Min Taya Medaw
in or before 915 ME
Prome (Pyay)
Ava (Inwa)
Min Taya Medaw (Burmese: မင်းတရား မယ်တော်, pronounced [mɪ́ɴ təjá mɛ̀dɔ̀]) was a principal queen of King Nanda of Toungoo Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1581 to 1599. Nanda was her first cousin.[1] The queen was described in a well-known eigyin-style poem/song by the famous poet Nawaday, who served at the Prome court.[2] She and the king had no children.[1]
After Nanda lost power in 1599, she spent ten years in Toungoo in exile until 1610. On 4 September [O.S. 25 August] 1610, King Anaukpetlun, who had just defeated Natshinnaung, the self-proclaimed king of Toungoo, ordered that the queen, Min Htwe, and Natshin Medaw be sent to Ava (Inwa) with the full royal regalia befitting their former status.[3]
Ancestry
From her mother's side, she was descended from Ava and Prome royal lines.[4] She was the younger daughter of Thado Dhamma Yaza II, Viceroy of Prome, and a niece of King Bayinnaung.
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Notes
- ^ According to the editors of (Minye Deibba 1967: 6), the poem Min Taya Medaw egyin describing the ancestry of the princess Min Taya Medaw was composed in 915 ME (1553/54). The egyin poems were usually composed in the same year or a few years after the birth of the poems' namesake royal child.
References
Bibliography
- Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
- Ni Ni Myint (2004). Selected Writings of Ni Ni Myint. Yangon: Myanmar Historical Commission.
- Than Kho, Shin (1615). Minye Deibba Egyin (in Burmese) (1967 ed.). Yangon: Hanthawaddy Press.
Min Taya Medaw Born: c. 1553 Died: c. 1610s | ||
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Preceded by | Queen of the Western Palace 10 October 1581 – 19 December 1599 | Vacant |
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- Soe Min Hteik-Tin
- Dhamma Dewi and Khay Ma Naw
- Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi
- Sanda Dewi I
- Hanthawaddy Mibaya1 and Min Phyu I2
- Thiri Maha Dhamma Yaza Dipadi Dewi
- Atula Sanda Dewi I
- Khin Hnin Paw
- Khin Myo Sit
- Atula Sanda Dewi II
- Min Phyu II
- Atula Thiri Maha Dewi
- Maha Dewi II
- Thiri Maha Mingala Dewi
- Maha Nanda Dipadi Dewi
- Thiri Maha Sanda Dewi
- Khin Myat
- Sanda Dewi I
- Thiri Yaza Dewi
- Sanda Dewi II
- Thiri Dewi
- Thiri Sanda Dewi
- Maha Yaza Dipadi Dewi
- Thiri Dhamma Dewi
- Yadana Dewi
- Yaza Dewi I
- Min Htwe
- Yaza Dewi II
- Nanda Dewi
- Maha Dipadi Dewi
- Maha Dewi I
- Min Taya Medaw