Ngô Thị Ngọc Dao

Ngô Thị Ngọc Dao (, 1421 - 1496) posthumous name Quang-thục Trinh-huệ Khiêm-tiết Hòa-xung Nhơn-thánh Dowager Empress (光淑禎惠謙節和沖仁聖皇太后), 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 (吳生徒) 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" (節烈風高). Lady Ngô Thị Bính has a younger brother who has no name in historical documents.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 (興國公 吳京? - ?): interior grandfather, so servant of Lê Khoáng. Dowager Đinh Thị Mại (興國夫人 丁氏賣? - ?): interior grandmother. Dowager Trần Thị Ngọc Huy (陳氏玉徽? - ?): exterior grandmother, so descendant of Trần dynasty's prince Trần Nhật Duật. Duke Ngô Từ (懿國公 吳徐, 1370–1453): older uncle and foster father, so servant of Lê Thái Tổ who was a son of Lê Khoáng. Dowager Đinh Thị Ngọc Kế (懿國太夫人 丁氏玉繼? - ?): mother. Consort Ngô Thị Ngọc Xuân (吳氏玉春? - ?): older sister, so Lê Thái Tổ's concubine. Duke Ngô Khế (清國公 吳契, 1426–1514): younger brother. Prince Lê Nguyên Long (黎元龍, 1423–1442): husband, so emperor Lê Thái Tông. Grand Princess Lê Thị Ngọc Tú (安國長公主 黎氏玉繡? - ?): daughter. Prince Lê Hạo (黎灝, 1442–1497): son, then became emperor Lê Thánh Tông.