Minye Kyawswa II of Ava

Minye Kyawswa
မင်းရဲကျော်စွာ
Viceroy of Toungoo and Ava
Heir Apparent of Burma
Reign29 December 1593 – 18 December 1599
PredecessorMingyi Swa
SuccessorAnaukpetlun
Viceroy of Ava
Reign5 February 1587 – 29 December 1593
PredecessorMin Letya (Governor)
SuccessorBaya Yawda and Let-Yway-Gyi Myin Hmu (Co-Administrators)
Chief MinisterBaya Yawda
Bornc. 16 November 1567
Sunday, c. 1st waning of Nadaw 929 ME
Pegu (Bago), Toungoo Empire
Diedlate December 1599 (aged 32)
Pyatho 961 ME
Toungoo (Taungoo)
FatherNanda
MotherHanthawaddy Mibaya
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Minye Kyawswa (Burmese: မင်းရဲကျော်စွာ, pronounced [mɪ́ɴjɛ́ tɕɔ̀zwà]; also spelled Minyekyawswa; c. 16 November 1567 – late December 1599) was heir apparent of Burma from 1593 to 1599, and viceroy of Ava from 1587 to 1593. For the last six years of his life, he was the deputy of his father King Nanda, who presided over the collapse of the Toungoo Empire. In December 1599, he betrayed his father, and defected to the forces led by Minye Thihathu II of Toungoo and Raza II of Arakan. But the promise of good treatment was not kept; the last crown prince of the Toungoo Empire was killed a few days later.