 1916. Proclaimed and installed at the Palace of Can-Chanh, Huế, with the reign-name of Khài Đinh (Auger of Peace and Stability), 17^th May 1916. Enthroned at the Thái Ḥa Palace, 18^th May 1916. Raised to the posthumous title of Hoằng Tông Tự Đại Gia Vận Thánh Minh Thần Trí Nhân Hiếu Thành Kính Di Mô Thừa Liệt Tuyên Hoàng Đế. Sovereign of the Order of the Dragon of Annam. Sovereign and Founder of the Order of Merit of Annam. Rcvd: GC of the Royal Order of Cambodia, Million Elephants & White Parasol of Laos, and the Legion of Honour of France (GO 18.5.1916), and the Order of Merit of Indochina 1st class in gold. m. at Huế, 1913, H.I.M. Grand Empress Dowager Đoan Huy [Đoan Huy Hoàng Thái Hậu] [Tử Cung] (b. 28^th January 1890; d. at Huế, 9^th November 1980, bur. Tư Lăng, Dương Xuân, Hương Thủy, in Thừa Thiên province), raised to the titles of Tư Cung 1913, Tam Giai Huệ Tần 1917 (third month of the second year of Khài-Đinh), Đệ Nhị Giai Huệ Phi 1918 (tenth month of the third year of Khài-Đinh), Đệ Nhất Giai Hậu Phi 1923 (second month of the eighth year of Khài-Đinh) and finally to the rank of Grand Empress Dowager as Đoan Huy Hoàng Thái Hậu with the name of Tử Cung and style of Her Majesty 20^th March 1933, née Hoàng Thị Cúc, daughter of H.E. Hoàng Văn Tích, Duke of Nghi (Nghi Quốc Công), from Mỹ Lợi, Phú Lộc, in Thừa Thiên province, sometime Thái Thường Thị Khanh (Minister for Public Instruction). m. four secondary wives, including (a) Trương Như Thị Tịnh, Đệ Nhất Giai Phi (b. 1889; bur. Thanh Thủy, Hương Thủy, in Thừa Thiên province), styled Đệ Nhất Giai Phi 1916, daughter of Trương Như Cương, from Hien Lương, Phong Dien, in Thừa Thiên province. (b) Hồ Thị Chỉ, Đệ Nhị Giai Ân Phi, second daughter of H.E. Hồ Đắc Trung, Duke of Mỹ Khánh (Mỹ Khánh Quận Công), sometime Thượng thư. m. (c) Vơ Thị Tám, Tân Dư, daughter of Professor Vơ Liên, by his scond wife, Công tôn nữ Thị Tĩnh, Phủ Nghi Nhân, daughter of Prince (Công tử) Nguyễn-Phúc Hường Chuyền, Marquess Trung Mẫm. He d. 6^th November 1925 (bur. Ưng Lăng, Châu Chữ, Hương Thủy, in Thừa Thiên province), having had issue, an only son:

• 1) H.H. Crown Prince (Dong Cung Hoàng Thái tử) Nguyễn-Phúc Vĩnh Thụy, who succeeded as H.I.M. Emperor Bảo Đại [Thiển], Emperor of Annam (s/o Empress Đoan Huy) – see below.

1925 - [1997] H.I.M. Bảo Đại [Thiển], Emperor of Annam, Emperor of Vietnam. b. at the Palace of Doan-Trang-Vien, Huế, 22^nd October 1913, as Nguyễn-Phúc Vĩnh Thụy, only son of H.M. [Nguyễn-Phúc Bù’u Dao] Khài-Đinh [Hoang Tong Tuyen Hoàng Đế], King of Annam, by his second wife, H.I.M. Empress Dowager Đoan Huy, educ. Lycée Condorcet and l’Ecole des Sciences politiques, Paris. Appointed as Heir Apparent 10^th March, and invested at the Palace of Can-Chanh, with the style of Đông Cung Hoàng Thái tử (Imperial Heir Apparent of the Eastern Palace), 15^th May 1922. Succeeded on the death of his father, 6^th November 1925. Enthroned at the Thái Ḥa Palace, Huế, with the reign name of Thiển and the era name of Bảo Đại, 8^th January 1926. Reigned under the Regency of H.H. Ton-Thai Han, until he came of age and assumed full ruling powers, 10^th September 1932. Proclaimed the independence and unity of the Empire of Vietnam, including the reunion of Tonkin and other territories and resumed the title of Emperor of Vietnam (Hoàng Đế Việt Nam) together with the style of His Imperial Majesty, 18^th June 1945. Forced to promulgate an edict of abdication by the Việt Minh 25^th August 1945, and formally abdicated in a ceremony performed outside the Imperial Palace, at Huế, 30^th August 1945. Appointed as Supreme Advisor to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam 10^th November 1945. Went into voluntary exile in China 16^th March 1946, and later settled in Hong Kong 1946-1947 and France 1947-1948. Signed an accord recognising Vietnamese national unity within the French Union, 5^th June 1948 (as a consequence, securing the retrocession of the colony of Cochin-China and uniting it with Vietnam). Returned to Vietnam 27^th and was recognised as Head of State with the title of Quốc Trưởng Quốc Gia Việt Nam 29^th April 1949. Installed at the Gia Long Palace, Saigon 1^st July 1949. Deposed again 26^th October 1955. Received into the Roman Catholic Church at Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot, Paris 17^th April 1988, and baptised with the names of Jean-Robert. Sovereign of the Ordersof the Dragon of Annam and the Order of Merit of Annam (revived and expanded as the Order of National Merit of Vietnam 10^th June 1955). Rcvd: Knt of the Order of Maha Chakri of Thailand (1939), GC of the Orders of the Legion of Honour of France (10.9.1932), Royal Order of Cambodia, Million Elephants & White Parasol of Laos, Crown of Belgium (1935), the Sharifan Order of Alawi of Morocco, the Royal Family Order 1^st class of Johore (DK) (21.3.1933), etc. m. (first) at the Kien-Trung Palace, Huế 20^th March 1934, H.I.M. Empress Nam Phương (b. at G̣ Công, French Indo-China, 4^th December 1914; d. from cancer, at Château La Pesche, Chabrignac, Corrèze, Limousin, France, 15^th September 1963, bur. there in the parish church), née Jeanne Marie-Thérèse [Mariette] Nguyễn Hữu Thị Lan, educ. Convent des Oiseaux, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, invested with the rank and title of Empress at the Dương-Tam Palace, Huế, as Nam Phương Hoàng Hậu with the style of Her Majesty 24^th March 1934, and assumed the style of Her Imperial Majesty 18^th June 1945, Mbr Reconstruction Cttee of the Republic of Vietnam 1945-1946, only daughter of H.E. Pierre Nguyễn Hữu Hào, Duke of Long Mỹ (Long Mỹ Quận Công), by his wife, Marie Le Thị Binh, Duchess of Long Mỹ, daughter of Philippe Le Phat Dat, sometime Mbr Colonial Council of French Indo-China. m. (second) at Paris, France, February 1972, H.I.M. Empress Thái Phương (b. at Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine, France, 1942), née Monique M. E. Baudot, styled Princess Vĩnh Thụy from February 1972, raised to the rank of Empress with the title of Thái Phương Hoàng Hậu and the style of Her Imperial Majesty 31^st July 1997, sometime Press Officer at the Embassy of Zaire in Paris. He d. at Val-de-Grâce Military Hospital, Paris, 31^st July 1997, having had issue, two sons and three daughters:

• 1) H.I.H. Crown Prince (Dong Cung Hoàng Thái tử) Bảo Long, Head of the Imperial House of Vietnam (s/o Empress Nam Phương) – see below.
• 2) H.I.H. Prince (Hoàng tử) Bảo Thắng, Head of the Imperial House of Vietnam (s/o Empress Nam Phương) - see below.
• 1) H.I.H. Princess (Công chúa) Phương Mai. b. at Đàlạt, 1^st August 1937 (d/o Empress Nam Phương), educ. Convent des Oiseaux, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Raised to the style of Her Imperial Highness, 18^th June 1945. m. at Paris, France, 5^th August 1971 (or 1959?), Signor Don Pietro Badoglio, 2^nd Duke di Addis Abeba and Marquis del Sabotino (b. at Istanbul, Turkey, 10^th July 1939; d. at Paris, France, 4^th June 1992), of Villa Rota Badoglio, Flambruzzo, Rivignano, grandson of Marshal H.E. Signor Don Pietro Giuseppe Vittorio Luigi Badoglio, 1^st Duke di Addis Abeba and Marquis del Sabotino, KCB, sometime Prime Minister of Italy and Viceroy of Ethiopia, and eldest son of Signor Don Mario Badoglio dei duchi di Addis Abeba, sometime diplomat and Capt Royal Italian Air Force, by his wife The Noble Signora Donna Giuliana Badoglio dei duchi di Addis Abeba, younger daughter of The Noble Signor Francesco Rota dei conti di San Vito al Tagliamento, 1^st Count di Flambruzzo, sometime Senator of the Kingdom of Italy, by his wife The Noble Signora Mary [May] Josephine Florence Christine Eva Rota, Countess di Flambruzzo, daughter of Colonel Morgan Dalrymple Treherne, of Aka, Hungary, and Rome, Italy, sometime West Kent Light Infantry (Militia), by his wife, Marie Agnes Christine Françoise Josepha, widow of Ladislaus, Count Waldstein-Wartenberg, of Dux, Bohemia, and third surviving daughter of H.E. Baron Franz Fiáth d’Eorményes & Karansebes. She had issue, one son and one daughter:
  • a) The Noble Signor Don Flavio Badoglio, 3^rd Duke di Addis Abeba and Marquis del Sabotino. b. at Paris, France, 20^th March 1973, educ. American Sch., Paris.
  • a) Donna Manuela Badoglio dei Duchi di Addis Abeba. b. at Dijon, France, 26^th June 1959. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 2) H.I.H. Princess (Công chúa) Phương Liên. b. at Đàlạt, 3^rd November 1938 (d/o Empress Nam Phương), educ. Convent des Oiseaux, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, and in England. Raised to the style of Her Imperial Highness, 18^th June 1945. m. at Chabrignac, Corrèze, France (Roman Catholic rite), 6^th January 1962, Bernard Maurice Soulain (b. at Caudéran, Gironde, France, 2^nd January 1934), a banker from Bordeaux, son of Alysse Albert Soulain, by his wife, Yvonne Adrienne Marguerite, née Cousin. She had issue, two daughters:
  • a) Valérie Soulain. b. 20^th July 1963.
  • b) Caroline Soulain. b. 20^th March 1966. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 3) H.I.H. Princess (Công chúa) Phương Dung. b. at An Định Palace, Huế, 5^th February 1942 (d/o Empress Nam Phương), educ. Convent des Oiseaux, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Raised to the style of Her Imperial Highness, 18^th June 1945.

• 3) H.H. Prince (Hoàng nam) Bảo Ân [Su Su]. b. at Đàlạt, 1953 (s/o Phi Ánh).
• 4) H.H. Prince (Hoàng nam) Bảo Hoàng. b. at Đàlạt, 1954 (s/o Mộng Điệp). He d. 1955.
• 5) H.H. Prince (Hoàng nam) Bảo Sơn. b. at Đàlạt, 1957 (s/o Mộng Điệp). He d. at Paris, France, August 1987.
• 4) H.H. Princess (Hoàng nữ) Phương Thảo [Claire Phuong Tao]. b. 1946 (d/o Mộng Điệp). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 5) H.H. Princess (Hoàng nữ) Phương Minh [Be Be]. b. 1949 (d/o Phi Ánh). m. 1969, Johns Trần Sy Hiệp (b. 1945).
• 6) H.H. Princess (Hoàng nữ) Phương Án. b. at Đàlạt, 1949 (d/o Jenny Wong). Settled in Hawaii, USA.
• 7) H.H. Princess (Hoàng nữ) Phương Từ. b. at Sài G̣n, 1955 (d/o Vicky).

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