Lady Triệu

3rd-century Vietnamese warrior

Lady Triệu (Vietnamese: Bà Triệu, [ɓà ʈ͡ʂiə̂ˀw], Chữ Nôm: 婆趙, died 248 AD) or Triệu Ẩu ([ʈ͡ʂiə̂ˀw ʌ̂u], Chữ Hán: 趙嫗) was a female warrior in 3rd-century Vietnam who managed, for a time, to resist the rule of the Chinese Eastern Wu dynasty. She is also called Triệu Thị Trinh, although her actual given name is unknown. The uprising of Lady Triệu is usually depicted in modern Vietnamese National History as one of many chapters constituting a "long national independence struggle to end foreign domination." She is also known as Lệ Hải Bà Vương (chữ Hán: 麗海婆王, lit.

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