Dương Vân Nga

Dương Vân Nga
Empress Đại Thắng Minh
Statue of Dương Vân Nga in the Temple of Lê Đại Hành
Empress Dowager of Đinh Dynasty
Reign	979–980
Predecessor	none
Successor	none
Empress of Early Lê Dynasty
Reign	981–1000
Predecessor	none
Born	? Annam
Died	1000 Hoa Lư, Annam
Spouse	Đinh Tiên Hoàng (?–979) Lê Đại Hành (980–1000)
Issue	Đinh Phế Đế (with Đinh Tiên Hoàng) Lê Thị Phất Ngân (with Lê Đại Hành)
Full name Dương Vân Nga
House	Đinh Dynasty Early Lê Dynasty

Đinh Phế Đế
(with Đinh Tiên Hoàng)

Dương Thị Ngọc Vân (Chinese: 楊氏玉雲, ? – died 1000) courtesy name Vân Nga (雲娥) was the only empress dowager of the Đinh Dynasty and afterwards empress of Lê Đại Hành, the first emperor of the Early Lê Dynasty. When her husband Đinh Tiên Hoàng was assassinated in 979, Dương Vân Nga became the Empress Dowager of the Đinh Dynasty as her son Đinh Phế Đế succeeded the throne. During the short-lived reign of Đinh Phế Đế, Dương Vân Nga and the general Lê Hoàn jointly held the regentship for the 6-year-old emperor, later it was Dương Vân Nga and general Phạm Cự Lượng who decided to cede the Đinh Dynasty's throne for Lê Hoàn in 980 so that Đại Cồ Việt could stand the Song Dynasty's invasion with a capable ruler. Subsequently, Lê Hoàn entitled Dương Vân Nga as his empress, hence she became the first woman in the history of Vietnam to be married to two emperors.

According to some sources, Dương Vân Nga was the daughter of a subordinate of the Jieudushi Dương Đình Nghệ and came from the Ái province (now Thanh Hóa, Vietnam), others claim that Dương Vân Nga was from the same town Hoa Lư as Đinh Tiên Hoàng.