Le Van Khoi

Lê Văn Khôi (黎文傀^[1]; died 1834) was the adopted son of the Vietnamese general Lê Văn Duyệt. He led the 1833–1835 Lê Văn Khôi revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng, but died in 1834.

As Lê Văn Duyệt was being prosecuted and his relatives condemned, Lê Văn Khôi had been imprisoned, but managed to escape on May 10, 1833.^[2] Soon, numerous people joined his revolt, in the desire to avenge Lê Văn Duyệt and challenge the legitimacy of the Nguyễn Dynasty.^[3] Lê Văn Khôi fortified himself into the Citadel of Saigon and asked for the help of the Siamese.^[2]

Lê Văn Khôi died in December 1834 during the siege and was succeeded by his 8-year old son Lê Văn Cù.^[2] The Citadel fell in September 1835, and Lê Văn Cù was tortured and executed, together with the French missionary Joseph Marchand.

Notes

^ Việt Nam sử lược/Quyển II/Cận kim thời đại/Chương III
^ ^a ^b ^c Chapuis, p.192
^ Wook, p. 95.

References

Chapuis, Oscar (1995). A History of Vietnam: From Hong Bang to Tu Duc. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313296222.
McLeod, Mark W. (1991). The Vietnamese response to French intervention, 1862–1874. Praeger. ISBN 0-275-93652-0.
Choi Byung, Wook (2004). Southern Vietnam under the reign of Minh Mạng (1820–1841): central policies and local response. SEAP Publications. ISBN 0877271380.

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