Thihathura of Ava
| Thihathura သီဟသူရ (အင်းဝ) |
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|---|---|
| King of Ava | |
| Reign | 24 July 1468 – c. August 1480 |
| Predecessor | Narapati I |
| Successor | Minkhaung II |
| Born | 1 May 1431 Tuesday, 5th waning of Kason 793 ME Prome (Pyay) |
| Died | c. August 1480 (aged 49) Ava (Inwa) |
| Consort | Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi |
| Issue |
Minkhaung II Minye Kyawswa of Yamethin |
| House | Mohnyin |
| Father | Narapati |
| Mother | Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Thihathura of Ava (Burmese: သီဟသူရ (အင်းဝ), pronounced: [θìha̰θùja̰]; also Maha Thihathura; 1431–1480) was king of Ava from 1468 to 1480. He was the last king of Ava who was able to hold on to the increasingly fractious kingdom in its entirety. Soon after succeeding his father Narapati, the new king had to put down a rebellion in Toungoo (Taungoo) in 1470, and suppressed an insurrection by his brother the lord of Prome (Pyay), whom the king pardoned. He gained submission of the eastern Shan state of Yawnghwe, and quelled a potential rebellion in the northern Shan states of Mohnyin and Mogaung. He was succeeded by his son Minkhaung II.
Thihathura was born in 1431 to Viceroy Narapati of Prome and his chief wife Atula Thiri Maha Dhamma Yaza Dewi, a descendant of Pinya royalty. Thihathura was the eldest of eight children by the couple; he had five younger full sisters and two full brothers Mingyi Swa and Thado Minsaw. Not yet twelve, the young prince was made heir apparent when his father ascended to the Ava throne in January 1442 (Tabodwe 804 ME).
Thihathura ascended to the Ava throne in July 1468 after his father King Narapati died in Prome, having fled from an assassination attempt by one of Thihathura's sons a year earlier. The middle son of Thihathura had stabbed his grandfather the king because the king had disapproved of the young prince's wish to marry his first cousin, daughter of Princess of Sagaing, Thihathura's eldest sister. Thihathura did not punish the son, and instead allowed him to marry the girl for whom he had stabbed his grandfather, and gave the towns of Sakut, Salin, Baunglin, Legaing, Myo-htit, Taungta, Mindon, Thayet, Myede, Kanyin, and Myaung. He made his elder son, Minkhaung II, crown prince and gave Dabayin as an appanage. The youngest son Minye Kyawswa was given Yamethin to govern.
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