Ỷ Lan [SEP] country of citizenship
one of the most important figures during the early Lý Dynasty and one of the few women who held significant political power in the dynastic time of the History of Vietnam.
Lifes.
Lifes During Lý Thánh Tông's reign.
According to "Từ điển Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam", the birthyear of Ỷ Lan was unknown, she was born in the Thổ Lỗi (later changed to Siêu Loại) village, now Dương Xá commune, Gia Lam, Hanoi. It was said that the Emperor Lý Thánh Tông
for the emperor. About this event, the historian Ngô Sĩ Liên commented that although having a devotion for Buddhism, Ỷ Lan was too ruthless in killing the innocent empress mother, he also remarked that the chancellor Lý Đạo Thành was transferred to a position in the southern border likely because he advised against the act of Ỷ Lan and the emperor.
During her second regentship, Ỷ Lan continued to proved her ability in successfully ruling the country together with the chancellor Lý Đạo Thành and the commander-in-chief Lý Thường