Led the ten-year uprising that ended Ming rule over Vietnam in 1427, then took the throne. Vietnam honours him as a national hero, and Hanoi's 还剑湖, the Lake of the Returned Sword, keeps the legend of his magic sword.
Le Loi led the uprising and drove the Ming army out of Vietnam.
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Vietnamese wrote in Chinese characters for centuries, so his name is the same two characters read the Vietnamese way: 黎 Lê, 利 Lợi. The Ming court recognised him in 1431 only as 权署安南国事, 'acting administrator of Annam'.
