Minye Thihathu II of Toungoo

Maha Dhamma Yaza
မဟာဓမ္မရာဇာ မင်းရဲသီဟသူ
Minye Thihathu II of Toungoo
King of Toungoo
Reignc. February 1597 – 11 August 1609
Coronation21 March 1603
PredecessorMinkhaung II
SuccessorNatshinnaung
Viceroy of Toungoo
ReignJune 1584 – c. February 1597
PredecessorMinkhaung II
SuccessorNatshinnaung
Bornc. 6 August 1550
Wednesday, c. 7th waning of Wagaung 912 ME
Toungoo (Taungoo)
Died11 August [O.S. 1 August] 1609
Tuesday, 11th waxing of Wagaung 971 ME (aged ~59)
Toungoo (Taungoo)
SpouseMin Khin Saw
Myo Myat Hpone Wai
IssueNatshinnaung
Minye Kyawswa of Toungoo
Minye Thihathu III
Minye Kyawhtin II of Kawliya
Khin Shwe Nan
HouseToungoo
FatherMinkhaung II of Toungoo
MotherLaygyun Mibaya
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Minye Thihathu II of Toungoo (Burmese: မင်းရဲ သီဟသူ, pronounced [mɪ́ɴjɛ́ θìha̰ðù]; c. 6 August 1550 – 11 August 1609) was king of the breakaway kingdom of Toungoo (Taungoo) from 1597 to 1609. His kingdom was one of several small states that emerged following the collapse of Toungoo Empire. He is best known in Burmese history for his role in the sack of Pegu (Bago) in 1599 that ended the Toungoo Empire.

He was viceroy of Toungoo from 1584 to 1597 during the reign of his first cousin King Nanda. After breaking away, he entered into an alliance with King Raza II of Arakan, and they captured Pegu in December 1599. The allies thoroughly looted the city before burning it down two months later. They also drove back a Siamese invasion, and agreed to jointly administer Lower Burma outside of Siamese-controlled Martaban (Mottama). But they lost control of Lower Burma in 1603 when the Portuguese governor of Syriam (Thanlyin) in the service of Arakan switched sides to Portuguese Goa. The allies' attempt to regain Syriam in 1603–04 failed.

He spent his last years rebuilding the city of Toungoo and other war ravaged regions around his kingdom. But he also saw his kingdom increasingly boxed in by the Portuguese from the south and Ava (Inwa) from the north. He died a year before Ava took over Toungoo.