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Shin Myo Myat

1490 – 1520

Burmese royal

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About Shin Myo Myat

Lived 1490 – 1520 (aged 29–30).

Shin Myo Myat (, ; c. 1490s – c. 1520s) was the mother of King Bayinnaung of Toungoo Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar), and the wet nurse of King Tabinshwehti. In 1516, she and her husband Mingyi Swe were hired to the household staff responsible for the royal infant Tabinshwehti. Although the Royal Chronicles proclaim her as a fifth generation descendant of King Thihathu of Pinya (r. 1310–1325) and his chief queen Mi Saw U of Pagan Dynasty, oral traditions insist that she and her husband were commoners from either Pagan (Bagan) or Toungoo (Taungoo) regions.

Despite Chronicles' posthumous proclamation of her royal descent, Myo Myat died in the 1520s as a royal servant and did not see her children enter the highest ranks of Toungoo royalty. Her eldest child Khin Hpone Soe became a principal queen of Tabinshwehti in 1530, and her second child Ye Htut (Bayinnaung) married the king's half-sister Princess Thakin Gyi in 1534. Her husband, who remarried after her death to her younger sister, became viceroy of Toungoo between 1540 and 1549. During Bayinnaung's reign, her other two sons became viceroys of Martaban (Mottama) and Prome (Pyay) with the respective styles of Minye Sithu and Thado Dhamma Yaza II in 1552, and her brother Sithu was appointed governor of Pagan (Bagan) in 1551.

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Important facts

Born
1490, Taungoo
Birth century
Died
1520, Taungoo

Family & relationships

Spouse
Mingyi Swe
Child
Bayinnaung
Child
Dhamma Dewi of Toungoo
Child
Minye Sithu of Martaban
Child
Thado Dhamma Yaza II of Prome

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Shin Myo Myat's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Shin Myo Myat?

Burmese royal (1490-1520)

When was Shin Myo Myat born?

Shin Myo Myat was born in 1490 in Taungoo.

When did Shin Myo Myat die?

Shin Myo Myat died in 1520 in Taungoo.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Shin Myo Myat

· Wikidata: Q13075018

· DBpedia: Shin Myo Myat

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