Saw Pyei Chantha ( my, စောပြည့်ချမ်းသာ, ) was duchess of
Taungdwin
Taungdwingyi ( my, တောင်တွင်းကြီး ) is a town located in Magway Region, Myanmar.
Town scape
The town is divided into ten main quarters. They are Ohndaw Quarter 1, Ohndaw Quarter 2, Taungbyin Quarter 1, Taungbyin Qua ...
from 1441 to the 1470s, and duchess of Toungoo from 1459 to 1466. She was a daughter of King
Thihathu (r. 1421–1425) and Queen
Saw Min Hla
A saw is a tool consisting of a tough blade, wire, or chain with a hard toothed edge. It is used to cut through material, very often wood, though sometimes metal or stone. The cut is made by placing the toothed edge against the material and mov ...
of
Ava, and a younger sister of King King
Min Hla of Ava
Min Hla ( my, မင်းလှ, ; also known as Min Hla Nge, မင်းလှငယ် , ; 1417–1425) was king of Ava for three months in 1425. The eldest child of King Thihathu of Ava (r. 1421–1425) was only 8 when he was placed on the ...
(r. 1425).
Brief
Princess Saw Pyei Chantha had two full siblings, older brother Min Hla, and a younger sister Shwe Pyi Shin Me,
[(Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 56) says Min Hla had just one younger sister, Saw Pyei Chantha. But (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 270) says Min Hla had another the sister, the youngest sibling, Shwe Pyi Shin Me. (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 54) follows ''Yazawin Thit's'' account.] and four older maternal half-siblings—
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 ...
,
Min Hla Htut, Minye Aung Naing,
Saw Min Phyu
Saw Min Phyu ( my, စောမင်းဖြူ, ; 1415–?) was a princess of Ava. She was the youngest daughter of the famous Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa, and the mother of Queen Saw Myat Lay of Prome.
Brief
Saw Min Hla was the youngest dau ...
, from his mother's first marriage to her paternal uncle 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 ...
.
[Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 54] Her mother was wedded to her father in 1416, a year after the death of Minye Kyawswa, by her grandfather King
Minkhaung I (r. 1400–1421).
[Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 50][Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 263–264]
In 1434, the princess married
Thiri Zeya Thura, a nephew of King
Thado. The couple was still alive in 1472/73. A contemporary ''
mawgun
A mawgun ( my, မော်ကွန်း, ; originated from archaic my, အမူကွန်း, ) is a form of Burmese poem which is often used to record a significant event meant to last.
History Early times
In the Pagan era, donors recorde ...
'' inscription says Thiri Zeya Thura and Saw Pyei Chantha of Taungdwin pledged their loyalty to King
Thihathura of Ava
Thihathura of Ava ( my, သီဟသူရ (အင်းဝ), ; also Maha Thihathura; 1431–1480) was king of Ava from 1468 to 1480. He was the last king of Ava who was able to hold on to the increasingly fractious kingdom in its entirety. Soon ...
in 1472/73.
[Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 299][Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 101]
Ancestry
Notes
References
Bibliography
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* {{cite book , author=
Royal Historical Commission of Burma , title=
Hmannan Yazawin
''Hmannan Maha Yazawindawgyi'' ( my, မှန်နန်း မဟာ ရာဇဝင်တော်ကြီး, ; commonly, ''Hmannan Yazawin''; known in English as the '' Glass Palace Chronicle'') is the first official chronicle of Konbaung ...
, volume=1–3 , year=1832 , location=Yangon , language=Burmese , edition=2003 , publisher=
Ministry of Information, Myanmar
Ava dynasty
Burmese people of Shan descent