Consort: | yes |
Min Taya Medaw Burmese: မင်းတရား မယ်တော် | |
Reign: | 10 October 1581 – |
Succession: | Queen of the Western Palace |
Predecessor: | Maha Dewi |
Successor: | vacant |
Suc-Type: | Successor |
Spouse: | Nanda |
Issue: | none |
House: | Toungoo |
Father: | Thado Dhamma Yaza II |
Mother: | Salin Mibaya |
Birth Date: | in or before 1553/54[1] in or before 915 ME |
Birth Place: | Prome (Pyay) |
Death Date: | c. 1610s |
Death Place: | Ava (Inwa) |
Religion: | Theravada Buddhism |
Min Taya Medaw (Burmese: မင်းတရား မယ်တော်, in Burmese pronounced as /mɪ́ɴ təjá mɛ̀dɔ̀/) was a principal queen of King Nanda of Toungoo Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1581 to 1599. Nanda was her first cousin.[2] The queen was described in a well-known eigyin-style poem/song by the famous poet Nawaday, who served at the Prome court.[3] She and the king had no children.[2]
After Nanda lost power in 1599, she spent ten years in Toungoo in exile until 1610. On, King Anaukpetlun, who had just defeated Natshinnaung, the self-proclaimed king of Toungoo, ordered that the queen, Min Htwe, and Natshin Medaw be sent to Ava (Inwa) with the full royal regalia befitting their former status.[4]
From her mother's side, she was descended from Ava and Prome royal lines.[5] She was the younger daughter of Thado Dhamma Yaza II, Viceroy of Prome, and a niece of King Bayinnaung.