Monique Vinh Thuy

Monique Vinh Thuy (born Monique Baudot, 30 April 1946 – 27 September 2021) was the widow of the last Emperor of Vietnam, Bảo Đại.

Monique Baudot
BornMonique Baudot
(1946-04-30)30 April 1946
France
Died27 September 2021(2021-09-27) (aged 75)
Paris, France
Spouse
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(m. 1972; died 1997)​
Names
Monique Vinh Thuy
DynastyNguyễn Phúc (by marriage)

Biography

In 1969, Monique Baudot, a French citizen who was then working in the press department of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's embassy in France, met Emperor Bảo Đại in Paris. The former Vietnamese monarch abdicated in 1945, a year later went to live overseas, returned to Vietnam in 1949 as Head of State of Vietnam, but was overthrown by his Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem in 1955. He lived in exile in France thereafter.

In Paris around 1971, the former emperor and Baudot started to live together. They married in 1972.

Since the death of her husband in 1997, Baudot has self-styled as Her Very Gracious Majesty Empress Thái Phương.

According to French media, she died on September 27, 2021, at the age of 75. Her funeral was held on October 14, 2021 at the Chapel Sainte-Bernadette d'Auteuil in Paris.[1][2]

References
  1. Phạm Cao Phong (2021-10-15). "Vương hậu người Pháp Monique Baudot của vua Bảo Đại qua đời". BBC News Tiếng Việt. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  2. "La dernière impératrice du Vietnam, née à Pont-à-Mousson, vient de décéder à Paris". L'Est Républicain. 2021-10-17. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
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