Consort: | yes |
May Hnin Thwe-Da | |
Reign: | 30 January 1287 – 14 January 1307 |
Coronation: | 5 April 1287 |
Succession: | Chief Queen Consort of Martaban |
Predecessor: | new office |
Successor: | unknown |
Suc-Type: | Successor |
Spouse: | Wareru |
Issue: | May Hnin Theindya |
House: | Phra Ruang Dynasty |
Father: | Ram Khamhaeng |
Mother: | unknown |
Birth Date: | 1250s |
Birth Place: | Sukhothai |
Death Place: | Martaban (Mottama) |
Religion: | Theravada Buddhism |
May Hnin Thwe-Da (မေဏင်သောဲဍာ; Burmese: မေနှင်းသွယ်တာ, in Burmese pronounced as /mè n̥ɪ́ɴ θwɛ̀dà/; also spelled "မည်နှင်းသွယ်ဒါ", "Mi Hnin Thwe-Da";,, "Lady Soidao") was the chief queen consort of King Wareru of Martaban. The queen was a daughter of King Ram Khamhaeng of Sukhothai. Circa 1281/82, while her father the king was away on a campaign, Princess Thwe-Da eloped with Wareru, a captain of the royal palace guards.[1] The couple fled to Wareru's native Tagaw Wun village (present-day Bilin Township, Mon State in Myanmar), then part of the neighboring Bagan Kingdom.[2]
Her husband later seized the local governorship of Martaban (Mottama).[3] Thwe-Da became the chief queen consort of Martaban in 1287 when her husband officially revolted against Bagan with her father's support.[4] The rebellion was successful, and her husband went on to consolidate all three Mon-speaking regions of Lower Burma in the 1290s.[5]
Thwe-Da and Wareru had at least one daughter, May Hnin Theindya, who later became a wife of Tarabya of Pegu.[6]