Trần Dụ Tông

Trần Dụ Tông (Trần Hạo, 1336–1369) was the seventh Trần emperor of Đại Việt, reigning from 1341 to 1369. A son of Trần Minh Tông, he was only five when chosen after his brother Hiến Tông died without an heir, and his father ruled as retired emperor until 1357.

Once he governed himself, Dụ Tông was keen on affairs of state but fonder of pleasure: he built palaces, gambled and kept exotic birds and beasts.

He died without a son in 1369, and his will named as successor Trần Nhật Lễ, adopted son of his late brother Prince Cung Túc. When Nhật Lễ tried to take the surname Dương, he was overthrown by Minh Tông’s third son, Trần Phủ.