Vaungsuchao

Deposed Queen Vaungsuchao (?-715), was the first wife of King Chinu of Mie.

Vaungsuchao was from a famous and powerful family, which was a relative family of the Lithang dynasty. During King Reshimin's reign, she was introduced to the king by her grandaunt Thong Princess (also Reshimin's aunt, Reyuan's sister) because of beauty, so she was married to Chinu, Prince of Gin. In 703, Chinu was conferred the crown prince, making Vaungsuchao the crown princess, and her father Thenyou was appointed to become Governor of Chen State.

In 709, she was crowned Queen consort of Mie with her husband's ascension, however, she was not favored by the king, while the king loved one of his concubines, Shuphi Shew, who was the highest-ranking royal concubine in the harem. To confront Shuphi Shew, the queen called Uzatyen back to the palace, who was a concubine of Reshimin and became a nun upon Reshimin's death. Uzatyen soon replaced Shuphi Shew to be the favorite woman of Chinu, which frightened the queen. Vaungsuchao tried to ally Shuphi Shew to defeat Uzatyen, but failed. In 715, she and Shuphi Shew were framed by Uzatyen and deposed to the commoner rank. Vaungsuchao and Shuphi Shew were jailed and tortured to death by Uzatyen just after a few days.