Min Phyu of Toungoo

Min Phyu
မင်းဖြူ
Queen of the Southern Palace
Tenurec. 5 May [O.S. 25 April] 1583 – 4 May [O.S. 24 April] 1596
PredecessorSanda Dewi (Chief Queen)
SuccessorHanthawaddy Mibaya (Chief Queen)
Bornin or after 1552[note 1]
Toungoo (Taungoo)
Died4 May [O.S. 24 April] 1596
Saturday, 9th waxing of Kason 958 ME[note 2]
Pegu (Bago)
Burial5 May 1596
SpouseNanda
Issuenone
FatherMinkhaung II of Toungoo
MotherLaygyun Mibaya
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Min Phyu (Burmese: မင်းဖြူ, [mɪ́ɴ bjù]; 1550s–1596) was a principal queen consort of King Nanda of Toungoo Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma) from 1583 to 1596. The eldest daughter of Viceroy Minkhaung II of Toungoo, along with her two younger sisters Min Htwe and Min Pu, married her first cousin Nanda in 1583.[1] The marriages of state solidified the ties between Minkhaung II and Nanda, the High King.

Her official style, according to the Maha Yazawin and Hmannan Yazawin chronicles, was "Queen of the Southern Palace" although she was not the chief queen sort,[2][3] making her one of the few Queens of the Southern Palace who was not also the chief queen. The Yazawin Thit chronicle demurs, conspicuously omitting her specific rank.[4] At any rate, all three chronicles say that she was given a burial at Kanbawzathadi Palace, with the burial rites befitting a chief queen.[5][6][7] She had no issue.[8]


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  1. ^ (Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 79): Kason 945 ME = 21 April 1583 to 20 May 1583
  2. ^ Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 103
  3. ^ Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 107
  4. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 2 2012: 239
  5. ^ Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 96
  6. ^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 2 2012: 230
  7. ^ Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 98
  8. ^ Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 108