Min Letwe of Pinle

Min Letwe (, ; d. 1386) was a Pinya prince who served as governor of Pinle from to 1386 under both Pinya and Ava monarchs. The prince was killed in action outside of Hmawbi in 1386, during the first campaign of the Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1385–1391). The Yazawin Thit and Hmannan Yazawin chronicles identify him as a paternal ancestor of King Mingyi Nyo, the founder of the Toungoo Dynasty.

Brief Min Letwe was the elder child of King Kyawswa I of Pinya and Queen Mway Medaw of Pinya. His father hailed from both Myinsaing and Pagan royal lines while his mother was of the Pagan royal line. He had one younger full sister, and at least six half-siblings.

According to the royal chronicles, Min Letwe's first fief was Sikyay before being appointed governor of Pinle, one of the three ancestral capitals of the Myinsaing–Pinya dynasty. He succeeded his uncle, Nawrahta, who fled to the rival Sagaing Kingdom during King Nawrahta Minye's short reign in 1349.

He apparently survived the fall of Pinya in 1364, and the subsequent founding of the kingdom of Ava a year later. In late 1385, Letwe went to the front in what turned out to the first campaign of the Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1385–1391). But he died in battle while leading his regiment en route to Hmawbi. His Pinle post was succeeded by Thray Thinkhaya.

According to the Yazawin Thit and Hmannan Yazawin chronicles, Min Letwe, through his son Thettawshay, was a paternal ancestor of King Mingyi Nyo, the founder of the Toungoo Dynasty. He had another son, Thinkhaya of Wadi.

Ancestry The following ancestry information is per the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle, which corrects Queen Mway Medaw's ancestry reported in the earlier Maha Yazawin.