Minkhaung I of Toungoo ( my, တောင်ငူ မင်းခေါင်ငယ် ) was viceroy of Toungoo from 1446 to 1451. Having accidentally inherited the Toungoo throne after his father's sudden death, Minkhaung proved an ineffectual ruler of this perpetually unruly frontier vassal state of

Ava Kingdom The Kingdom of Ava ( my, အင်းဝခေတ်, ) was the dominant kingdom that ruled upper Burma (Myanmar) from 1364 to 1555. Founded in 1365, the kingdom was the successor state to the petty kingdoms of Myinsaing, Pinya and Sagaing th ...

. He was assassinated in early 1452 by a servant of his cousin

Minye Kyawhtin Minye Kyawhtin ( my, မင်းရဲကျော်ထင်, ; also transliterated as Minyekyawdin 1651–1698) was king of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1673 to 1698. Minye Kyawhtin, governor of Pindale, was elected by the ministe ...

, who went on to seize Toungoo in his rebellion against King

Narapati I of Ava Narapati I of Ava ( my, နရပတိ (အင်းဝ), ; 7 June 1413 – 24 July 1468) was king of Ava from 1442 to 1468. In the early years of his reign, this former viceroy of Prome (Pyay) was forced to deal with raids from the Shan State ...

.Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 32–33 All royal chronicles starting with the ''

Maha Yazawin The ''Maha Yazawin'', fully the ''Maha Yazawindawgyi'' ( my, မဟာ ရာဇဝင်တော်ကြီး, ) and formerly romanized as the ,. is the first national chronicle of Burma/Myanmar. Completed in 1724 by U Kala, a historian at ...

'' chronicle, identify Minkhaung I of Toungoo as an ancestor (paternal great-great grandfather) 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 ...

Toungoo Dynasty , conventional_long_name = Toungoo dynasty , common_name = Taungoo dynasty , era = , status = Empire , event_start = Independence from Ava , year_start ...

.Thaw Kaung 2010: 118–119 He may also be the historical basis for the

Taungoo Mingaung Taungoo Mingaung ( my, တောင်ငူ မင်းခေါင် ) is one of the Thirty Seven '' nats'' in the official pantheon of Burmese ''nats''. He is portrayed sitting crosslegged on a simple couch wearing royal garments, holding a fa ...

nat Nat or NAT may refer to: Computing * Network address translation (NAT), in computer networking Organizations * National Actors Theatre, New York City, U.S. * National AIDS trust, a British charity * National Archives of Thailand * National As ...

'' of the Thirty Seven Nats, the official pantheon of traditional Burmese spirits. Note that at least one writer, Hla Thamein, has identified

Minkhaung II of Toungoo Minkhaung II of Toungoo ( my, တောင်ငူ မင်းခေါင်, ; 1520s–1584) was viceroy of Toungoo (Taungoo) from 1549 to 1551 and from 1552 to 1584 during the reigns of kings Tabinshwehti, Bayinnaung and Nanda of Toungoo D ...

, a great-great grandson of Minkhaung I, as the basis for the spirit.Hla Thamein, Nat No. 35: Shin Mingaung of Taungoo However, unlike Minkhaung I who died from a violent murder—he was repeatedly hacked to death by sword—Minkhaung II died of natural causes. Since death from violent murders is a leitmotif of the Thirty Seven Nats, the spirit is likely based on Minkhaung I instead.

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