end of World War II and was the patron of the Vietnamese Red Cross. She raised funds and called for the recognition of the independence of Vietnam. After Bảo Đại left Huế for Hanoi in September 1945, he had other mistresses. The next year, the former emperor fled into exile in China. He returned to Vietnam in 1949 at the invitation of the nationalist government and was named Chief of the State of Vietnam, but he went into exile again in 1954. In 1947, after the communist takeover of the country, the empress and her children moved to Château Thorenc, outside of Cannes, France, which had been in the family since its purchase by her maternal grandfather in the early 20th century. She separated from her husband in 1955. Two years later, when the Vietnamese government announced its confiscation of the imperial family's personal property, the bill specifically excluded any real estate owned by the empress prior to 1949. These properties included her father's villa at Da Lat, which is now Lam Dong Museum. Death Empress Nam Phương died on 16 September 1963 from a heart attack, at Domaine de La Perche, her home near the small rural village of Chabrignac, Corrèze, France. She was buried in the local cemetery. Pictures Media Nam Phương was portrayed by the actress Yến Chi in the 2004 Vietnamese miniseries "Ngọn nến Hoàng cung" ("The Imperial Palace's Candlelight"). The empress was also portrayed by the singer Hòa Minzy in her 2020 MV Không thể cùng nhau suốt kiếp. References Further reading External links 1914 births 1963 deaths Vietnamese Roman Catholics People from Tiền Giang province Nguyễn dynasty empresses 20th-century Vietnamese women