Myat Hpone Pyo

Myat Hpone Pyo (Burmese: မြတ်ဘုန်းပြို,[1] pronounced [mjaʔ pʰóʊɴ pjò]; also spelled မြတ်ဖုန်းဖြိုး,[2] [mjaʔ pʰóʊɴ pʰjó]) was the chief wife of Gov. Thado Minsaw of Tharrawaddy. She was the mother of King Bayin Htwe of Prome (r. 1526–1532), and paternal grandmother of kings Narapati of Prome (r. 1532–1539) and Minkhaung of Prome (r. 1539–1542).

Myat Hpone Pyo မြတ်ဘုန်းပြို
Princess consort of Tharrawaddy
Tenure	c. 1460 – c. late 1470s
Predecessor	Min Hla Htut or Saw Min Phyu
Successor	vacant[note 1]
Born	c. early 1440s Prome (Pyay)? Ava Kingdom
Died	c. late 1470s? Tharrawaddy Ava Kingdom
Spouse	Thado Minsaw of Prome (c. 1460–1470s?)
Issue among others...	Minye Nawrahta Bayin Htwe
House	Ava
Father	Saw Shwe Khet
Mother	Saw Min Phyu
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Brief

Myat Hpone Pyo (or Myat Hpone Hpyo) was the youngest child of Princess Saw Min Phyu and Saw Shwe Khet,[3] who was governor of Prome (r. 1417–1422; 1442–1446) and Tharrawaddy (r. 1422–1427; 1446–1460). The princess was a granddaughter of the famous crown prince Minye Kyawswa of Ava, and a great granddaughter of King Minkhaung I of Ava from her mother's side, and a descendant of King Kyawswa of Pagan from both sides. She had two full siblings: Gov. Minye Kyawswa I of Kalay and Saw Myat Lay;[3] and three half-siblings.[note 2]

Though the royal chronicles do not state her place of birth, Myat Hpone Pyo was most probably born and raised in Prome where her father was governor between 1442 and 1446,[4] and raised in Tharrawaddy, the southernmost district of Prome to which her father was reassigned, from 1446 onwards to c. 1460.[5][4] The princess remained in Tharrawaddy as she was married off to the incoming governor, Thado Minsaw, the youngest son of then King Narapati I of Ava.[1] She had six children with Thado Minsaw, and died in Tharrawaddy.[2]

Family

Myat Hpone Pyo and Thado Minsaw had three sons and three daughters, according to the chronicle Yazawin Thit.[2][note 3]

1. Mi Hpone-Gyi, wife of Minye Theingathu of Kandwin, son of Mingyi Swa
2. Minye Nawrahta, Gov. of Tharrawaddy (r. 1525–1531), in revolt (1531 onwards), married to his first cousin Min Hla Myat, daughter of Mingyi Swa
3. Mibaya Khaung Medaw, wife of Minye Theingathu of Kandwin
4. Bodaw Hnamadaw, wife of Mingyi Khame
5. Bayin Htwe, King of Prome (r. 1526–1532)
6. unnamed son

Ancestry

The following is the princess's ancestry according to the royal chronicles.

Ancestry of Myat Hpone Pyo
8. Min Shin Saw of Thayet 4. Thinkhaya of Pagan 9. unnamed 2. Saw Shwe Khet 10. Thinkhaya of Wadi 5. Saw Min Pu 11. Saw Pale of Wadi 1. Myat Hpone Pyo 12. Minkhaung I of Ava 6. Minye Kyawswa 13. Shin Mi-Nauk 3. Saw Min Phyu 14. Tarabya I of Pakhan 7. Saw Min Hla 15. unnamed

Notes

1. Thado Minsaw did not appoint a governor of Tharrawaddy until early 1325 (late 886 ME per (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 327–328).
2. Per (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 84, 90), Shwe Khet had two children by his first wife Saw Myo Ke; and per (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 53), he had a daughter with Min Hla Htut.
3. Based on the name Bodaw Hnamadaw ("Younger Sister of Royal Great Grandfather"), the Yazawin Thit's list appears to have been sourced from a list made by a great grandchild of Gov. Minye Nawrahta of Tharrawaddy.

References

1. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 84
2. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 328
3. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 83–84
4. Hmannan Vol. 2 3003: 84, 86
5. Hmannan Vol. 2 3003: 88

Bibliography

• Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Maha Sithu (2012) [1798]. Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). 1–3 (2nd ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.