Saw Pyei Chantha of Taungdwin

Saw Pyei Chantha စောပြည့်ချမ်းသာ
Duchess of Taungdwin
Tenure	1441 – 1472/73
Predecessor	unknown
Successor	Min Myat Hla
Duchess of Toungoo
Tenure	1459 – 1466
Predecessor	Princess of Yamethin
Successor	unknown
Born	c. 1419 Ava (Inwa) Ava Kingdom
Died	1472/73 or later Taungdwin? Ava Kingdom
Spouse	Thiri Zeya Thura of Taungdwin
Father	Thihathu of Ava
Mother	Saw Min Hla
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

In this Burmese name, Saw is an honorific, not a given name.

For other people named Saw Pyei Chantha, see Saw Pyei Chantha (disambiguation).

Saw Pyei Chantha (Burmese: စောပြည့်ချမ်းသာ, pronounced [sɔ́ bjḛ tɕʰáɴðà]) was duchess of Taungdwin 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 of Ava, and a younger sister of King King Min Hla of Ava (r. 1425).

Brief

Princess Saw Pyei Chantha had two full siblings, older brother Min Hla, and a younger sister Shwe Pyi Shin Me,[note 1] and four older maternal half-siblings—Minye Kyawhtin, Min Hla Htut, Minye Aung Naing, Saw Min Phyu, from his mother's first marriage to her paternal uncle Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa.[1] 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).[2][3]

In 1434, the princess married Thiri Zeya Thura, a nephew of King Thado. The couple was still alive in 1472/73. A contemporary mawgun inscription says Thiri Zeya Thura and Saw Pyei Chantha of Taungdwin pledged their loyalty to King Thihathura of Ava in 1472/73.[4][5]

Ancestry

Ancestry of Princess Saw Pyei Chantha
8. Swa Saw Ke 4. Minkhaung I 9. Saw Beza 2. Thihathu of Ava 10. Tho Ngan Bwa of Mohnyin 5. Shin Mi-Nauk of Mohnyin 11. unnamed 1. Min Hla 12. unnamed 6. Tarabya I of Pakhan 13. unnamed 3. Saw Min Hla 14. unnamed 7. unnamed 15. unnamed

Notes

1. (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.

References

1. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 54
2. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 50
3. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 263–264
4. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 299
5. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 101

Bibliography

• Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Maha Sithu (2012) [1798]. Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2nd ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.