Yadana Dewi of Toungoo

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Yadana Dewi (Burmese: ရတနာ ဒေဝီ, pronounced [jədənà dèwì]; Pali: Ratanadevī) was one of the five principal queens of King Mingyi Nyo of Toungoo Dynasty and the mother of Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi, the chief queen of King Bayinnaung. The third ranked queen of the five queens was a daughter of Hso Nyen Hpa or Nawn Ging Hpa the saopha (chief) of Mong Pai (Mobye). Her birth name was Khin Nwe (ခင်နွဲ့) according to standard chronicles, or Khin Hnin Nwe (ခင်နှင်းနွဲ့), according to the Toungoo Yazawin chronicle.^[1]