When Nguyễn Phúc Khoát died, the regent Trương Phúc Loan set aside his chosen heir and enthroned the 12-year-old Nguyễn Phúc Thuần, ruling through him; the misrule that followed fed the Tây Sơn rising.
Political
Accession of Nguyễn Phúc Thuần
- 1765
- Southeast Asia
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