Mingyi Swa

Mingyi Swa
မင်းကြီးစွာ
Viceroy of Toungoo
Heir Apparent of Burma
Reign15 October 1581 – 8 January [O.S. 29 December 1592] 1593
PredecessorNanda
SuccessorMinye Kyawswa II
Born27 November 1558
Sunday, 2nd waning of Nadaw 920 ME
Pegu (Bago), Toungoo Empire
Died8 January [O.S. 29 December 1592] 1593 (aged 34)
Friday, 8th waxing of Tabodwe 954 ME
Suphan Buri, Siam
BurialFebruary 1593
Tabaung 954 ME
SpouseNatshin Medaw (divorced 1586)
Yaza Datu Kalaya (1586–1593)
HouseTaungoo
FatherNanda
MotherHanthawaddy Mibaya
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Mingyi Swa (Burmese: မင်းကြီးစွာ, pronounced [mɪ́ɴdʑí swà] or [mɪ́ɴdʑí zwà]; 27 November 1558 – 8 January [O.S. 29 December 1592] 1593) was heir apparent of Burma from 1581 to 1593. The eldest son of King Nanda of the Toungoo Dynasty led three out of the five Burmese invasions of Siam between 1584 and 1593, all of which ended in complete failure. He died in action during the fifth invasion in 1593. In prevailing Thai history, he was killed in single combat by King Naresuan. However no other accounts, including the earliest Siamese records and European accounts, mention a formal elephant duel between the two. The Burmese chronicles say Swa was felled by a Siamese mortar round.