Soe Min Hteik-Tin of Toungoo

Soe Min Hteik-Tin စိုးမင်းထိပ်တင်
Chief queen consort of Toungoo Dynasty
Tenure	16 October 1510 – 24 November 1530
Coronation	11 April 1511
Predecessor	New office
Successor	Dhamma Dewi
Chief vicereine of Toungoo
Tenure	c. April 1485 – 16 October 1510
Predecessor	Min Hla Myat
Successor	Sister of Shin Myo Myat
Born	c. 1460s Toungoo (Taungoo)
Died	c. 1530s Toungoo
Spouse	Mingyi Nyo
Issue	one daughter
House	Toungoo
Father	Min Sithu
Mother	Min Hla Myat[1]
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Soe Min Hteik-Tin (Burmese: စိုးမင်းထိပ်တင်, pronounced: [só mɪ́ɴ tʰeiʔ tɪ̀ɴ]) was the chief queen consort of Toungoo from 1510 to 1530. Her reign title was Thiri Atula Maha Nanda Dewi.^[2] She was a daughter of Viceroy Min Sithu of Toungoo. In 1485, her first cousin Mingyi Nyo assassinated her father because he had refused give her in marriage to Nyo.^[3] She became the chief queen consort in 1510 when Nyo declared independence from Ava (Inwa).^[2] On 11 April 1511,^[4] at the coronation ceremony, she was crowned the chief queen with the title Thiri Atula Maha Nanda Dewi.^[5]

The queen had a daughter, who was married to Shwe Myat, son of the Lord of Taungdwin.^{[note 1]}

Ancestry

The following is the family tree of Queen Soe Min, according to the royal chronicles. Her parents were first cousins, both descended from the Ava royalty. Her great grandfathers Minye Kyawswa (of the Forty Years' War fame) and Sithu of Paukmyaing were grandsons of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava.^[6]

Ancestry of Queen Soe Min Hteik-Tin

8. Sithu of Paukmyaing                       4. Sithu Kyawhtin of Toungoo                             9. (unnamed)                       2. Min Sithu of Toungoo                                   10. Minye Kyawswa of Ava                       5. Min Hla Htut of Pyakaung                             11. Saw Min Hla                       1. Soe Min Hteik-Tin                                         12. Sithu of Paukmyaing                       6. Sithu of Yamethin                             13. (unnamed)                       3. Min Hla Myat of Yamethin                                   14. Myauk-Bet Nawrahta                       7. (unnamed)                             15. Min Shwe Kyu

Notes

1. Chronicles are inconsistent about the date of the marriage. (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 121) says the marriage occurred in Tabaung 863 ME (6 February to 7 March 1502). But (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 178–179) gives 871 ME (30 March 1509 to 30 March 1510).

References

1. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 173
2. Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 89
3. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 174
4. (Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 79): Full moon of Kason 873 ME = 11 April 1511
5. Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 80
6. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 172–173

Bibliography

• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
• Sein Lwin Lay, Kahtika U (1968). Mintaya Shwe Hti and Bayinnaung: Ketumadi Taungoo Yazawin (in Burmese) (2006, 2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Yan Aung Sarpay.