Consort: | yes |
Saw Pyei Chantha စောပြည့်ချမ်းသာ | |
Reign: | 1441 – 1472/73 |
Succession: | Duchess of Taungdwin |
Predecessor: | unknown |
Successor: | Min Myat Hla |
Suc-Type: | Successor |
Reign1: | 1459 – 1466 |
Succession1: | Duchess of Toungoo |
Predecessor1: | Princess of Yamethin |
Successor1: | unknown |
Suc-Type1: | Successor |
Spouse: | Thiri Zeya Thura of Taungdwin |
Father: | Thihathu of Ava |
Mother: | Saw Min Hla |
Birth Date: | 1419 |
Birth Place: | Ava (Inwa) Ava Kingdom |
Death Date: | 1472/73 or later |
Death Place: | Taungdwin? Ava Kingdom |
Religion: | Theravada Buddhism |
Saw Pyei Chantha (my|စောပြည့်ချမ်းသာ, in Burmese pronounced as /sɔ́ bjḛ tɕʰáɴðà/) was duchess of Taungdwin from 1441 to the 1470s, and duchess of Toungoo from 1459 to 1466. She was a daughter of King Thihathu (r. 1421–1425) and Queen Saw Min Hla of Ava, and a younger sister of King King Min Hla of Ava (r. 1425).
Princess Saw Pyei Chantha had two full siblings, older brother Min Hla, and a younger sister Shwe Pyi Shin Me,[1] and four older maternal half-siblings—Minye Kyawhtin, Min Hla Htut, Minye Aung Naing, Saw Min Phyu, from his mother's first marriage to her paternal uncle Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa.[2] Her mother was wedded to her father in 1416, a year after the death of Minye Kyawswa, by her grandfather King Minkhaung I (r. 1400–1421).[3] [4]
In 1434, the princess married Thiri Zeya Thura, a nephew of King Thado. The couple was still alive in 1472/73. A contemporary mawgun inscription says Thiri Zeya Thura and Saw Pyei Chantha of Taungdwin pledged their loyalty to King Thihathura of Ava in 1472/73.[5] [6]