Ngô Thị Ngọc Dao
Ngô Thị Ngọc Dao posthumous name Quang-thục Trinh-huệ Khiêm-tiết Hòa-xung Nhơn-thánh Dowager Empress, was a queen consort of Later Lê dynasty and mother of the Vietnamese emperor Lê Thánh Tông.
Biography
Consort Ngô Thị Bính was born in 1421 at Đồng Phang village, An Định district, Thanh Hoa prefect. She was a daughter of a countryside teacher and his first wife Đinh Thị Ngọc Kế. Her mother was born at Phúc Lộc village, Thụy Nguyên district, Thanh Hoa prefecture; she had been suicidal and the court gifted four gold scripts "Tiết-liệt phong-cao". Lady Ngô Thị Bính has a younger brother who has no name in historical documents.She met Lê Thái Tông on 16 July 1434 at Đồng Phang pagoda when he was incognito. She entered Lê dynasty's palace about 1435 and born prince Lê Hạo on 20 July 1442 at Dục Khánh pagoda.
Family
- Duke Ngô Kinh : interior grandfather, so servant of Lê Khoáng.
- Dowager Đinh Thị Mại : interior grandmother.
- Dowager Trần Thị Ngọc Huy : exterior grandmother, so descendant of Trần dynasty's prince Trần Nhật Duật.
- Duke Ngô Từ : older uncle and foster father, so servant of Lê Thái Tổ who was a son of Lê Khoáng.
- Dowager Đinh Thị Ngọc Kế : mother.
- Consort Ngô Thị Ngọc Xuân : older sister, so Lê Thái Tổ's concubine.
- Duke Ngô Khế : younger brother.
- Prince Lê Nguyên Long : husband, so emperor Lê Thái Tông.
- Grand Princess Lê Thị Ngọc Tú : daughter.
- Prince Lê Hạo : son, then became emperor Lê Thánh Tông.