Bùi Thị Nhạn
Bùi Thị Nhạn was a female general of Tây Sơn dynasty.
Born in Tuy Viễn District, Bình Định Province. She was a daughter of Bùi Đức Lương, and also a sister of Bùi Đắc Tuyên. She is said to have learned martial arts as a child, later, she became a famous female general of Tây Sơn dynasty. She and Bùi Thị Xuân, Trần Thị Lan, Huỳnh Thị Cúc, Nguyễn Thị Dung, were known as Five Phoenix women generals of Tay Son dynasty.
Phạm Thị Liên, the empress of Nguyễn Huệ, died in 1791. Bùi Thị Nhạn became the second wife of Huệ and crowned as the empress. Nguyễn Huệ died in the next year, Nguyễn Quang Toản ascended the throne, and granted her the title Empress dowager.
In 1801, when the capital Phú Xuân fell to Nguyễn Ánh, she followed Nguyễn Quang Toản to Thăng Long. Nguyễn Ánh's army captured Thăng Long. She fled to Xương Giang. In order to avoid being captured, she commit suicide together with Trần Thị Lan.
