Nguyễn Thị Anh

Nguyễn Thị Anh
Born1422
Bố Vệ commune, Đông Sơn district, Thiệu Thiên prefect, Thanh Hoa town, Vietnam
Died4 October 1459
Đông Kinh, Vietnam
SpouseLê Thái Tông
IssueLê Nhân Tông

Nguyễn Thị Anh (chữ Hán: 阮氏英, 1422 – 1459) was a concubine, and later empress dowager of Lê dynasty as the mother of the emperor Le Nhan Tong. She was official regent of Đại Việt about 1442 - 1453 during her son's minority, and effective head of state from 1451 until she allowed a servant to kill her in 1459 to avoid being captured or killed in a coup.

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