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Bảo Đại
Bảo Đại, born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy, was the 13th and final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of Vietnam. From 1926 to 1945, he was de jure emperor of Đại Nam, which consisted of the French protectorates of Annam and Tonkin within French Indochina, covering the present-day central and northern Vietnam. Bảo Đại ascended the throne in 1932.
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politics · Last emperor of Vietnam from 1926 to 1945 (1913–1997) · statesperson · monarch · also Bảo Đại, Emperor Bảo Đại, Đại
Born 22 October 1913 · Died 30 July 1997 · Q223771
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2026· 2 entries
“Mẹ là dòng suối chảy yêu thươngLà đuốc trong đêm soi nẻo đườngLà chốn yên bình, khi mỏi mệtLà nguồn hơi thở để con nương.”
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1997· 2 entries
At the Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot church at 35 avenue Marceau, 16th arrondissement, Paris and his coffin was buried at Passy Cemetery on Trocadéro hill
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Died 1997-07-30.
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1988· 2 entries
After a period of discussion with the parish priest of Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot, Bảo Đại converted to Catholicism, taking the Christian name Jean-Robert
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Bảo Đại was baptised in France as Roman Catholic
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1982· 1 entry
On the occasion of the opening of the imperial Family Association abroad, Bảo Đại visited the United States for the first time
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1972· 3 entries
After spending all his assets, Bảo Đại lived with Monique Baudot, a French woman 30 years younger than him and they got married in 1982
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Bảo Đại appealed to the people of Vietnam for national reconciliation, saying "The time has come to put an end to the fratricidal war and to recover at last peace and accord
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Bảo Đại issued a public statement from exile, appealing to the Vietnamese people for national reconciliation, stating, "The time has come to put an end to the fratricidal war and to recover at last peace and accord"
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1963· 1 entry
Former Empress consort Nam Phương died in Chabrignac
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1957· 1 entry
While in Alsace, he met Christiane Bloch-Carcenac, with whom he had an affair until 1970
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1955· 1 entry
By Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm, who was later supported by the United States
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1950· 1 entry
Bảo Đại attended a series of conferences in Pau, France where he pressed the French for further independence
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1949· 2 entries
Also led to a further revival of the fortunes of the Việt Minh
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Career landmark: head of state (1949–1955).
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1946· 3 entries
Bảo Đại was assigned to join the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to Chongqing to visit Republic of China
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The Government Council met and decided to send a diplomatic delegation to Chongqing (Republic of China) and France
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Vĩnh Thụy was elected as a delegate to the first National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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1945· 8 entries
Vĩnh Thụy arrived in Hanoi to take his position
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When the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Allies, Trần Trọng Kim declared to protect the cabinet of the Empire of Vietnam
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Bảo Đại signed the Decree No
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(this declaration was prepared by Japan and they pressured the Nguyễn dynasty's mandarins to sign it the night before)
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Saying "We would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one
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The August Revolution succeeded and the Viet Minh forced the Imperial Vietnamese government to hand over power to them
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When the Japanese colonel in charge of the Hue garrison told Bảo Đại that he had (in line with the orders of the Allied commander) taken measures ensuring the security of the Imperial Palace and those within it against a
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Forced emperor Bảo Đại to declare Vietnamese independence from France as a member of Japan's "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere"; the country then became the Empire of Vietnam
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1944· 1 entry
Wrote to General de Gaulle, leader of the Free French:
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1940· 1 entry
The Empire of Japan took over French Indochina while their ally Nazi Germany's invasion of France
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1939· 1 entry
Won: Thailand (1939).
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1935· 1 entry
Won: Belgium (1935).
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1933· 2 entries
Won: Johor (March 1933).
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Bảo Đại issued an edict to reorganize the cabinet and take charge himself
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1932· 5 entries
Bảo Đại issued the first decree declaring his authority and affirming the absolute monarchy
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The emperor began to reform and remove some of outdated and conservative customs of the imperial court
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Won: France (September 1932).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1932).
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Although there was a proclamation of returning of the Emperor to his country posted at Meridian Gate with millions of Vietnamese people looking forward to it, he was still hesitant because it seemed that he had not yet m
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1930· 1 entry
Bảo Đại started to study at Sciences Po in Paris and lived in his private home at Rue 13 Lamballe Street
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1926· 1 entry
Career landmark: emperor (1926–1945).
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1925· 2 entries
Shortly after death of emperor Khải Định
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Emperor Khải Định died and Prince Vinh Thuy returned to Vietnam to attend the funeral
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1922· 2 entries
And his father led the delegation to France to participate in a colonial exhibition (Exposition nationale coloniale) in Marseille
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At the age of 9, he was investitured as Crown Prince of East Palace (Đông Cung Hoàng Thái Tử, 東宮皇太子)
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1913· 1 entry
Born 1913-10-22.
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1884· 1 entry
The unification of Tonkin, Annam and Cochinchina, and the abolition of all previous protectorate and unequal treaties with France
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1883· 1 entry
And split Vietnam into three areas: the protectorates of Annam and Tonkin and the colony of Cochinchina, all of which would later be parts of Federation of Indochina
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