Soe Min Hteik-Tin of Toungoo

Soe Min Hteik-Tin စိုးမင်းထိပ်တင်
Chief queen consort of Toungoo Dynasty
Tenure	16 October 1510 – 24 November 1530
Coronation	11 April 1511
Predecessor	New office
Successor	Dhamma Dewi
Chief vicereine of Toungoo
Tenure	c. April 1485 – 16 October 1510
Predecessor	Min Hla Myat
Successor	Sister of Shin Myo Myat

Born	c. 1460s Toungoo (Taungoo)
Died	c. 1530s Toungoo
Spouse	Mingyi Nyo
Issue	one daughter
House	Toungoo
Father	Min Sithu
Mother	Min Hla Myat^[1]
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

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Soe Min Hteik-Tin (Burmese: စိုးမင်းထိပ်တင်, pronounced [só mɪ́ɴ tʰeiʔ tɪ̀ɴ]) was the chief queen consort of Toungoo from 1510 to 1530. Her reign title was Thiri Atula Maha Nanda Dewi.^[2] She was a daughter of Viceroy Min Sithu of Toungoo. In 1485, her first cousin Mingyi Nyo assassinated her father because he had refused give her in marriage to Nyo.^[3] She became the chief queen consort in 1510 when Nyo declared independence from Ava (Inwa).^[2] On 11 April 1511,^[4] at the coronation ceremony, she was crowned the chief queen with the title Thiri Atula Maha Nanda Dewi (Pali: Siriatulamahānandādevī)).^[5]

The queen had a daughter, who was married to Shwe Myat, son of the Lord of Taungdwin.^[note 1]

Ancestry

The following is the family tree of Queen Soe Min, according to the royal chronicles. Her parents were first cousins, both descended from the Ava royalty. Her great grandfathers Minye Kyawswa (of the Forty Years' War fame) and Sithu of Paukmyaing were grandsons of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava.^[6]

Ancestry of Queen Soe Min Hteik-Tin

8. Sithu of Paukmyaing

4. Sithu Kyawhtin of Toungoo

9. (unnamed)

2. Min Sithu of Toungoo

10. Minye Kyawswa of Ava

5. Min Hla Htut of Pyakaung

11. Saw Min Hla

1. Soe Min Hteik-Tin

12. Sithu of Paukmyaing

6. Sithu of Yamethin

13. (unnamed)

3. Min Hla Myat of Yamethin

14. Myauk-Bet Nawrahta

7. (unnamed)

15. Min Shwe Kyu

Notes

^ Chronicles are inconsistent about the date of the marriage. (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 121) says the marriage occurred in Tabaung 863 ME (6 February to 7 March 1502). But (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 178–179) gives 871 ME (30 March 1509 to 30 March 1510).

References

^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 173
^ ^a ^b Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 89
^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 174
^ (Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 79): Full moon of Kason 873 ME = 11 April 1511
^ Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 80
^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 172–173

Bibliography

Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
Sein Lwin Lay, Kahtika U (1968). Mintaya Shwe Hti and Bayinnaung: Ketumadi Taungoo Yazawin (in Burmese) (2006, 2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Yan Aung Sarpay.

Royal titles
Soe Min Hteik-Tin of Toungoo Toungoo Dynasty Born: c. 1460s Died: c. 1530s
New title	Chief queen consort of Toungoo 16 October 1510 – 24 November 1530	Succeeded by Dhamma Dewi
Preceded by Min Hla Myat	Chief vicereine of Toungoo c. April 1485 – 16 October 1510	Succeeded by sister of Shin Myo Myat

v t e Queens consort of the Toungoo Dynasty
Chief queens consort	Soe Min Hteik-Tin Dhamma Dewi and Khay Ma Naw Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi Sanda Dewi I Hanthawaddy Mibaya¹ and Min Phyu I² Thiri Maha Dhamma Yaza Dipadi Dewi Atula Sanda Dewi I Khin Hnin Paw Khin Myo Sit Atula Sanda Dewi II Min Phyu II Atula Thiri Maha Dewi Maha Dewi II Thiri Maha Mingala Dewi Maha Nanda Dipadi Dewi
Queens of the Northern Palace	Thiri Maha Sanda Dewi Khin Myat Sanda Dewi I Thiri Yaza Dewi Sanda Dewi II Thiri Dewi Thiri Sanda Dewi Maha Yaza Dipadi Dewi Thiri Dhamma Dewi
Queens of the Central Palace	Yadana Dewi Yaza Dewi I Min Htwe Yaza Dewi II Nanda Dewi Maha Dipadi Dewi
Queens of the Western Palace	Maha Dewi I Min Taya Medaw
¹Chief only (1583–96); Chief and South (1581–83; 1596–99) ²South only (1583–96)

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