Min Taya Medaw

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Tenure10 October 1581 – 19 December [O.S. 9 December] 1599
PredecessorMaha Dewi
Successorvacant
Bornin or before 1553/54[note 1]
in or before 915 ME
Prome (Pyay)
Min Taya Medaw
မင်းတရား မယ်တော်
Queen of the Western Palace
Tenure10 October 1581 – 19 December [O.S. 9 December] 1599
PredecessorMaha Dewi
Successorvacant
Bornin or before 1553/54[note 1]
in or before 915 ME
Prome (Pyay)
Diedc. 1610s
Ava (Inwa)
SpouseNanda
Issuenone
HouseToungoo
FatherThado Dhamma Yaza II
MotherSalin Mibaya
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Min Taya Medaw (Burmese: မင်းတရား မယ်တော်, pronounced [mɪ́ɴ təjá mɛ̀dɔ̀]) was a principal queen of King Nanda of Toungoo Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1581 to 1599. Nanda was her first cousin.[1] The queen was described in a well-known eigyin-style poem/song by the famous poet Nawaday, who served at the Prome court.[2] The king had no issue in her.[1]

After Nanda lost power in 1599, she spent ten years in Toungoo in exile until 1610. On 4 September [O.S. 25 August] 1610, King Anaukpetlun, who had just defeated Natshinnaung, the self-proclaimed king of Toungoo, ordered that the queen, Min Htwe, and Natshin Medaw be sent to Ava (Inwa) with the full royal regalia befitting their former status.[3]

From her mother's side, she was descended from Ava and Prome royal lines.[4] She was the younger daughter of Thado Dhamma Yaza II, Viceroy of Prome, and a niece of King Bayinnaung.

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