Soe Min Wimala Dewi

Soe Min Wimala Dewi စိုးမင်း ဝိမလ ဒေဝီ
Queen consort of Pegu
Tenure	1431 – 1446
Born	Pagan (Bagan)
Died	Pegu (Bago)?
Spouse	Binnya Ran I
Issue	Leik Munhtaw
Father	Thinkhaya of Pagan
Mother	Saw Min Pu
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Soe Min Wimala Dewi (Burmese: စိုးမင်း ဝိမလ ဒေဝီ, pronounced [só mɪ́ɴ wḭməla̰ dèwì]) was a queen consort of King Binnya Ran I of Hanthawaddy. 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 (Pali: Siripavaramahādhammarājadevī).[1] She was the mother of King Leik Munhtaw of Hanthawaddy.

Ancestry

Soe Min was born to Saw Min Pu and Gov. Thinkhaya of Pagan (Bagan).[1] She was a half cousin as well as niece of King Minkhaung I of Ava[note 1] although she was about four decades younger. Her eldest sibling Saw Shwe Khet was viceroy of Prome (Pyay).[2] Her younger sister Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi was the chief queen of King Narapati I of Ava.[3]

Ancestry of Queen Soe Min Wimala Dewi
8. Kyawswa of Pagan 4. Min Shin Saw of Thayet? 9. Saw Soe of Pagan 2. Thinkhaya of Pagan 10. unnamed 5. unnamed 11. unnamed 1. Soe Min 12. Min Letwe of Sikyay 6. Thinkhaya of Wadi 13. unnamed 3. Saw Min Pu 14. Yandathu II of Lanbu 7. Saw Pale of Wadi 15. Saw Chit-Ke

Notes

1. 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 did not have any full younger brothers. It means Thinkhaya was born to a junior wife of Min Shin Saw of Thayet. Moreover (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 74) says she was also a niece of Minkhaung I.

References

1. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 73
2. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 82
3. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 74

Bibliography

• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (2003) [1832]. Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3. Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.