Hsinbyushin Medaw
| Hsinbyushin Medaw ဆင်ဖြူရှင် မယ်တော် |
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|---|---|
| Chief queen consort of Lan Na | |
| Tenure | 28 January 1579 – 1601/02 |
| Coronation | 2 July 1579 |
| Born |
in or before 1552/53 in or before 914 ME Prome (Pyay) Toungoo Empire |
| Died | 1601/02 963 ME Chiang Mai Lan Na |
| Spouse | Nawrahta Minsaw |
| Issue |
Yodaya Mibaya Thado Minsaw (Tu Laung) Minye Deibba Thado Kyaw |
| House | Toungoo |
| Father | Thado Dhamma Yaza II |
| Mother | Salin Mibaya |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Hsinbyushin Medaw (Burmese: ဆင်ဖြူရှင် မယ်တော်, pronounced [sʰɪ̀ɴ pʰjù ʃɪ̀ɴ mɛ̀dɔ̀]; also known as Hsinbyushin Me, lit. "Lady of the White Elephant"; c. 1550s–1601/02) was the chief queen of King Nawrahta Minsaw of Lan Na from 1579 to 1601/02. She was the mother of three rulers of Lan Na: Thado Minsaw (Tu Laung), Minye Deibba and Thado Kyaw. She was an accomplished poet, known for her yadu poems, which are among the earliest records of Lan Na in Burmese literature.
Hsinbyushin Medaw was the elder daughter of Thado Dhamma Yaza II, Viceroy of Prome, and his chief queen Salin Mibaya. She was probably born c. 1552. From her mother's side, she was descended from Ava and Prome royal lines; from her father's side, she was a niece of King Bayinnaung. She had one full younger sister Min Taya Medaw and eight half-siblings.
For much of her childhood, her father, who was one of the four principal commanders of the king, was often away on military campaigns. She was educated at the Prome Palace. One of her tutors was a famous and accomplished poet Nawaday, originally of the Ava court. She learned from the "great master" various forms of Burmese poetry, including the yadu style for which she would be remembered.
The princess was married to her first cousin Min Tha Sit, a senior prince and son of King Bayinnaung, at the Kanbawzathadi Palace in Pegu (Bago) by the king himself on 27 February 1574. She moved to Tharrawaddy, a town about 150 km south of Prome, where her husband was governor. She found a kindred spirit in Mintha Sit, who also loved literature and poetry. But Sit was also an ambitious prince who led a campaign to northern Shan states of Mohnyin and Mogaung in 1576–1577. It was the first of many campaigns that Sit would be away from her, and their long separations would come to be used as an inspiration for her poetry.
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