Mingyinyo

Mingyi Nyo မင်းကြီးညို
Statue of Mingyi Nyo in Taungoo
King of Toungoo Dynasty
Reign	16 October 1510 – 24 November 1530
Coronation	11 April 1511
Predecessor	New office
Successor	Tabinshwehti
Viceroy of Toungoo
Reign	c. April 1485 – 16 October 1510
Coronation	11 November 1491
Predecessor	Min Sithu
Successor	Mingyi Swe
Born	c. July 1459 Wednesday, 821 ME Ava (Inwa)?
Died	24 November 1530(1530-11-24) (aged 71) 5th waxing of Nadaw 892 ME Toungoo (Taungoo)
Burial	Toungoo
Consort	Soe Min Hteik-Tin Thiri Maha Sanda Dewi Yadana Dewi Maha Dewi Yaza Dewi
Issue	Tabinshwehti Atula Thiri
House	Toungoo
Father	Maha Thinkhaya
Mother	Min Hla Nyet
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Mingyi Nyo (Burmese: မင်းကြီးညို; also spelled Mingyinyo or Minkyinyo; pronounced: [mɪ́ɴdʑíɲò]; 1459–1530) was the founder of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). Under his 45-year leadership (1485–1530), Toungoo (Taungoo), grew from a remote backwater vassal state of Ava Kingdom to a small but stable independent kingdom. In 1510, he declared Toungoo's independence from its nominal overlord Ava. He skillfully kept his small kingdom out of the chaotic warfare plaguing Upper Burma. Toungoo's stability continued to attract refugees from Ava fleeing the repeated raids of Ava by the Confederation of Shan States (1490s–1527). Nyo left a stable, confident kingdom that enabled his successor Tabinshwehti to contemplate taking on larger kingdoms on his way to founding the Toungoo Empire.

Mingyi Nyo was born to Maha Thinkhaya and Min Hla Nyet. His father was a descendant of Kyawswa I of Pinya, who himself was a descendant of kings Narathihapate of Pagan and Thihathu of Pinya. His mother was a daughter of Sithu Kyawhtin, Viceroy of Toungoo (1470–81), a descendant of King Swa Saw Ke.

Nyo was most likely born in Ava (Inwa) as his maternal grandfather Sithu Kyawhtin did not become viceroy until 1470, and prior to 1470 served at King Thihathura I's court at Ava. He was born in 1459. He was likely about eleven or twelve years old when his entire family moved to Toungoo with Sithu Kyawhtin's appointment as viceroy. After Sithu Kyawhtin's death in 1481, his eldest son Min Sithu inherited the viceroyship. (The viceroyships in that era were hereditary, and were a primary cause of endemic rebellions that plagued Ava. The Restored Toungoo kings (1599–1752) would later eliminate the hereditary rights of viceroys.) Nyo wanted to marry his first cousin, Soe Min Hteik-Tin. But because his uncle Min Sithu repeatedly rejected Nyo's numerous requests, he murdered his uncle, took his cousin as wife. He seized power in c. April 1485.