Myat Hpone Pyo

Myat Hpone Pyo (, ; also spelled မြတ်ဖုန်းဖြိုး, ) was the chief wife of Gov. Thado Minsaw of Tharrawaddy. She was the mother of King Bayin Htwe of Prome (r. 1526–1532), and paternal grandmother of kings Narapati of Prome (r. 1532–1539) and Minkhaung of Prome (r. 1539–1542).

Brief Myat Hpone Pyo (or Myat Hpone Hpyo) was the youngest child of Princess Saw Min Phyu and Saw Shwe Khet, who was governor of Prome (r. 1417–1422; 1442–1446) and Tharrawaddy (r. 1422–1427; 1446–1460). The princess was a granddaughter of the famous crown prince Minye Kyawswa of Ava, and a great granddaughter of King Minkhaung I of Ava from her mother's side, and a descendant of King Kyawswa of Pagan from both sides. She had two full siblings: Gov. Minye Kyawswa I of Kalay and Saw Myat Lay;

Though the royal chronicles do not state her place of birth, Myat Hpone Pyo was most probably born and raised in Prome where her father was governor between 1442 and 1446, and raised in Tharrawaddy, the southernmost district of Prome to which her father was reassigned, from 1446 onwards to 1460. She had six children with Thado Minsaw, and died in Tharrawaddy.

Mi Hpone-Gyi, wife of Minye Theingathu of Kandwin, son of Mingyi Swa Minye Nawrahta, Gov. of Tharrawaddy (r. 1525–1531), in revolt (1531 onwards), married to his first cousin Min Hla Myat, daughter of Mingyi Swa Mibaya Khaung Medaw, wife of Minye Theingathu of Kandwin Bodaw Hnamadaw, wife of Mingyi Khame Bayin Htwe, King of Prome (r. 1526–1532) unnamed son

Ancestry The following is the princess's ancestry according to the royal chronicles.