Shin Bo-Me

Shin Bo-Me
ရှင်ဘို့မယ်
Queen of Ava
Reign 140?–1440?
Predecessor Shin Mi-Nauk
Spouse Minkhaung I
Thihathu
Minhlange
Kale Kyetaungnyo
Mohnyin Thado
Issue
None
Father Thinkhathu
Religion Theravada Buddhism

Shin Bo-Me (Burmese: ရှင်ဘို့မယ်, pronounced [ʃɪ̀ɴ bo̯ mɛ̀]; also spelled Shin Bo-Mai) was queen to five consecutive kings of Ava. The ethnic Shan queen was considered a great beauty. She was the favorite and chief queen of Minkhaung I.[1] In 1426, she engineered the death of the next two kings Thihathu and Minhlange. She personally poisoned an 8-year-old Minhlange and put her lover Kale Kyetaungnyo on the Ava throne, and again became the chief queen. In 1427, Kyetaungnyo was overthrown by Mohnyin Thado, who subsequently made Bo-Me a junior queen.[2]

References

  1. ^ GE Harvey (1925). "Shan Migration (Ava)". History of Burma. Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.. pp. 93–96. 
  2. ^ Maung Htin Aung (1967). "Ava against Pegu; Shan against Mon". A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University Press. pp. 93–94. 
Shin Bo-Me
Royal titles
Preceded by
Shin Mi-Nauk		 Queen of Ava
140?–1440?		 Succeeded by