Background
Trịnh Doanh was a younger son of Trịnh Cương, and belonged to the line of Trịnh Lords who ruled northern Vietnam.
Trịnh Doanh was a younger son of Trịnh Cương, and belonged to the line of Trịnh Lords who ruled northern Vietnam.
His rule was spent putting down rebellions against rule by the Trịnh. This was a time of increasing peasant revolts in both the north and the south under the Nguyễn Lords. As far as the Lê Dynasty was concerned, there was just one king, Lê Hien Tông (1740–1786), who occupied the royal throne in Hanoi.
In the north, some of the revolts were apparently led by members of the royal Lê family.