Lê Dynasty

The Lê dynasty, also known in historiography as the Later Lê dynasty (Vietnamese: Nhà Hậu Lê or Triều Hậu Lê, chữ Hán: 朝後黎, chữ Nôm: 茹後黎), was the longest-ruling Vietnamese dynasty, having ruled Đại Việt (chữ Hán: 大越) from 1428 to 1789 with an interregnum between 1527 and 1533. The Lê dynasty is divided into two historical periods: the Initial Lê dynasty (Vietnamese: triều Lê sơ or nhà Lê Sơ, chữ Hán: 朝黎初, chữ Nôm: 茹黎初; 1428–1527) before the usurpation by the Mạc dynasty, in which emperors ruled in their own right, and the Revival Lê dynasty (Vietnamese: triều Lê Trung hưng or nhà Lê Trung hưng, chữ Hán: 朝黎中興, chữ Nôm: 茹黎中興; 1533–1789), in which the emperors were figures.