Lý Thiên Bảo

Lý Thiên Bảo (548–555)

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This reign is only ephemereal. Older brother of Lý Nam Đế, Lý Thiên Bảo (b. 499 - d. 555, traditional Chinese: 李天寶, pinyin: Lǐ Tiānbǎo) tried unsuccessfully to resist the Han Imperial forces but not for a long though. In 548 A.D. Lý Nam Đế had fallen ill while resisting the Liang Dynasty forces of Chen Baxian (Trần Bá Tiên in Vietnamese) in the Laotian mountains. Lý Nam Đế decided to relinquish his imperial authority and transferred his power to his older brother Thiên Bảo and trusted lieutenant Triệu Quang Phục as co-rulers in his place with the intention of continuing the struggle against the Han. In 555, Lý Thiên Bảo fell ill and died without leaving an heir, thus making Triệu Quang Phục as sole ruler. Triệu Quang Phục, better known as the emperor Triệu Việt Vương, was able to consolidate the armed forces under Lý Thiên Bảo and Lý Nam Đế against the Han invasion.