Nguyễn Nhạc
| Emperor Thái Đức 泰德帝 | |||||||||
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| Emperor of Đại Việt | |||||||||
| Emperor of Tây Sơn dynasty | |||||||||
| Reign | 1778–1788 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Tây Sơn dynasty established | ||||||||
| Successor | Quang Trung | ||||||||
| King of Tây Sơn | |||||||||
| Reign | 1776–1778 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Lê Chiêu Thống of the Later Lê dynasty | ||||||||
| Successor | title changed to emperor | ||||||||
| Reign | 1788–1793 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | title changed from emperor | ||||||||
| Successor | Nguyễn Văn Bảo | ||||||||
| Born | 1743 Bình Định, Đàng Trong, Đại Việt | ||||||||
| Died | 1793 (aged 49–50) Quy Nhơn, Đại Việt | ||||||||
| Spouse | Trần Thị Huệ Ja Dok | ||||||||
| Issue | Nguyễn Văn Bảo Nguyễn Thanh Nguyễn Hân Nguyễn Dũng Nguyễn Văn Đức Nguyễn Văn Lương two daughters | ||||||||
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| House | Tây Sơn dynasty | ||||||||
| Father | Hồ Phi Phúc (or Nguyễn Phi Phúc) | ||||||||
| Mother | Nguyễn Thị Đồng | ||||||||
Nguyễn Nhạc (Vietnamese: [ŋwĩəŋ ɲâːk̚] chữ Hán: 阮岳, born 1743, died 1793) was the founder of the Tây Sơn dynasty, reigning from 1778 to 1788.
From 1778 to 1788, Nguyễn Nhạc proclaimed himself Emperor Thái Đức (Vietnamese: [tʰǎːj ɗɨ́k̚] chữ Hán: 泰德). In 1788 after his younger brother proclaimed himself Emperor Quang Trung, Nguyễn Nhạc resigned from his title as Emperor and declared himself as King of Tây Sơn. Nguyễn Nhạc and his brothers, namely Nguyễn Lữ and Nguyễn Huệ, known as the Tây Sơn Brothers, ended the centuries-long civil war between the two feudal families, the Trịnh Lords in northern Vietnam and the Nguyễn Lords in southern Vietnam, seizing reigning power from these groups and the Lê dynasty.