Trần Hưng Đạo

Imperial Prince of Đại Việt

Trần Hưng Đạo (Vietnamese: [ʈʂʌ̀n hɯ̄ŋ ɗâwˀ]; 1228–1300), born Trần Quốc Tuấn (陳國峻), also known as Grand Prince Hưng Đạo (Hưng Đạo Đại Vương – 興道大王), was a Vietnamese royal prince, statesman and military commander of Đại Việt military forces during the Trần dynasty who repelled two out of three major Mongol invasions in the late 13th century. A son of Trần Liễu, the elder brother of Emperor Trần Thái Tông, Trần Hưng Đạo was the commander of the Vietnamese armed forces when the Yuan dynasty under Kublai Khan launched a second invasion of Vietnam in 1285. Despite a string of initial defeats and the loss of the capital Thăng Long, Trần Hưng Đạo's forces eventually drove the overextended Yuan army back to China, inflicting several major defeats upon them as they retreated.

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