Mingyi Swe
| Mingyi Swe မင်းကြီးဆွေ Minye Thihathu I of Toungoo |
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|---|---|
| Viceroy of Toungoo | |
| Reign | 1540–1549 |
| Predecessor | Mingyi Nyo |
| Successor | Minkhaung II |
| Born |
c. 1490s Toungoo (Taungoo) |
| Died | March 1549 Late Tagu/Kason 910 ME |
| Spouse |
Shin Myo Myat Myo Myat's sister |
| Issue |
Dhamma Dewi Bayinnaung Minye Sithu Thado Dhamma Yaza II Minkhaung II Thado Minsaw |
| House | Toungoo |
| Father | Taungkha Min |
| Mother | Kayenawaddy |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Mingyi Swe (Burmese: မင်းကြီးဆွေ, pronounced: [mɪ́ɴdʑí sʰwè]; officially styled as Minye Thihathu (မင်းရဲ သီဟသူ, [mɪ́ɴjɛ́ θìha̰θù]); c. 1490s – 1549) was viceroy of Toungoo (Taungoo) from 1540 to 1549 during the reign of his son-in-law King Tabinshwehti of Toungoo Dynasty. He was also the father of King Bayinnaung, as well as key viceroys in Bayinnaung's administration. He rose to the position of viceroy of the ancestral home of the dynasty, after having started out as a royal household servant of Tabinshwehti. All the Toungoo kings from Bayinnaung to Mahadhammaraza Dipadi descended from him.
The genealogy of Mingyi Swe and his first wife Shin Myo Myat (ရှင်မျိုးမြတ်), the parents of King Bayinnaung, is unclear. Though there are no extant contemporary records regarding Bayinnaung's ancestry or childhood, different traditions about the king's genealogy have persisted. According to Maha Yazawin, the official chronicle of Toungoo Dynasty compiled two centuries later, Swe was born to a gentry family in Toungoo (Taungoo), then a vassal state of Ava Kingdom. His parents were Taungkha Min (တောင်ခမင်း) and Kayenawaddy (ကရေနဝတီ), a descendant of viceroys of Toungoo, Tarabya (r. 1440–1446), and Minkhaung I (r. 1446–1451). When he reached adulthood, Swe was married to Myo Myat, a 5th generation descendant of King Thihathu of Pinya (r. 1310–1325) and his chief queen Mi Saw U of Pagan Dynasty.
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