Minkhaung I
| Minkhaung I ပထမ မင်းခေါင် |
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|---|---|
| King of Ava | |
| Reign | 25 November 1400 – c. February 1422 |
| Predecessor | Tarabya |
| Successor | Thihathu |
| Chief Minister | Min Yaza |
| Governor of Pyinzi | |
| Reign | c. April 1385 – 25 November 1400 |
| Predecessor | new office |
| Successor | Nandathingyan |
| Born | 13 September 1373 Tuesday, 12th waning of Thadingyut 735 ME Gazun Neint, Ava Kingdom |
| Died |
c. February 1422 (aged 48) late 783 ME Ava (Inwa), Ava Kingdom |
| Consort |
Shin Saw Saw Khway Min Pyan Shin Mi-Nauk Shin Bo-Me |
| Issue among others... |
Minye Kyawswa Saw Pyei Chantha Thihathu Minye Kyawhtin Saw Nant-Tha |
| House | Ava |
| Father | Swa Saw Ke |
| Mother | Saw Beza |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Minkhaung I of Ava (Burmese: ပထမ မင်းခေါင် [pətʰəma̰ mɪ́ɴɡàʊɴ]; also spelled Mingaung; 1373–1422) was king of Ava from 1400 to 1422. He is best remembered in Burmese history for his epic struggles against King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy Pegu in the Forty Years' War (1385–1424). As king, Minkhaung continued his father Swa Saw Ke's policy to restore the Pagan Empire. Under the military leadership of his eldest son Minye Kyawswa, Ava nearly succeeded. While he ultimately failed to conquer Hanthawaddy and Launggyet Arakan, he was able to bring in most of cis-Salween Shan states to the Ava orbit.
The future king was born in a small village called Gazun-Nyeint (present-day northern Sagaing Region) on 13 September 1373. His father King Swa Saw Ke of Ava had met his commoner mother Saw Beza earlier in the year during a military campaign against Mohnyin. Chronicles say that after giving birth to the child, Beza showed up at the Ava palace to present the male son, as instructed to by the king. The child was named Min Swe (မင်းဆွေ [mɪ́ɴ sʰwè]). The king made Beza a junior queen, and had two more children with her: Theiddat and Thupaba Dewi.
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