Emperor Bao Dai, born on October 22, 1913, in the city of Huế, was the last emperor of Vietnam. Huế served as the capital of the Nguyen Dynasty's empire in Vietnam. Bao Dai ascended to the throne at the tender age of 12. Throughout his reign, which persisted until 1945, he primarily served as a symbolic emperor with limited power, as the actual political authority rested in the hands of the French colonial administration. Despite these constraints, Bao Dai was esteemed as a unifying symbol for the Vietnamese people and garnered widespread respect for his role as the nominal head of state.
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