Dhamma Dewi ( my, ဓမ္မဒေဝီ, ; pi, Dhammadevī) was one of three principal queens of King
Tabinshwehti
Tabinshwehti ( my, တပင်ရွှေထီး, ; 16 April 1516 – 30 April 1550) was king of Burma (Myanmar) from 1530 to 1550, and the founder of the First Toungoo Empire. His military campaigns (1534–1549) created the largest kin ...
of
Toungoo Dynasty
, conventional_long_name = Toungoo dynasty
, common_name = Taungoo dynasty
, era =
, status = Empire
, event_start = Independence from Ava
, year_start ...
and the elder sister of King
Bayinnaung
, image = File:Bayinnaung.JPG
, caption = Statue of Bayinnaung in front of the National Museum of Myanmar
, reign = 30 April 1550 – 10 October 1581
, coronation = 11 January 1551 at Toung ...
. She was born Khin Hpone Soe (, ), a commoner daughter of royal servants of Prince Tabinshwehti. In November 1530, the prince ascended to the throne as king, and raised her as one of his two principal queens.
[Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 127] The queen, who was at least a year older than the king, is said to have been the king's favorite until 1545 when the king raised
Khay Ma Naw as his co-chief queen.
[Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 209–210]
She lived out her life in
Toungoo
Taungoo (, ''Tauñngu myoú''; ; also spelled Toungoo) is a district-level city in the Bago Region of Myanmar, 220 km from Yangon, towards the north-eastern end of the division, with mountain ranges to the east and west. The main industr ...
(Taungoo), and was still alive in 1577. She attended the umbrella raising ceremony of the Maha Wizaya Pagoda by Bayinnaung in
Pegu
Bago (formerly spelt Pegu; , ), formerly known as Hanthawaddy, is a city and the capital of the Bago Region in Myanmar. It is located north-east of Yangon.
Etymology
The Burmese name Bago (ပဲခူး) is likely derived from the Mon lang ...
(Bago), which took place on 27 April 1577. Her brother then honored her in a separate ceremony.
[Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 61]
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Chief queens consort of Toungoo dynasty
16th-century Burmese women