Mingyi Swa
| Mingyi Swa မင်းကြီးစွာ |
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|---|---|
| Heir Apparent of Burma | |
| Reign | 15 October 1581 – 8 January [O.S. 29 December 1592] 1593 |
| Predecessor | Nanda |
| Successor | Minye Kyawswa II |
| Born | 27 November 1558 Sunday, 2nd waning of Nadaw 920 ME Pegu (Bago), Toungoo Empire |
| Died | 8 January [O.S. 29 December 1592] 1593 (aged 34) Friday, 8th waxing of Tabodwe 954 ME Suphan Buri, Siam |
| Burial | February 1593 Tabaung 954 ME Kanbawzathadi Palace |
| Spouse |
Natshin Medaw (divorced 1586) Yaza Datu Kalaya (1586–1593) |
| House | Taungoo |
| Father | Nanda |
| Mother | Hanthawaddy Mibaya |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Mingyi Swa (Burmese: မင်းကြီးစွာ, pronounced: [mɪ́ɴdʑí swà] or [mɪ́ɴdʑí zwà]; 27 November 1558 – 8 January [O.S. 29 December 1592] 1593) was heir apparent of Burma from 1581 to 1593. The eldest son of King Nanda of the Toungoo Dynasty led three out of the five Burmese invasions of Siam between 1584 and 1593, all of which ended in complete failure. He died in action during the fifth invasion in 1593. In prevailing Thai history, he was killed in single combat by King Naresuan. However no other accounts, including the earliest Siamese records and European accounts, mention a formal duel between the two. The Burmese chronicles say Swa was felled by a Siamese mortar round.
Mingyi Swa was born to Crown Prince Nanda and his chief consort Hanthawaddy Mibaya on 27 November 1558 in Pegu (Bago). He was the third child and the first son of the couple, and had six other full siblings.
The prince grew up in Pegu during a period in which his grandfather King Bayinnaung founded the largest empire in Southeast Asia. Bayinnaung died on 10 October 1581, and Nanda succeeded the throne. Nanda made Swa his heir-apparent on 15 October 1581. The prince, who was not yet 23, was now the heir-apparent of an "absurdly overextended" empire.
The empire had been largely held together by Bayinnaung's personal relationships with his vassal rulers, who were loyal to Bayinnaung and not the kingdom of Toungoo. As it turned out, King Nanda never gained the full allegiance of his vassals. Within the first three years, both Ava (Inwa) and Siam revolted. Nanda put down the Ava rebellion but Siam proved a far more difficult project. Nanda came to rely heavily on his eldest son to reconquer Siam. Between 1584 and 1593, Mingyi Swa would lead four out of five campaigns that all ended in failure for the invaders, and ultimately claimed his life.
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