Min Khin Saw

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Tenurec. February 1597 – 11 August 1609
Coronation21 March [O.S. 11 March] 1603
Predecessornew office
Successorvacant[note 1]
Atula Agga Maha Dewi
Min Khin Saw
အတုလအဂ္ဂ မဟာဒေဝီ မင်းခင်စော
Chief queen consort of Toungoo State
Tenurec. February 1597 – 11 August 1609
Coronation21 March [O.S. 11 March] 1603
Predecessornew office
Successorvacant[note 1]
Chief vicereine of Toungoo
TenureJune 1584 – c. February 1597
PredecessorLaygyun Mibaya
Successordisestablished
Bornc. 1555[note 2]
Pegu (Bago)
Toungoo Empire
Diedafter August 1612
Pinya
Restored Toungoo Kingdom
SpouseMinye Thihathu II
IssueNatshinnaung
Minye Kyawswa of Toungoo
Minye Thihathu III of Toungoo
Minye Kyawhtin II of Toungoo
HouseToungoo
FatherBayinnaung
MotherSanda Dewi
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Min Khin Saw (Burmese: မင်းခင်စော, pronounced [mɪ́ɴ kʰɪ̀ɴ sɔ́]) was the chief queen consort of the break-away kingdom of Toungoo (Taungoo) from 1597 to 1609. She was also the chief queen of Toungoo from 1584 to 1597 when Toungoo was a vassal state of Toungoo Empire.[1] From 1612 onwards, the mother of Natshinnaung spent her last years as a dowager queen in Pinya (near Ava (Inwa).[2]

Min Khin Saw was the only child born from the union of Queen Sanda Dewi and King Bayinnaung. She descended from the Ava royal line from her mother's side. She married her half-cousin Minye Kyawhtin, governor of Tharrawaddy (Thayawadi), on 1 May 1571.[3]

The couple had four children:[1]

  • Natshinnaung, King of Toungoo (1609–1610); Viceroy of Toungoo (1610–1612)
  • Minye Kyawswa of Toungoo, Crown Prince of Toungoo (1609–1612)
  • Minye Thihathu III of Toungoo, Governor of Badon (1612–?)[4]
  • Minye Kyawhtin II of Toungoo, Governor of Taungdwingyi (1612–?)[4]

Min Khin Saw became a dowager queen in 1609 when her husband died. She fled Toungoo in August 1612[note 3] when the combined forces of Portuguese Syriam (Thanlyin) and Martaban (Mottama) attacked Toungoo. King Anaukpetlun gave her a two-story house in Pinya (near Ava) with a retinue of servants.[2]

She was portrayed by Ratchanee Siralert in the 2003 Thai television drama Kasattriya (กษัตริยา), under the name Chao Nang Nanthavadi.[5][6] and The Legend of King Naresuan Part VI in 2015 portrayed by Ratchanee Siralert Once again.[7]

Ancestry

Ancestry of Queen Min Khin Saw
8. Taungkha Min
4. Minye Thihathu I of Toungoo
9. Kayenawaddy
2. Bayinnaung
10. Kywe Sit Min
5. Shin Myo Myat
11. (Unnamed)
1. Min Khin Saw
12. Minkhaung II of Ava
6. Narapati II of Ava
13. Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi of Ava
3. Sanda Dewi
14. Thihapate of Pakhan
7. Dhamma Dewi of Pakhan
15. (Unnamed)

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