Mạc Kính Chỉ

Mạc Kính Chỉ
莫敬止
Emperor of Đại Việt
Emperor of Mạc Dynasty
Reign1592–1593
PredecessorMạc Mậu Hợp
SuccessorMạc Kính Cung
Born?
Died1593
Names
Mạc Kính Chỉ (莫敬止)
Era dates
Bảo Định (寶定, 1592 – 1593)
Khang Hựu (康佑, 1593 – 1593)
HouseMạc dynasty
FatherMạc Kính Điển

Mạc Kính Chỉ (莫敬止, ?–1593) was the seventh emperor of the Mạc dynasty. He reigned briefly from 1592–1593.

He was the eldest son of Mạc Kính Điển. The emperor Mạc Mậu Hợp was captured by Trịnh lord in 1592, so he enthroned in Thanh Lâm. He led sixteen to seventeen thousand men, later, Mạc Toàn abdicated and surrendered to him.[1]

In the next year, Chỉ was captured by two generals of Trịnh lord, Hoàng Đình Ái and Nguyễn Hữu Liêu, and executed in Thang Long.[2]

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Preceded by Emperor of Vietnam
1592–1593
Succeeded by