Trịnh Cán
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|name =Trịnh Cán
鄭檊
|title =Trịnh lords
Lord of Tonkin
|image =Đặng_Thị_Huệ_và_Trịnh_Cán.png
|father =Trịnh Sâm
|mother =Đặng Thị Huệ
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|birth_date = 1777
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|death_date = 17 December 1782 (aged 4-5)
|death_place = Đông Kinh, North Vietnam
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|regnal name = Điện Đô vương (奠都王)
|full name = Trịnh Cán (鄭檊)
|succession =Trịnh Lords
|reign = October–November 1782
|predecessor =Trịnh Sâm
|successor =Trịnh Khải
|house =Trịnh Lords
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Điện Đô Vương Trịnh Cán ({{lang-vi-hantu|{{linktext|鄭|檊}}}}, 1777 – 17 December 1782) was a child heir of northern Vietnam's Trịnh lords and the ninth Trịnh lord. His mother was Đặng Thị Huệ who undertook a war to retain his place as lord, but her armies were defeated by warlord Trịnh Khải. He was born and died in Thang Long (now Hanoi).Khiêu Vũ Danh nhân Hà Nội -2004 - Page 505 "Huệ Sinh được một trai là Trịnh Cán. Năm mà Bùi Huy Bích về kinh đô làm Bôi tụng (1782),"
History
Trịnh Cán was born in 1777; he was sickly at birth. He became prince in 1780 after his brother Trịnh Khải abdicated. In September 1782, Trịnh Sâm died. Đặng Thị Huệ and Count Hoàng Đình Bảo helped Trịnh Cán succeed the rank of lord with the title Điện Đô vương when he was just 4 or 5 years old. Queen Đặng Thị Huệ officially controlled the royal court to help her son and Count Hoàng Đình Bảo rule, which enraged the army and civilians.
In October 1782, Dự Vũ, assistant of the coup leader Trịnh Khải, killed Hoàng Đình Bảo. He then forced Trịnh Cán to abdicate. Trịnh Cán was forced to live in exile and died one month later.
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Category:Monarchs who died as children
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