Soe Min Wimala Dewi ( my, စိုးမင်း ဝိမလ ဒေဝီ, ) was a queen consort of King Binnya Ran I of

Hanthawaddy 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 langua ...

. Soe Min was of Ava royalty, and was given to Binnya Ran in a marriage of state in 1431. Her title at Pegu was Thiri Pawara Maha Dhamma Yaza Dewi ( pi, Siripavaramahādhammarājadevī).Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 73 She was the mother of King

Leik Munhtaw Leik Munhtaw ( my, လိပ်မွတ်ထော, ; Mon: ; 1432–1454) was the 14th king of the Hanthawaddy Pegu Kingdom in Burma for seven months in 1453–54. He came to power by assassinating his first cousin King Binnya Kyan. Binnya Ky ...

of Hanthawaddy.

Ancestry

Soe Min was born to Saw Min Pu and Gov. Thinkhaya of

Pagan Paganism (from classical Latin ''pāgānus'' "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism. ...

(Bagan). She was a half cousin as well as niece of King Minkhaung I of Ava''Hmannan'' (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 82) says Thinkhaya of Pagan was the youngest paternal uncle of King Minkhaung I. But Thinkhaya could not have been a full paternal uncle since Minkhaung's father

Swa Saw Ke Mingyi Swa Saw Ke ( my, မင်းကြီး စွာစော်ကဲ, ; also spelled စွာစောကဲ, Minkyiswasawke or Swasawke; 1330–1400) was king of Ava from 1367 to 1400. He reestablished central authority in Upper Mya ...

did not have any full younger brothers. It means Thinkhaya was born to a junior wife of

Min Shin Saw of Thayet Min Shin Saw ( my, မင်းရှင်စော, ) was an early 14th-century governor of Thayet in the Pinya Kingdom. He was a son of King Kyawswa of Pagan and the father of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava, Queen Saw Omma of Pinya.Hmannan Vol. ...

. Moreover (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 74) says she was also a niece of Minkhaung I. although she was about four decades younger. Her eldest sibling

Saw Shwe Khet Minye Kyawswa Saw Shwe Khet ( my, မင်းရဲကျော်စွာ စောရွှေခက်, ) was governor of Prome (Pyay), a major vassal state of Ava, from 1417 to 1422, and from 1442 to 1446. He was the only governor or vic ...

was viceroy of Prome (Pyay).Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 82 Her younger sister

Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi , image = , caption = , reign = 30 April 1550 – 15 June 1568 , coronation = 11 January 1551 12 January 1554 , succession = Chief queen consort of Burma , predecessor ...

was the chief queen of 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 ...

.Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 74

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Bibliography

* {{cite book , author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma , author-link=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 Hanthawaddy dynasty