Min Khin Saw
| Atula Agga Maha Dewi Min Khin Saw အတုလအဂ္ဂ မဟာဒေဝီ မင်းခင်စော | |
|---|---|
| Chief queen of Kingdom of Toungoo | |
| Reign | c. February 1597 – 11 August 1609 |
| Coronation | 21 March [O.S. 11 March] 1603 |
| Predecessor | Laygyun Mibaya |
| Successor | Vacant [note 1] |
| Chief Queen of Toungoo | |
| Reign | June 1584 – c. February 1597 |
| Predecessor | Laygyun Mibaya |
| Successor | Vacant |
| Spouse | Minye Thihathu II |
| Issue |
Natshinnaung Minye Kyawswa of Toungoo Minye Thihathu III of Toungoo Minye Kyawhtin II of Toungoo |
| House | Toungoo |
| Father | Bayinnaung |
| Mother | Sanda Dewi |
| Born |
c. 1555[note 2] Pegu (Bago) Toungoo Empire |
| Died |
after August 1612 Pinya Restored Toungoo Kingdom |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
- In this Burmese name, Min is an honorific.
Min Khin Saw (Burmese: မင်းခင်စော, pronounced: [mɪ́ɴ kʰɪ̀ɴ sɔ́]) was the chief queen consort of the break-away kingdom of Toungoo (Taungoo) from 1597 to 1609. She was also the chief queen of Toungoo from 1584 to 1597 when Toungoo was a vassal state of Toungoo Empire.[1] From 1612 onwards, the mother of Natshinnaung spent her last years as a dowager queen in Pinya (near Ava (Inwa).[2]
Brief
Min Khin Saw was the only child born from the union of Queen Sanda Dewi and King Bayinnaung. She descended from the Ava royal line from her mother's side. She married her half-cousin Minye Kyawhtin, governor of Tharrawaddy (Thayawadi), on 1 May 1571.[3]
The couple had four children:[1]
- Natshinnaung, King of Toungoo (1609–1610); Viceroy of Toungoo (1610–1612)
- Minye Kyawswa of Toungoo, Crown Prince of Toungoo (1609–1612)
- Minye Thihathu III of Toungoo, Governor of Badon (1612–?)[4]
- Minye Kyawhtin II of Toungoo, Governor of Taungdwingyi (1612–?)[4]
Min Khin Saw became a dowager queen in 1609 when her husband died. She fled Toungoo in August 1612[note 3] when the combined forces of Portuguese Syriam (Thanlyin) and Martaban (Mottama) attacked Toungoo. King Anaukpetlun gave her a two-story house in Pinya (near Ava) with a retinue of servants.[2]
Ancestry
| 8. Taungkha Min | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. Minye Thihathu I of Toungoo | ||||||||||||||||
| 9. Kayenawaddy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. Bayinnaung | ||||||||||||||||
| 10. Kywe Sit Min | ||||||||||||||||
| 5. Shin Myo Myat | ||||||||||||||||
| 11. (Unnamed) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Min Khin Saw | ||||||||||||||||
| 12. Minkhaung II of Ava | ||||||||||||||||
| 6. Narapati II of Ava | ||||||||||||||||
| 13. Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi of Ava | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. Sanda Dewi | ||||||||||||||||
| 14. Thihapate of Pakhan | ||||||||||||||||
| 7. Dhamma Dewi of Pakhan | ||||||||||||||||
| 15. (Unnamed) | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ (Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 148): Natshinnaung did not have a queen after the death of Yaza Datu Kalaya. He did not raise any of his concubines to queen. And since Natshinnaung was the last sovereign king of Toungoo, the office of Chief Queen of Toungoo ended with Min Khin Saw.
- ↑ Sanda Dewi became Bayinnaung's queen only in April 1553. Since she got married in 1570, she was likely born in the mid 1550s.
- ↑ (Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 144): Wagaung 974 ME = 28 July to 25 August 1612
References
Bibliography
- Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese) 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
| Min Khin Saw Toungoo Dynasty Born: c. 1555 Died: 1610s? | ||
| Regnal titles | ||
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| Preceded by Laygyun Mibaya |
Chief Queen of Toungoo June 1584 – 11 August 1609 |
Succeeded by (Vacant) |