Po Phaok The | |||||||||
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Ruler of Champa | |||||||||
Ruler of Champa | |||||||||
Reign | 1828–1832 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Po Klan Thu | ||||||||
Successor | none | ||||||||
Deputy ruler | Po Dhar Kaok | ||||||||
Deputy ruler of Champa | |||||||||
Reign | 1822–1829 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Po Klan Thu | ||||||||
Successor | Po Dhar Kaok | ||||||||
Ruler | Po Klan Thu | ||||||||
Born | ? Băl Canar, Panduranga, Champa (in present-day Phan Rí Cửa, Tuy Phong District, Bình Thuận Province, Vietnam) | ||||||||
Died | 1835 Huế, Vietnam | ||||||||
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Father | Po Saong Nyung Ceng |
Po Phaok The (?–1835), also known as Po Phaok[1] or Cei Phaok The, was the last ruler of Champa from 1828 to 1832. His Vietnamese name was Nguyễn Văn Thừa (阮文承). He lived at a time when the Vietnamese monarch strove to centralize the country, which led to the demise of Champa (in Vietnamese, the Principality of Thuận Thành) as a vassal polity. The ruler himself was deposed and ended his life a victim of the suspicions of Emperor Minh Mạng.