Lê Ngọc Bình (黎玉玶, 1785[1] – 1810) was a Vietnamese princess, youngest daughter of Emperor Lê Hiển Tông of Lê dynasty. Her early life was unknown, when the Tây Sơn dynasty succeeded Lê dynasty as the official dynasty of Vietnam; Emperor Quang Trung ordered his Crown Prince Nguyễn Quang Toản (later Emperor Cảnh Thịnh) to marry her.

Lê Ngọc Bình
Empress consort of Tây Sơn dynasty
Tenure1791–1792
PredecessorBùi Thị Nhạn
SuccessorTống Thị Lan (of Nguyễn dynasty)
Born22 January 1785
Thăng Long, Đại Việt
DiedOctober 10, 1810(1810-10-10) (aged 25)
Huế, Vietnam
Burial
SpouseNguyễn Quang Toản, later Gia Long
Names
Lê Ngọc Bình (黎玉玶)
Posthumous name
Cung Thận Đức phi (恭慎德妃)
HouseTây Sơn dynasty, later Nguyễn dynasty
FatherLê Hiển Tông
MotherNguyễn Thị Điều

In 1801, Nguyễn Ánh's force, main rival of Tây Sơn, captured Phú Xuân and forced Cảnh Thịnh flee to Tonkin and left Lê Ngọc Bình and his wives behind. Nguyễn Ánh captured but did not threaten Bình; then Ánh married her regardless of dissuasions of his followers.

Later, Nguyễn Ánh became Emperor Gia Long and gave her the royal title Đệ Tam Cung (roughly Third Wife or Third Concubine). Bình had with emperor Gia Long four children: prince Nguyen Phuc Quan, prince Nguyen Phuc Cu, princess An Nghia Ngoc Ngon, and princess My Khue Ngoc Khue. Le Thi Ngoc Binh died in 1810 and was buried in Trúc Lâm, Thừa Thiên Huế.

Notes

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  1. ^ (in Vietnamese) Nguyễn Phúc tộc (1995). Nguyễn Phúc tộc gia phả. Huế: Thuận Hóa Publishing House.

References

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  • (in Vietnamese) Nguyễn Phúc tộc (1995). Nguyễn Phúc tộc gia phả. Huế: Thuận Hóa Publishing House.