Saw Pyei Chantha

Saw Pyei Chantha စောပြည့်ချမ်းသာ
Queen consort of Hanthawaddy
Tenure	March 1408 – c. February 1421
Chief Queen Consort of Launggyet
Tenure	c. January 1408 – March 1408
Predecessor	Saw Sit
Successor	unknown
Born	c. January 1392 Pyinzi, Ava Kingdom
Died	? Pegu (Bago)?
Spouse	Anawrahta (1408) Razadarit (1408–1421)
House	Ava
Father	Minkhaung I
Mother	Shin Mi-Nauk
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Saw Pyei Chantha (Burmese: စောပြည့်ချမ်းသာ, Burmese pronunciation: [sɔ́ pjḛ tɕʰáɴðà]; also spelled "ရွှေပြည့်ချမ်းသာ", "Shwe Pyei Chantha") was the chief queen consort of Arakan for a few months in 1408. After she and her first husband King Anawrahta of Launggyet were captured by the Hanthawaddy forces in 1408, she became a junior queen consort of King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy.

The future queen was the second child of Prince Minkhaung of Pyinzi and his first wife Shin Mi-Nauk. His father was a son of then King Swa Saw Ke of Ava while his mother was a daughter of Sawbwa (Chief) Tho Ngan Bwa of Mohnyin. Minkhaung and Mi-Nauk had been wedded in a marriage of state in 1389/90 during a brief respite of hostilities between Ava and Mohnyin.

She had an elder brother Minye Kyawswa, and two younger brothers Thihathu and Min Nyo. They siblings grew up in Pyinzi, 60 km south of the capital Ava (Inwa), until 1400. On 25 November 1400, their father ascended the Ava throne, and the family moved to Ava.

Circa January 1408, her father sent her to marry Anawrahta, the vassal king of the western kingdom of Arakan, whom her father had appointed a year earlier. But her reign as the chief queen was short. King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy, who had been concerned about Ava's growing empire, ordered an invasion of Arakan while Ava was entangled with the Shan state of Hsenwi in the north. The Hanthawaddy army took Launggyet in March 1408. Razadarit had Anawrahta executed, and raised Saw Pyei Chantha, as one of his junior queens.

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