Empress Mother Thượng Dương

Empress Mother Thượng Dương (chữ Hán: 上楊皇后, ?

– died 1073) was a regent of the Lý dynasty during the minority of her stepson in 1072–1073.

[1] Thượng Dương was the empress of Lý Thánh Tông.

[1] When emperor Lý Thánh Tông died in 1072 she and thái sư (chancellor) Lý Đạo Thành were appointed regents for 7-year-old son Lý Nhân Tông, the son born to Lý Thánh Tông by his concubine, the second queen Ỷ Lan.

Ỷ Lan arranged the death of Thượng Dương and her servants the following year and Lý Đạo Thành was temporarily banished to the provinces.