Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi (Burmese: အတုလသီရိ ဓမ္မဒေဝီ, pronounced [ʔətṵla̰ θìɹḭ dəma̰dèwì]) was the chief queen consort of King Minkhaung II of Ava. She was a granddaughter of King Mohnyin Thado, as well as a direct descendant of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava from her mother's side.[note 1]
Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi အတုလသီရိ ဓမ္မဒေဝီ | |
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Chief queen consort of Ava | |
Reign | c. August 1480 – 7 April 1501 |
Predecessor | Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi |
Successor | Salin Minthami |
Born | c. 1446/47 c. 808 ME Twinthin |
Died | ? Ava (Inwa)? |
Spouse | Minkhaung II |
Issue | Thihathura II Narapati II Soe Min Min Hpwa Saw |
Father | Thihapate II of Pakhan |
Mother | Shwe Einthe of Twinthin |
Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
She was wedded to her cousin Prince Nawrahta (later King Minkhaung II) in 1466/67 by their grandfather King Narapati I of Ava. The couple had been engaged since they were both nine years old (in their 10th year).[1]
Ancestry
editThe following is her ancestry as reported in the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle.[note 2]
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Notes
edit- ^ (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 82): Her maternal great grandfather Thinkhaya of Pagan was a half-uncle of King Minkhaung I.
- ^ See (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61, 73, 82–83, 111). According to (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61), Thihapate of Mohnyin was a nephew of Shin Mi Myat.
References
edit- ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 294
Bibliography
edit- Kala, U (2006) [1724]. Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
- Maha Sithu (2012) [1798]. Myint Swe; Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2nd printing 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.