Yaza Dewi of Toungoo explained

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Yaza Dewi
Burmese: ရာဇဒေဝီ
Reign:16 April 1516 – 24 November 1530
Succession:Queen consort of Toungoo
Suc-Type:Successor
Spouse:Mingyi Nyo
Issue:Tabinshwehti
House:Toungoo
Father:Thura Kyawkhaung
Birth Date: 1500
Birth Place:Le Way
Religion:Theravada Buddhism

Yaza Dewi (Burmese: ရာဇဒေဝီ, in Burmese pronounced as /jàza̰ dèwì/) was a junior queen consort of King Mingyi Nyo of Toungoo and the mother of King Tabinshwehti. Born Khin Oo to the village chief of Le Way, she became a concubine of the king in 1515.[1] After she gave birth to their first and only son, the king raised the teenage commoner to the rank of queen with the style of Yaza Dewi.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 85–89
  2. Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 99