Thừa Thiên (empress) explained

Consort:yes
Thừa Thiên Cao Hoàng Hậu
承天高皇后
Empress Thừa Thiên
Birth Date:January 19, 1762
Birth Place:Tống Sơn district, Thanh Hóa province
Death Place:Phú Xuân, Việt Nam
Father:Tống Phúc Khuông
Mother:Lady Lê
Spouse:Emperor Gia Long
Issue:Nguyễn Phúc Chiêu
Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh, Crown Prince Anh Duệ
Place Of Burial:Thiên Thọ Tomb
Full Name:Tống Phúc Thị Lan (宋福氏蘭)
Succession:Empress consort of the Nguyễn dynasty
Reign:1806 – 1814
Predecessor:none
Successor:Empress Thuận Thiên
House:Nguyễn Phúc (by marriage)
Posthumous Name:Thừa Thiên Tá Thánh Hậu Đức Từ Nhân Giản Cung Tề Hiếu Dục Chính Thuận Nguyên Cao hoàng hậu
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Empress Thừa Thiên (Vietnamese: Thừa Thiên Cao Hoàng Hậu; Vietnamese: {{linktext|承天|高皇|后, 1762–1814), born Tống Phúc Thị Lan, was the first wife of Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (future Emperor Gia Long) and mother of Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh.

She was a daughter of general Tống Phước Khuông of the Nguyễn lords. Nguyễn Ánh married her when he was 18. Empress Thừa Thiên had two sons with Gia Long: Nguyen Phuc Chieu (who died after several days) and Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh. After her death, she was buried at Gia Long's Thiên Thọ tomb, alongside the Emperor.

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