Emperor of Annam (1913-1997) The last emperor of the Nguyen dynasty (1926-1945) in Indochina, he renounced his title and headed Vietnam under French rule (1949-1955) before being deposed and forced into exile.
Bao Dai still held great influence among local political figures in the Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên-Huế provinces and also in the city of Huế, the former imperial capital of ...
Bao Dai, the Khai-Dinh, the Emperor of Vietnam, was born in Hue on 22nd October, 1913. Educated in France, Bao Dai succeed his father as emperor on 6th November, 1925.