Bầu lords
Chúa Bầu
主裒
1527–1689
Map of Vietnam circa 1650
  Lê dynasty under Trịnh's control
  Mạc as rump state
  Vũ clan (Bầu lords)
  Kingdom of Champa
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StatusSubordinates of Trịnh lords and Nguyễn lords (until 1593; de jure from 1594)
Duchy and de jure fief within Lê dynasty of Đại Việt
CapitalTuyên Quang
Common languagesVietnamese
Religion
Neo-Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Vietnamese folk religion
GovernmentFeudal hereditary autocratic dictatorship
Governor-generals/Lords 
• 1527–1557
Vũ Văn Uyên (first)
• 1669–1689
Vũ Công Tuấn (last)
History 
• Established
1527
• Disestablished
1689
CurrencyCopper-alloy and zinc cash coins
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Primitive Lê dynasty
Mạc dynasty
Revival Lê dynasty
Trịnh lords
Nguyễn lords
Today part ofVietnam Vietnam

The Bầu lords (Vietnamese: Chúa Bầu; Chữ Hán: 主裒, 1527–1689) were members of Vũ clan who ruled Tuyên Quang province throughout the Northern and Southern dynasties and Trịnh–Nguyễn War period. As the Vũ lords resided in the castle on the Bầu mountain, they were generally called Bầu lords.

In the Lê–Mạc War, Bầu lords refused to follow Mạc dynasty (who were their de jure superior during this period), instead they followed the revival Lê dynasty in the south. However, when the revival Lê dynasty captured Thăng Long in 1593, they secretly allied with Mạc dynasty and oppose the central government. Following Vũ Công Tuấn's capture and execution in 1689, Lê dynasty appointed a new governor in Tuyên Quang and dissolved the Vũ clan.

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