Dowager Empress Gia Từ of Lê clan ( Chữ Hán: 嘉慈皇太后黎氏, ? - 1381) was the

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Lady Gia Từ was born at Đại Lại village, Vĩnh Lộc district, Ái Châu, Thanh Hoa town (now Hà Đông commune, Hà Trung local government,

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province. By '' Complete annals of Đại Việt'', she was younger cousin of official Lê Quý Ly. April 1371, prince

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was preferred as the

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, emperor

Trần Nghệ Tông Trần Nghệ Tông ( vi-hantu, 陳藝宗, December 1321 – 15 December 1394), given name Trần Phủ (陳暊), was the eighth emperor of the Trần Dynasty who reigned Vietnam from 1370 to 1372. Biography As prince Nghệ Tông was born in 132 ...

recognized her as

(皇太子妃) at once. In 1372,

has abdicated in favour of his

, so Kính became new emperor. At one

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preferred his first wife hereditary title Consort Hiển Trinh (顯貞宸妃). So in 1373, she became Empress Hiển Trinh (顯貞皇后). In 1377,

was killed at the Battle of Vijjaya. Empress Hiển Trinh was very heart-broken and she became

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. After the death of emperor, retired emperor Nghệ Tông in May 1377 passed the throne to Duệ Tông's eldest

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Trần Hiện. So empress Hiển Trinh became Dowager Empress Gia Từ (嘉慈皇太后). By '' Dream memoir of Southern Man'', she opposed the accession of her

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because she felt its dangers.Dream memoir of Southern Man, the 5th story
/ref> October 1381, Dowager Empress Gia Từ died at the Western room of Chiêu Khánh pagoda. In her vaticination, 6 December 1388 Trần Hiện was dethroned and then he was killed at the end of that month.

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