On Trịnh Sâm's death his favourite Đặng Thị Huệ and the general Hoàng Đình Bảo made her young son Trịnh Cán lord, passing over the elder son Trịnh Khải.
Political
Accession of Trịnh Cán
- 13 September 1782
- Southeast Asia
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