Shin Hla Myat of Pakhan explained

Consort:yes
Shin Hla Myat
ရှင်လှမြတ်
Reign:1429 – 1450/51
Succession:Duchess of Pakhan
Predecessor:Shin Myat Hla of Pakhan
Successor:Min Myat Htut
Suc-Type:Successor
Reign1:1426 – 1434
Succession1:Duchess of Pyinzi
Successor1:Saw Pyei Chantha
Spouse:Thihapate of Mohnyin
Issue-Link:
  1. Family
Issue-Pipe:among others...
House:Mohnyin
Father:Mohnyin Thado
Mother:Shin Myat Hla of Ava
Birth Place:Mohnyin
Ava Kingdom
Death Date:in or after 1466/67
Death Place:Ava Kingdom
Religion:Theravada Buddhism

Shin Hla Myat (Burmese: ရှင်လှမြတ်, in Burmese pronounced as /ʃɪ̀ɴ l̥a̰ mjaʔ/) was duchess of Pakhan from 1429 to 1450/51. The eldest daughter of King Mohnyin Thado may also have served as the (acting) governor of Pakhan and the surrounding ten regions after her husband Thihapate was transferred to Mohnyin in 1439.[1] Hla Myat was the mother of Queen Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi of Ava.

Brief

Hla Myat was the third child of Thado and Myat Hla.[2] She was born and grew up in Mohnyin, where her father was sawbwa (lord governor) of the region. In 1426, her father was successful in seizing the Ava throne. On the day of the coronation, Hla Myat was married off to Thihapate.[3] [4]

She and her husband were first cousins (if not double first cousins). The couple had had two sons and six daughters.[5]

IssueNotes
Min Uti of MohnyinRebel sawbwa of Mohnyin (r. 1450/51)
Thihapate II of PakhanGovernor of Pakhan (r. 1450/51–1507/08)[6]
Husband of Min Mya Hnit, Shwe Einthe of Twinthin and Min Myat Htut
Saw Hla MinChief queen consort of Ava (r. 1468–1480)
daughterDuchess of Nyaungyan; wife of Sithu Kyawhtin of Toungoo
daughterDuchess of Kanni
daughterDuchess of Thingyi
daughterDuchess of Sagu; wife of Thinkhaya of Sagu
daughterDuchess of Salin; wife of Thiri Zeya Thura of Salin

The duchess was still alive in 1466/67 when she sponsored merit-making donations to the public under five pyatthats west of Ava (Inwa).[7]

Ancestry

Shin Hla Myat was descended from a distant branch of the Pinya and Pagan royal lines from her paternal side, and from the maternal line, a two times great grandchild of King Thihathu of Pinya.

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Notes and References

  1. Hla Myat apparently remained in Pakhan. Chronicles do not mention her stay in Mohnyin or referred to her as duchess of Mohnyin. Instead, she is referred to as the lord of Pakhan (ပခန်းစား) (as opposed to duchess of Pakhan (ပခန်း မိဖုရား)) as seen in (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 282).
  2. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 62
  3. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 272
  4. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61
  5. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 83–84
  6. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 290, 313
  7. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 294