When Mạc Kính Khoan died, his son Mạc Kính Vũ succeeded him in Cao Bằng with the era name Thuận Đức; a Trịnh attack two months later, on the pretext that he had usurped royal titles, failed.
Political
Accession of Mạc Kính Vũ
- 1638
- Southeast Asia
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