thumb|emperor Äá»ng khÃ¡nh emperor Äá»ng khÃ¡nh, (born: nguyá»n phÃºc Æ¯ng ká»·; 19 february 1864; died 28 january 1889) was the ninth emperor of the nguyá»n dynasty of vietnam. he reigned three years between 1885 and 1889, and was considered one of the most despised emperors of his era. Äá»ng khÃ¡nh's birthname was nguyá»n cáº£nh tÃ´ng. he was the son of prince nguyá»n phÃºc há»ng cai, but because his uncle, emperor tá»± Äá»©c, had no children, he was adopted and made the duke of kiÃªn giang. Äá»ng khÃ¡nh, however, did not succeed to the throne until four others, dá»¥c Äá»©c, hiá»p hoÃ , kiáº¿n phÃºc and hÃ m nghi were all enthroned, and removed in the year after the death of tá»± Äá»©c. Äá»ng khÃ¡nh came to the throne because of the events of 4 july 1885, when the regent, tÃ´n tháº¥t thuyáº¿t, kidnapped the young emperor hÃ m nghi from the "purple forbidden city" of huáº¿, and took him to the mountains as the figurehead of a revolutionary movement against the french. to take away the legitimacy of hÃ m nghi, the french enthroned nguyá»n cáº£nh tÃ´ng, who took the era name of "Äá»ng khÃ¡nh". madame nhu, the first lady of south vietnam from 1955â63, was a great-granddaughter of Äá»ng khÃ¡nh.http://www.4dw.net/royalark/vietnam/annam9.htmerica j. peters - appetites and aspirations in vietnam: 2011 "his dramatic embrace of western grand cuisine met with the approval of his french overlords, though whether other vietnamese saw Äá»ng khÃ¡nh as manipulating the french or as a puppet depended on their own political perspective."vietnamese royal exile in japan - page 27 "meanwhile, Äá»ng khÃ¡nh assumed the throne after hÃ m nghi vas removed from power. to some degree Äá»ng khÃ¡nh benefited from french efforts to restore some prestige to the vietnamese monarchy, the demise of which was one of the ..."christian culas, franÃ§ois robinne inter-ethnic dynamics in asia: considering the other 2009 "emperor Äá»ng khÃnh's descriptive geography (1888) another important source written in characters on the ethnic populations of northern vietnam is the emperor Äá»ng khÃ¡nh's descriptive geography (ngÃ´ duc tho, nguyÃªn vÄn .   == references ==           {{persondata | name = dong khanh | alternative names = | short description = emperor of 
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