Shin Bo-Me ရှင်ဘို့မယ် |
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Queen of the Northern Palace of Ava | |
Tenure | 20 May 1426 – c. May 1439 |
Predecessor | herself |
Successor | Tanzaung Mibaya |
Chief queen consort of Ava | |
Tenure | August 1425 – 20 May 1426 |
Predecessor | Saw Min Hla |
Successor | Shin Myat Hla |
Queen of the Northern Palace of Ava | |
Tenure | c. February 1422 – August 1425 |
Predecessor | Saw Khway |
Successor | herself |
Queen of the Western Palace of Ava | |
Tenure | c. August 1408 – c. February 1422 |
Predecessor | Shin Mi-Nauk |
Successor | Taungdwin Mibaya |
Born | 1390s Taungdwin |
Died | ? Ava (Inwa) |
Spouse |
Minkhaung I Thihathu Min Hla Kale Kyetaungnyo Mohnyin Thado |
Issue | None |
Father | Theingathu |
Mother | Saw Salaka Dewi |
Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Shin Bo-Me (Burmese: ရှင်ဘို့မယ် [ʃɪ̀ɴ bo̰ mɛ̀]; also spelled Shin Bo-Mai) was queen to five consecutive kings of Ava. The queen was considered a great beauty. She was the favorite and chief queen of Minkhaung I. She became the chief queen in 1407. She was also the favorite queen of Thihathu until Shin Sawbu became queen in 1424. In August 1425, Bo-Me engineered the death of Thihathu. She "married" the successor, 7-year-old Min Hla. Three months later, she poisoned the boy king and put her lover Kale Kyetaungnyo on the Ava throne, and again became the chief queen. In May 1426, Kyetaungnyo was overthrown by Mohnyin Thado, who subsequently made Bo-Me a junior queen.
The following is her ancestry as given in the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle. She was a granddaughter of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava, and Kyawswa I of Pinya, and a great granddaughter of King Thihathu of Pinya and King Kyawswa of Pagan.