Minkhaung II

Minkhaung II
ဒုတိယ မင်းခေါင်
King of Ava
Reignc. August 1480 – 7 April 1501
PredecessorThihathura
SuccessorNarapati II
Born9 October 1446
Sunday, 4th waning of Thadingyut 808 ME[1]
Ava (Inwa)
Died7 April 1501(1501-04-07) (aged 54)
5th waning of Late Tagu 862 ME[2]
Ava
ConsortAtula Thiri Dhamma Dewi
IssueThihathura II
Narapati II
HouseMohnyin
FatherThihathura
MotherAmeitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi[3]
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Minkhaung II (Burmese: ဒုတိယ မင်းခေါင် [dṵtḭja̰ mɪ́ɰ̃ɡàʊɰ̃]; 9 October 1446 – 7 April 1501) was king of Ava from 1480 to 1501. His 20-year reign was the beginning of the decline of Ava's hold on Upper Burma. Yamethin, a region to the east of Ava, revolted upon Minkhaung's accession to the Ava throne and stayed independent throughout Minkhaung's reign. The southern regions of Prome and Tharrawaddy revolted in 1482, and also stayed independent. By the mid-1490s, the Shan states of Mohnyin, Mogaung, Momeik and Kale (Kalay) had also broken away, and begun raiding northern Ava territories.[4] Minkhaung increasingly came to rely on Mingyi Nyo, the Viceroy of Toungoo, for military assistance. By the end of his reign, Toungoo was equally powerful as its nominal overlord Ava.[5]

Minkhaung II made his eldest son Thihathura II joint-king and co-ruled the kingdom for 15 years. But Thihathura II died a month before his father. Minkhaung II died in April 1501 and was succeeded by his younger son Shwenankyawshin (Narapati II).

  1. ^ Zata 1960: 77
  2. ^ Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 119
  3. ^ Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 95
  4. ^ Phayre 1967: 86–87
  5. ^ Fernquest 2005