Consort: | yes |
Shin Bo-Me ရှင်ဘို့မယ် | |
Reign: | late May 1426 – April 1439 |
Succession: | Queen of the Northern Palace of Ava |
Predecessor: | Shin Sawbu |
Successor: | Tanzaung Mibaya |
Suc-Type: | Successor |
Reign1: | by 9 November 1425 – 16 May 1426 |
Succession1: | Chief queen consort of Ava |
Predecessor1: | Saw Min Hla |
Successor1: | Shin Myat Hla |
Suc-Type1: | Successor |
Reign2: | October 1421 – August 1425 |
Succession2: | Queen of the Northern Palace of Ava |
Predecessor2: | Saw Khway |
Successor2: | Shin Sawbu |
Suc-Type2: | Successor |
Reign3: | August 1408 – October 1421 |
Succession3: | Queen of the Western Palace of Ava |
Predecessor3: | Shin Mi-Nauk |
Successor3: | Taungdwin Mibaya |
Suc-Type3: | Successor |
Spouse: | Minkhaung I (1408–1421) Thihathu (1421–1425) Kale Kye-Taung Nyo (1425–1426) Mohnyin Thado (1426–1439) |
Issue: | None |
Father: | Theingathu[1] |
Mother: | Saw Salaka Dewi |
Birth Date: | 1390s |
Birth Place: | Taungdwin |
Death Date: | ? |
Death Place: | Ava (Inwa) |
Religion: | Theravada Buddhism |
Shin Bo-Me (Burmese: ရှင်ဘို့မယ်, in Burmese pronounced as /ʃɪ̀ɰ̃ bo̰ mɛ̀/; also spelled Shin Bo-Mai) was a principal queen of four kings of Ava in the early 15th century.
Considered a great beauty, Bo-Me was the favorite queen of Minkhaung I.[2] She was also a half-niece of Minkhaung; her mother Saw Salaka Dewi and Minkhaung were half-siblings.[3] Although the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle states she became the chief queen of Minkhaung in 1407/08,[4] an inscription dated 28 February 1409 by Queen Shin Saw states that Saw was still the chief queen in 1409.[5] She was also the favorite queen of Minkhaung's son and successor Thihathu until Shin Saw Pu became queen. In August 1425, Bo-Me engineered the death of Thihathu by getting Le Than Bwa of Onbaung to assassinate the king. She might have married the successor, eight-year-old Min Hla.[6] Three months later, she poisoned the boy king and put her lover Prince Min Nyo on the Ava throne, and became the chief queen.[7] In May 1426, Nyo was overthrown by Gov. Thado of Mohnyin, who subsequently made Bo-Me a junior queen.[8]
The following is her ancestry as given in the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle.[9] She was a granddaughter of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava, and Kyawswa I of Pinya, and a great granddaughter of King Thihathu of Pinya and King Kyawswa of Pagan.