Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi of Ava

Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi
အတုလ သီရိ မဟာရာဇ ဒေဝီ
Chief queen consort of Ava
Tenure25 April 1442 – 24 July 1468
PredecessorMin Hla Nyet
SuccessorAmeitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi
Born1410s
Pagan (Bagan)
Diedc. 1470s
Ava (Inwa)
SpouseNarapati of Ava
Issue3 sons and 5 daughters:
Thihathura
Shwe Einthe of Twinthin
Min Hla Htut of Sagaing
Mingyi Swa of Prome
Bodaw Me of Kale
Min Mya Htut of Pakhan
Thado Minsaw of Prome
Min Taya Medaw of Pinle
HouseMohnyin
FatherThinkhaya of Pagan
MotherSaw Min Pu
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi of Ava (Burmese: အတုလ သီရိ မဟာရာဇ ဒေဝီ, pronounced [ʔətṵla̰ θìɹḭ məhà jàza̰ dèwì]; Pali: Atulasirimahārājadevī; also known as Atula Maha Dhamma Yaza Dewi) was the chief queen consort of King Narapati I of Ava from 1442 to 1468. She was the mother of King Thihathura of Ava and King Thado Minsaw of Prome,[1] and a maternal aunt of King Leik Munhtaw of Hanthawaddy. King Alaungpaya, the founder of the Konbaung dynasty, was a tenth generation descendant of the queen.[2]

She became the queen dowager in 1468 after her husband died from a stab wound by one of her grandsons. She instigated a rebellion by Toungoo (Taungoo) when her son Thihathura, who was now king, failed to punish the grandson.

  1. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 83–84
  2. ^ Letwe Nawrahta 1961: 12