Shin Myat Hla of Ava
| Shin Myat Hla ရှင်မြတ်လှ |
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|---|---|
| Chief queen consort of Ava | |
| Tenure | 20 May 1426 – c. April 1439 |
| Predecessor | Shin Bo-Me |
| Successor | Min Hla Nyet |
| Duchess of Mohnyin | |
| Tenure | c. April 1410 – 20 May 1426 |
| Queen consort of Ava | |
| Tenure | c. December 1409 – April 1410 |
| Born |
c. April 1388 c. Kason 750 ME Taungdwin |
| Died |
in or after 1439 Ava (Inwa) |
| Spouse |
Minkhaung I Mohnyin Thado |
| Issue |
Minye Kyawswa I of Ava Narapati I of Ava Shin Hla Myat of Pakhan Saw Hla Htut of Pagan |
| House | Mohnyin |
| Father | Thihapate II of Taungdwin |
| Mother | Princess of Myinsaing |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Shin Myat Hla (Burmese: ရှင်မြတ်လှ, pronounced [ʃɪ̀ɴ mjaʔ l̥a̰]; also known as Shin Mi-Myat or Me Myat Hla) was the chief queen consort of King Mohnyin Thado of Ava (now Burma) from 1426 to 1439. She was also a junior queen of King Minkhaung I of Ava for five months in 1409–10. She was the mother of kings Minye Kyawswa I and Narapati I of Ava. She was also an eight-times great grandmother of King Alaungpaya of Konbaung Dynasty.
Shin Myat Hla was descended from Pinya and Pagan royal lines. Her father Thihapate II was a grandson of King Thihathu of Ava, and her mother was a great-great granddaughter of King Kyawswa of Pagan. She was born in early 1388. She grew up in Taungdwin which her father had ruled since at least 1364. She had at least one elder half-brother, the father of Shin Bo-Me.
Her cloistered upbringing changed drastically in 1409. She was married off to King Minkhaung I of Ava. (She was following in the footsteps of her niece Shin Bo-Me, who became a queen of Minkhaung in 1407.) But five months into the marriage, in late 1409/early 1410, the king gave her to Min Nansi, then a commander in his army, as a reward for the commander's performance in then ongoing war with Pegu. Furthermore, the couple was sent off to Mohnyin, a rebellion-prone Shan state (in present-day Kachin State), where her new husband was appointed sawbwa (chief; essentially governor-general). Over the next 16 years, her husband came to be known as "Mohnyin Thado" (Prince of Mohnyin). The couple had four children (two sons and two daughters): Minye Kyawswa, Narapati, Shin Hla Myat of Pakhan, and Saw Hla Htut of Pagan (Bagan).
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