Min Taya Medaw Explained

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]

Ancestry

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.

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Notes and References

  1. According to the editors of (Minye Deibba 1967: 6), the poem Min Taya Medaw egyin describing the ancestry of the princess Min Taya Medaw was composed in 915 ME (1553/54). The egyin poems were usually composed in the same year or a few years after the birth of the poems' namesake royal child.
  2. Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 103
  3. Ni Ni Myint 2004: 17
  4. (Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 141): Monday, 3rd waning of Tawthalin 972 ME = Saturday, 4 September 1610 NS
  5. Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 89