Thado Dhamma Yaza I of Prome
| Thado Dhamma Yaza I သတိုးဓမ္မရာဇာ Thado Thu |
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| Ruler of Prome | |
| Reign | 30 April 1550 – 30 August 1551 (as king) 19 May 1542 – 30 April 1550 (as viceroy) |
| Predecessor | Minkhaung |
| Successor | Thado Dhamma Yaza II |
| Born |
c. 1490s Toungoo (Taungoo) |
| Died | 30 August 1551 Sunday, 1st waxing of Thadingyut 913 ME Prome (Pyay) |
| Issue | Khin Myat |
| House | Toungoo |
| Father | Lord of Kyet-Yo-Bin |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Thado Dhamma Yaza I (Burmese: သတိုးဓမ္မရာဇာ, pronounced: [ðədó dəma̰ jàzà]; c. 1490s–1551) was viceroy of Prome (Pyay) from 1542 to 1550 during the reign of his son-in-law King Tabinshwehti of Toungoo Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar), and the self-proclaimed king of the city-state from 1550 to 1551. After the death of Tabinshwehti in 1550, the man who started out as a royal household servant of Tabinshwehti in 1516 declared himself king of Prome with the style of Thado Thu (သတိုးသူ, [ðədó θù]), and did not submit to Bayinnaung, Tabinshwehti's chosen successor. His fortified city-state fell to Bayinnaung's forces in 1551 after a six-month battle. He was executed on the order of Bayinnaung, who later regretted the decision.
In Thai history, he is identified as the commander who slew Queen Suriyothai on her war elephant during the first Burmese invasion of Siam.
The future lord of Prome was a commoner named Shin Nita (ရှင်နီတာ). His father was Lord of Kyet-Yo-Bin, a small town. In April 1516 he was selected to be one of the seven royal servants assigned to Prince Tabinshwehti of Toungoo. He and his family moved into Toungoo Palace precincts where he and other staff, who also consisted of Mingyi Swe and Shin Myo Myat, attended to the crown prince throughout his childhood and youth. The prince in turn had a deep affection and appreciation for his staff. When he became king in November 1530, the 14-year-old king handed out lavish awards and titles to his childhood staff. The new king took two of his childhood playmates, Khin Hpone Soe (daughter of Swe) and Khin Mya (daughter of Nita) as his queens, and awarded both of his fathers-in-law royal titles. Nita was now a royal with the style of Thado Dhamma Yaza.
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