Mingyi Swe

Mingyi Swe
မင်းကြီးဆွေ
Minye Thihathu I of Toungoo
Viceroy of Toungoo
Reign1540–1549
PredecessorMingyi Nyo
SuccessorMinkhaung II
Bornc. 1490s
Toungoo (Taungoo)
DiedMarch 1549
Late Tagu/Kason 910 ME
SpouseShin Myo Myat
Myo Myat's sister
IssueDhamma Dewi
Bayinnaung
Minye Sithu
Thado Dhamma Yaza II
Minkhaung II
Thado Minsaw
HouseToungoo
FatherTaungkha Min
MotherKayenawaddy
ReligionTheravada 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.