Myat Hpone Pyo ( my, မြတ်ဘုန်းပြို,Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 84 ; also spelled မြတ်ဖုန်းဖြိုး,Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 328 ) was the chief wife of Gov. Thado Minsaw of Tharrawaddy. She was the mother of King

Bayin Htwe Bayin Htwe ( my, ဘုရင်ထွေး, ; 1470s–1533) was king of Prome (Pyay) from 1527 to 1532. His small kingdom, founded by his father Thado Minsaw in 1482, was conquered by the Confederation of Shan States in 1532, and he was taken ...

of Prome (r. 1526–1532), and paternal grandmother of kings Narapati of Prome (r. 1532–1539) and

Minkhaung of Prome Minkhaung of Prome ( my, ပြည် မင်းခေါင် ; died 1553) was the last king of Prome, who reigned three tumultuous years from 1539 to 1542.Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 215 He succeeded his brother Narapati in 1539. Minkhaung franti ...

(r. 1539–1542).

Brief

Myat Hpone Pyo (or Myat Hpone Hpyo) was the youngest child of Princess Saw Min Phyu and Saw Shwe Khet,Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 83–84 who was governor of

Prome Pyay (, ; mnw, ပြန် , ; also known as Prome and Pyè) is principal town of Pyay Township in the Bago Region in Myanmar. Pyay is located on the bank of the Irrawaddy River, north-west of Yangon. It is an important trade center for the Aye ...

(r. 1417–1422; 1442–1446) and Tharrawaddy (r. 1422–1427; 1446–1460). The princess was a granddaughter of the famous crown prince

Minye Kyawswa Minye Kyawswa ( my, မင်းရဲကျော်စွာ, ; also Minyekyawswa and Minrekyawswa; January 1391 – 13 March 1415) was crown prince of Ava from 1406 to 1415, and commander-in-chief of Ava's military from 1410 to 1415. H ...

of Ava, and a great granddaughter of King Minkhaung I of Ava from her mother's side, and a descendant of King

Kyawswa of Pagan Kyawswa ( my, ကျော်စွာ, ; 2 August 1260 – 10 May 1299) was king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1289 to 1297. Son of the last sovereign king of Pagan Narathihapate, Kyawswa was one of many "kings" that emerged afte ...

from both sides. She had two full siblings: Gov.

Minye Kyawswa I of Kalay Minye ( grc, Μινύη) was a town in ancient Thessaly. It is mentioned in an inscription dated to the 2nd century BCE from Pelasgiotis Pelasgiotis ( grc, Πελασγιῶτις, Pelasgiōtis) was an elongated district of ancient Thessaly, e ...

and Saw Myat Lay; and three half-siblings.Per (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 84, 90), Shwe Khet had two children by his first wife Saw Myo Ke; and per (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 53), he had a daughter with Min Hla Htut. Though the royal chronicles do not state her place of birth, Myat Hpone Pyo was most probably born and raised in Prome where her father was governor between 1442 and 1446,Hmannan Vol. 2 3003: 84, 86 and raised in Tharrawaddy, the southernmost district of Prome to which her father was reassigned, from 1446 onwards to 1460.Hmannan Vol. 2 3003: 88 The princess remained in Tharrawaddy as she was married off to the incoming governor,

Thado Minsaw Thado Minsaw ( my, သတိုးမင်းစော ; 15 June 1762 – 9 April 1808), also known as Shwedaung Min (), was heir-apparent of Burma from 1783 to 1808, during the reign of his father King Bodawpaya of Konbaung dynasty. As Pri ...

, the youngest son of then King Narapati I of Ava.Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 84 She had six children with Thado Minsaw, and died in Tharrawaddy.

Family

Myat Hpone Pyo and Thado Minsaw had three sons and three daughters, according to the chronicle ''

Yazawin Thit ''Maha Yazawin Thit'' ( my, မဟာ ရာဇဝင် သစ်, ; ; also known as ''Myanmar Yazawin Thit'' or ''Yazawin Thit'') is a national chronicle of Burma (Myanmar). Completed in 1798, the chronicle was the first attempt by the Konbau ...

''.Based on the name Bodaw Hnamadaw ("Younger Sister of Royal Great Grandfather"), the ''Yazawin Thit's'' list appears to have been sourced from a list made by a great grandchild of Gov. Minye Nawrahta of Tharrawaddy. # Mi Hpone-Gyi, wife of Minye Theingathu of Kandwin, son of Mingyi Swa # Minye Nawrahta, Gov. of Tharrawaddy (r. 1525–1531), in revolt (1531 onwards), married to his first cousin Min Hla Myat, daughter of Mingyi Swa # Mibaya Khaung Medaw, wife of Minye Theingathu of Kandwin # Bodaw Hnamadaw, wife of Mingyi Khame #

, King of Prome (r. 1526–1532) # unnamed son

Ancestry

The following is the princess's ancestry according to the royal chronicles.

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