Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi of Ava

Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi
အမိတ္တ သီရိ မဟာဓမ္မဒေဝီ
Chief queen consort of Ava
Tenure24 July 1468 – August 1480
PredecessorAtula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi
SuccessorAtula Thiri Dhamma Dewi
Born1430s
Pakhan
Died?
Ava (Inwa)
SpouseThihathura of Ava
IssueMinkhaung II
Thado Dhamma Yaza of Salin
Minye Kyawswa of Yamethin
Bodaw Shin Medaw
Bodaw Shin Bwa
Nat Shin Hnamadaw
HouseMohnyin
FatherThihapate of Mohnyin
MotherShin Hla Myat of Pakhan
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi of Ava (Burmese: အမိတ္တ သီရိ မဟာဓမ္မဒေဝီ, pronounced [ʔəmeiʔta̰ θìɹḭ məhà dəma̰ dèwì]; Pali: Amittasirimahādhammadevī; born Saw Hla Min[1]) was the chief queen consort of King Thihathura I of Ava from 1468 to 1480.[2] The queen was a granddaughter of King Mohnyin Thado. King Alaungpaya, the founder of Konbaung Dynasty, was a ninth generation descendant of the queen through her daughter Bodaw Shin Medaw.[3] She was still alive in 1485; she accompanied her son Minkhaung II to inspect the pagodas damaged by an earthquake.[4]

  1. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 83
  2. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 110
  3. ^ Letwe Nawrahta 1961: 12
  4. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 306