Born in 1871, the young Nguyen Phuc Ung Lich became Emperor Ham Nghi, the eighth Emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty in 1884. In 1885, he led the Can Vuong armed movement against the French. After the failed attack of Hue in the same year, he fled to Laos to continue the leadership of the movement, while the French replaced him with Emperor Dong Khanh. Ham Nghi was finally arrested by the French and exiled to Algeria in 1888, where he lived till the end of his life. Emperor Ham Nghi died in Alger in 1943 and was buried in Aquitaine, France.
The young Emperor 1884-1885
In his old age in Algeria
His altar photo at Chateau de la Nauche
His simple tomb in Aquitaine
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