Khame Mi
Chief queen consort of Ava
About Khame Mi
Lived 1330 – 1390 (aged 59–60).
Khame Mi (, ) was the first chief queen consort of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava in upper Burma in what is now the country of Myanmar. and that she herself was married to Swa Saw Ke, brother of Saw Pale, she was certainly of royal descent. She had at least one other brother, Maha Pyauk. Furthermore, she most probably married Swa sometime between 1343 and 1351 during his stint as governor of Yamethin in the Pinya Kingdom before his defection to Sagaing 1351.
In 1367, King Thado Minbya of Ava died, leaving no heirs. The court first offered the throne to Thilawa, but her brother declined, instead recommending Swa for the job. Swa accepted the offer, and Khame Mi became the chief queen with the title of Queen of the Southern Palace. According to the standard chronicles Maha Yazawin and Hmannan Yazawin, she finally bore Swa a child, who later became King Tarabya. However, the Yazawin Thit chronicle, citing a contemporary inscription, says Shin Saw Gyi was the mother of Tarabya but the compilers of Hmannan rejected it nonetheless.
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Who was Khame Mi?
chief queen consort of Ava
When was Khame Mi born?
Khame Mi was born in 1330.
When did Khame Mi die?
Khame Mi died in 1390 in Inwa.
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