Consort: | yes |
Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi အမိတ္တ သီရိ မဟာဓမ္မဒေဝီ | |
Reign: | 24 July 1468 – August 1480 |
Succession: | Chief queen consort of Ava |
Predecessor: | Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi |
Successor: | Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi |
Suc-Type: | Successor |
Spouse: | Thihathura of Ava |
Issue: | Minkhaung II Thado Dhamma Yaza of Salin Minye Kyawswa of Yamethin Bodaw Shin Medaw Bodaw Shin Bwa Nat Shin Hnamadaw |
House: | Mohnyin |
Father: | Thihapate of Mohnyin |
Mother: | Shin Hla Myat of Pakhan |
Birth Date: | 1430s |
Birth Place: | Pakhan |
Death Date: | ? |
Death Place: | Ava (Inwa) |
Religion: | Theravada Buddhism |
Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi of Ava (Burmese: အမိတ္တ သီရိ မဟာဓမ္မဒေဝီ, in Burmese pronounced as /ʔəmeiʔta̰ θìɹḭ məhà dəma̰ dèwì/; Pali: Amittasirimahādhammadevī; born Saw Hla Min[1]) was the chief queen consort of King Thihathura I of Ava from 1468 to 1480.[2] The queen was a granddaughter of King Mohnyin Thado. King Alaungpaya, the founder of Konbaung Dynasty, was a ninth generation descendant of the queen through her daughter Bodaw Shin Medaw.[3] She was still alive in 1485; she accompanied her son Minkhaung II to inspect the pagodas damaged by an earthquake.[4]
She and Thihathura had six issue.
Issue | Notes | |
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Minkhaung II | King of Ava (r. 1480–1501) | |
Thado Dhamma Yaza of Salin | Governor of Salin and ten districts (r. 1468–1483/04)[5] | |
Minye Kyawswa of Yamethin | Governor of Yamethin (r. 1476–1501)[6] | |
Bodaw Shin Medaw | Duchess of Myedu, wife of Nawrahta II of Myedu[7] | |
Bodaw Shin Bwa | Duchess of Sagaing[8] | |
Nat Shin Hnamadaw | Duchess of Pinya (d. 1509/10)[9] |