Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi of Ava

Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi of Ava (Burmese: အမိတ္တ သီရိ မဟာဓမ္မဒေဝီ, pronounced [ʔəmeiʔta̰ θìɹḭ məhà dəma̰ dèwì]; Pali: Amittasirimahādhammadevī; born Saw Hla Min[1]) was the chief queen consort of King Thihathura I of Ava from 1468 to 1480.[2] The queen was a granddaughter of King Mohnyin Thado. King Alaungpaya, the founder of Konbaung Dynasty, was a ninth generation descendant of the queen through her daughter Bodaw Shin Medaw.[3] She was still alive in 1485; she accompanied her son Minkhaung II to inspect the pagodas damaged by an earthquake.[4]

Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi
အမိတ္တ သီရိ မဟာဓမ္မဒေဝီ
Chief queen consort of Ava
Tenure24 July 1468 – August 1480
PredecessorAtula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi
SuccessorAtula Thiri Dhamma Dewi
Born1430s
Pakhan
Died?
Ava (Inwa)
SpouseThihathura of Ava
IssueMinkhaung II
Thado Dhamma Yaza of Salin
Minye Kyawswa of Yamethin
Bodaw Shin Medaw
Bodaw Shin Bwa
Nat Shin Hnamadaw
HouseMohnyin
FatherThihapate of Mohnyin
MotherShin Hla Myat of Pakhan
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Ancestry

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Family

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She and Thihathura had six issue.

Issue Notes
Minkhaung II King of Ava (r. 1480–1501)
Thado Dhamma Yaza of Salin Governor of Salin and ten districts (r. 1468–1483/04)[5]
Minye Kyawswa of Yamethin Governor of Yamethin (r. 1476–1501)[6]
Bodaw Shin Medaw Duchess of Myedu, wife of Nawrahta II of Myedu[7]
Bodaw Shin Bwa Duchess of Sagaing[8]
Nat Shin Hnamadaw Duchess of Pinya (d. 1509/10)[9]

References

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  1. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 83
  2. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 110
  3. ^ Letwe Nawrahta 1961: 12
  4. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 306
  5. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 297, 305
  6. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 297, 301, 310
  7. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 298
  8. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 304
  9. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 314

Bibliography

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  • Letwe Nawrahta and Maha Sithu (c. 1770). Hla Thamein (ed.). Alaungpaya Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (1961 ed.). Ministry of Culture, Union of Burma.
  • Maha Sithu (2012) [1798]. Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2nd ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
  • Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi of Ava
Born: 1430s Died:  ?
Royal titles
Preceded by Chief queen consort of Ava
24 July 1468 – August 1480
Succeeded by