Saw Myat Lay
Chief Queen Consort of Prome
About Saw Myat Lay
Saw Myat Lay (, ) was the chief queen consort of King Thado Minsaw of Prome. Prior, she had been the chief wife of Viceroy Mingyi Swa of Prome since 1450s.
Brief Saw Myat Lay was the second 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). Likely born in the late 1430s, 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 Myat Hpone Pyo; and in Tharrawaddy, the southernmost district of Prome to which her father was reassigned, from 1446 onwards until her marriage. It was the last mention of Myat Lay in the chronicles. Thado Minsaw lived until 1526 Thado Minsaw of Prome King of Prome none Ancestry The following is the queen's ancestry according to the royal chronicles.
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Who was Saw Myat Lay?
chief Queen Consort of Prome
When was Saw Myat Lay born?
Saw Myat Lay was born in Pyay.
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