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King Tran Thanh Tong


The eldest prince was not throned, as he was, in fact, the son of general Tran Lieu. Instead, King Tran Thai Tong became the King Father and the Crown Prince, Tran Hoang, became the second King of the Tran Dynasty.

At the time, in China, the Mongol-Yuan Empire had conquered the Chinese, and wanted to invade Vietnam. Seeing that, Prime Minister Tran Thu Do and King Tran handed the training and control of the army to General Tran Quoc Tuan, the eldest son of Tran Lieu.


( Phổ Minh Pagoda, Tức Mạc, TP Nam Định, home of King Tran)

In 1258, the Mongol-Yuan invaders entered Thang Long capital but were soon forced to withdraw. After that, King Tran Thanh Tong ruled the nation for 20 years.

During the reign of King Tran Thanh Tong, The Book of Viet’s History was published by historian Le Van Huu.

Also during this time, the army was reorreorganized in preparation for fighting every enemy from the North.

On 1 January 1279, Tran Kham, the eldest son of Tran Thanh Tong, became King Tran Nhan Tong and Tran Thanh Tong became the King Father

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