Min Mya Hnit

Min Mya Hnit
မင်းမြနှစ်
Duchess of Twinthin
Reignc. 1440 – 1440s?
Predecessor?
SuccessorShwe Einthe
Bornc. mid-to-late 1420s[note 1]
Ava (Inwa)
Died1440s
?
SpouseThinkhaya of Twinthin
HouseMohnyin
FatherMinye Kyawswa I of Ava
MotherMin Hla Nyet of Ava
ReligionTheravada Buddhism
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In this Burmese name, Min is an honorific, not a given name.

Min Mya Hnit (Burmese: မင်းမြနှစ်, pronounced [mɪ́ɰ̃ mja̰ n̥ɪʔ]) was the only child of King Minye Kyawswa I and Queen Min Hla Nyet of Ava.[1] She married her first cousin Thinkhaya of Twinthin during her father's reign (1439–c. 1442), and died during the early reign of her uncle King Narapati I of Ava (r. 1442–1468).[2] Her husband later became known as Gov. Thihapate II of Pakhan.[3]

Ancestry

The following is her ancestry as given in the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle. Her parents were double cousins.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 272) and (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61): Her parents were married in May 1426.

References

  1. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 80
  2. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 70
  3. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 70, 80, 83
  4. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61

Bibliography

  • Maha Sithu (2012) [1798]. Myint Swe; Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
  • Royal Historical Commission of Burma (2003) [1832]. Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3. Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.