Mingyi Swe မင်းကြီးဆွေ Minye Thihathu I of Toungoo | |
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Viceroy of Toungoo | |
Reign | 1540–1549 |
Predecessor | Mingyi Nyo |
Successor | Minkhaung II |
Born | c. 1490s Toungoo (Taungoo) |
Died | March 1549 Late Tagu/Kason 910 ME |
Spouse | Shin Myo Myat Myo Myat's sister |
Issue | Dhamma Dewi Bayinnaung Minye Sithu Thado Dhamma Yaza II Minkhaung II Thado Minsaw |
House | Toungoo |
Father | Taungkha Min |
Mother | Kayenawaddy |
Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Mingyi Swe (Burmese: မင်းကြီးဆွေ, pronounced [mɪ́ɴdʑí sʰwè]; officially styled as Minye Thihathu (မင်းရဲ သီဟသူ, [mɪ́ɴjɛ́ θìha̰θù]); and as Minye Theinkhathu (မင်းရဲ သိင်္ခသူ), Burmese pronunciation: [mɪ́ɴjɛ́ θèiɴga̰θù]; c. 1490s – 1549) was viceroy of Toungoo (Taungoo) from 1540 to 1549 during the reign of his son-in-law King Tabinshwehti of Toungoo dynasty. He was also the father of King Bayinnaung, as well as key viceroys in Bayinnaung's administration. He rose to the position of viceroy of the ancestral home of the dynasty, after having started out as a royal household servant of Tabinshwehti. All the Toungoo kings from Bayinnaung to Mahadhammaraza Dipadi descended from him.