Min Taya Medaw

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Min Taya Medaw
မင်းတရား မယ်တော်
Queen of the Western Palace
Tenure10 October 1581 – 19 December [O.S. 9 December] 1599
PredecessorMaha Dewi
Successorvacant
Bornin or before 1553/54[note 1]
in or before 915 ME
Prome (Pyay)
Diedc. 1610s
Ava (Inwa)
SpouseNanda
Issuenone
HouseToungoo
FatherThado Dhamma Yaza II
MotherSalin Mibaya
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

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.

Notes[]

  1. ^ 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[]

  1. ^ a b Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 103
  2. ^ Ni Ni Myint 2004: 17
  3. ^ (Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 141): Monday, 3rd waning of Tawthalin 972 ME = Saturday, 4 September 1610 NS
  4. ^ Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 89

Bibliography[]

  • Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
  • (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
Toungoo Dynasty
Born: c. 1553 Died: c. 1610s
Royal titles
Preceded by Queen of the Western Palace
10 October 1581 – 19 December 1599
Vacant
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