Minh Mạng
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![Execution of Saint Pierre Borie, 24 November 1838, in Tonkin, Vietnam. Vietnamese painting.](/Images/godic/202501/27/Matyrdom_of_Saint_Pierre_Borie_1838_Vietnam0422.jpg")
![Coin bearing the flying dragon (phi long) issued by Minh Mạng, 1833](/Images/godic/202501/27/Philong_Minh_Mang_CdM0422.jpg")
Minh Mạng (25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu) was the second emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam, reigning from 14 February 1820 until his death, on 20 January 1841. He was the fourth son of Emperor Gia Long, whose eldest son, Crown Prince Cảnh, had died in 1801. He was well known for his opposition to French involvement in Vietnam and his rigid Confucian orthodoxy.