Dowager Empress Gia Từ of Lê clan (

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: 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

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commune, Hà Trung local government,

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province. By ''

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'', she was younger cousin of

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Lê Quý Ly. April 1371, prince

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was preferred as the

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, emperor

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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

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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

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. 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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. 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

was dethroned and then he was killed at the end of that

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