Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi of Ava

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Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi of Ava (Burmese: အမိတ္တ သီရိ မဟာဓမ္မဒေဝီ, pronounced [ʔəmeiʔta̰ θìɹḭ məhà dəma̰ dèwì]; Pali: Amittasirimahādhammadevī; born Saw Hla Min^[1]) was the chief queen consort of King Thihathura I of Ava from 1468 to 1480.^[2] The queen was a granddaughter of King Mohnyin Thado. King Alaungpaya, the founder of Konbaung Dynasty, was a ninth generation descendant of the queen through her daughter Bodaw Shin Medaw.^[3] She was still alive in 1485; she accompanied her son Minkhaung II to inspect the pagodas damaged by an earthquake.^[4]

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• (2012) [1798]. Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2nd ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.