he was arrested by French forces who declared him insane and forced the Emperor to abdicate. In 1907, his son was installed as Emperor Duy Tân. Thành Thái was exiled first to Vũng Tàu in South Vietnam and when Duy Tân rebelled against the French they were both exiled to Réunion Island in 1916. Unlike Hàm Nghi, the lives of Thành Thái and Duy Tân were tough. They even had no money to pay for rent. In 1925, Emperor Khải Định knew his situation and sent 1,000 piastres to him. Khải Định later occasionally gave him money. He never gave up hope for the liberation of his country. In 1945, just after the death of Duy Tân, he was allowed to return home, but was kept under house arrest in Vũng Tàu. He died in Saigon on 24 March 1954 and was buried on the grounds of An Lang (Tomb of Duc Duc) in an old commune, Hương Thủy district, Thừa Thiên Huế Province, at the age of 75. Honours Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour of France – 1883 Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Cambodia – 1889 Cabinet Gallery References External link 1869 births 1969 deaths Vietnamese nationalists Vietnamese revolutionaries Nguyen dynasty emperors Dethroned monarchs 19th-century Vietnamese monarchs Vietnamese monarchs