Shin Hla Myat of Pakhan

Shin Hla Myat
ရှင်လှမြတ်
Duchess of Pakhan
Tenure1429 – 1450/51
PredecessorShin Myat Hla of Pakhan
SuccessorMin Myat Htut
Duchess of Pyinzi
Tenure1426 – 1434
SuccessorSaw Pyei Chantha
Bornc. 1414
Mohnyin
Ava Kingdom
Diedin or after 1466/67
Ava Kingdom
SpouseThihapate of Mohnyin
Issue
among others...		Min Uti of Mohnyin
Thihapate II of Pakhan
Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi of Ava
HouseMohnyin
FatherMohnyin Thado
MotherShin Myat Hla of Ava
ReligionTheravada Buddhism
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Shin Hla Myat (Burmese: ရှင်လှမြတ်, pronounced [ʃɪ̀ɴ l̥a̰ mjaʔ]) was duchess of Pakhan from 1429 to 1450/51. The eldest daughter of King Mohnyin Thado may also have served as the (acting) governor of Pakhan and the surrounding ten regions after her husband Thihapate was transferred to Mohnyin in 1439.[note 1] Hla Myat was the mother of Queen Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi of Ava.

Brief

Hla Myat was the third child of Thado and Myat Hla.[1] She was born and grew up in Mohnyin, where her father was sawbwa (lord governor) of the region. In 1426, her father was successful in seizing the Ava throne. On the day of the coronation, Hla Myat was married off to Thihapate.[2][3]

She and her husband were first cousins (if not double first cousins). The couple had had two sons and six daughters.[4]

Issue Notes
Min Uti of Mohnyin Rebel sawbwa of Mohnyin (r. 1450/51)
Thihapate II of Pakhan Governor of Pakhan (r. 1450/51–1507/08)[5]
Husband of Min Mya Hnit, Shwe Einthe of Twinthin and Min Myat Htut
Saw Hla Min Chief queen consort of Ava (r. 1468–1480)
daughter Duchess of Nyaungyan; wife of Sithu Kyawhtin of Toungoo
daughter Duchess of Kanni
daughter Duchess of Thingyi
daughter Duchess of Sagu; wife of Thinkhaya of Sagu
daughter Duchess of Salin; wife of Thiri Zeya Thura of Salin

The duchess was still alive in 1466/67 when she sponsored merit-making donations to the public under five pyatthats west of Ava (Inwa).[6]

Ancestry

Shin Hla Myat was descended from a distant branch of the Pinya and Pagan royal lines from her paternal side, and from the maternal line, a two times great grandchild of King Thihathu of Pinya.

Notes

  1. ^ Hla Myat apparently remained in Pakhan. Chronicles do not mention her stay in Mohnyin or referred to her as duchess of Mohnyin. Instead, she is referred to as the lord of Pakhan (ပခန်းစား) (as opposed to duchess of Pakhan (ပခန်း မိဖုရား)) as seen in (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 282).

References

  1. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 62
  2. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 272
  3. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61
  4. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 83–84
  5. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 290, 313
  6. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 294

Bibliography

  • Kala, U (2006) [1724]. Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
  • 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 (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.