Thừa Thiên (empress)

Thừa Thiên Cao Hoàng Hậu 承天高皇后
Empress Thừa Thiên
Empress consort of Nguyễn Dynasty
Reign	1806 - 1814
Predecessor	none
Successor	Empress Thuận Thiên
Born	January 19, 1762 Tống Sơn district, Thanh Hóa province
Died	February 22, 1814 (aged 52) Phú Xuân, Việt Nam
Burial	Thiên Thọ Tomb
Spouse	Emperor Gia Long
Issue	Nguyễn Phúc Chiêu Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh, Crown Prince Anh Duệ
Full name Tống Thị Lan (宋氏蘭) Posthumous name Thừa Thiên Tá Thánh Hậu Đức Từ Nhân Giản Cung Tề Hiếu Dục Chính Thuận Nguyên Cao hoàng hậu 承天佐聖厚德慈仁簡恭齊孝翼正順元高皇后
House	Nguyễn Dynasty
Father	Tống Phúc Khuông
Mother	Lady Lê

Empress Thừa Thiên (Vietnamese: Thừa Thiên Cao Hoàng Hậu; 承天高皇后, 1762–1814), born Tống Thị Lan (宋氏蘭), 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 Nguyễn lords. Nguyễn Ánh married her when he was at the age of 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.

References

• Tôn Thất Bình (1997). Kể chuyện chín Chúa mười ba Vua triều Nguyễn (in Vietnamese). Da Nang: Đà Nẵng Publishing House. pp. 45–47.