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Minye Kyawswa
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Heir Apparent of Ava
Reign
c. December 1406 – 13 March 1415
Predecessor
Theiddat (Heir Presumptive)
Successor
Thihathu
Viceroy of Prome
Reign
c. July 1413 – November 1413
Predecessor
Sokkate of Prome (Acting Governor)
Successor
Thihathu
Born
c. January 1391 c. Tabodwe 752 ME Pyinzi, Ava Kingdom
Died
13 March 1415 (aged 24) Wednesday, 4th waxing of Late Tagu 776 ME Twante–Dala, Hanthawaddy Kingdom
Burial
Twante–Dala
Spouse
Saw Min Hla (1406–1415)
Issue Detail
Minye Kyawhtin of Toungoo
Min Hla Htut of Pyakaung
Minye Aung Naing
Saw Min Phyu
Burmese
မင်းရဲကျော်စွာ
House
Ava
Father
Minkhaung I
Mother
Shin Mi-Nauk
Religion
Theravada Buddhism
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Minye Kyawswa (Burmese: မင်းရဲကျော်စွာ, pronounced[mɪ́ɰ̃jɛ́tɕɔ̀zwà]; also Minyekyawswa and Minrekyawswa; c. January 1391 – 13 March 1415) was crown prince of Ava from 1406 to 1415, and commander-in-chief of Ava's military from 1410 to 1415. He is best remembered in Burmese history as the courageous general who waged the fiercest battles of the Forty Years' War (1385–1424) against King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy Pegu.
The prince was his father King Minkhaung I's best and most trusted general. Between 1406 and 1415, the father and son team waged war on all of Ava's neighbors, and nearly succeeded in reassembling the Pagan Empire under Ava's leadership. On the cusp of final victory, he was wounded in a battle near Twante–Dala, and captured in March 1415. The crown prince of Ava refused treatment, and died shortly after. He was 24.
Minkhaung and Minye Kyawswa's struggles against Razadarit are retold as classic stories of legend in Burmese popular culture. Minye Kyawswa's name is still invoked alongside the names of greatest warrior kings of Burmese history. He has also entered the pantheon of Burmese nats (spirits) as Maung Minbyu as well as Min Kyawzwa in some versions.
question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. MinyeKyawswa (Burmese: မင်းရဲကျော်စွာ, pronounced [mɪ́ɰ̃jɛ́ tɕɔ̀zwà]; also Minyekyawswa...
Burmese script. MinyeKyawswa I of Ava (Burmese: မင်းရဲကျော်စွာ, pronounced [mɪ́ɰ̃jɛ́ tɕɔ̀zwà]; also known as Hsinbyushin MinyeKyawswa Gyi (ဆင်ဖြူရှင်...
question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. MinyeKyawswa (Burmese: မင်းရဲကျော်စွာ, pronounced [mɪ́ɴjɛ́ tɕɔ̀zwà]; also spelled...
then on his campaigns against the Shans at Kengtung with his brother MinyeKyawswa II, the governor of Ava. However, the death of Anaukpetlun forced the...
Between 1401 and 1418, he met Ava's King Minkhaung I and Crown Prince MinyeKyawswa head-on in Lower Burma, Upper Burma, and Arakan. His life is recorded...
was married to Prince MinyeKyawswa at his coronation ceremony as heir-apparent. MinyeKyawswa was a cousin. She and MinyeKyawswa had four children between...
restore the Pagan Empire. Under the military leadership of his eldest son MinyeKyawswa, Ava nearly succeeded. While he ultimately failed to conquer Hanthawaddy...
Prince MinyeKyawswa, Minye Kyawhtin raised a long-running rebellion against King Mohnyin Thado (r. 1426–1439) and his successors, kings MinyeKyawswa I (r...
Hanthawaddy Pegu. After making his name under the command of Crown Prince MinyeKyawswa, including the 1406 conquest of Arakan, Thado was appointed sawbwa of...
Theiddat was heir presumptive to his brother Minkhaung I until his nephew MinyeKyawswa was made heir instead. Joan of Navarre was heir presumptive to her father...
prince had two older siblings Prince MinyeKyawswa and Princess Saw Pyei Chantha, and a younger brother Prince Minye Kyawhtin. The family lived in Pyinzi...
as the main two contenders to the throne, his two uncles Thalun and MinyeKyawswa were away at the Shan States on a military campaign. Although nominally...
assassinated Nanda. On 21 November 1602, Minye Thihathu II married her off to his second son (and her nephew) MinyeKyawswa of Toungoo, who was at least 20 years...
king in 1404 but was driven out of Launggyet in 1406 by Crown Prince MinyeKyawswa of Ava. He sought refuge in the Bengal Sultanate, and later entered...
that he would grow up to be a great warrior just like MinyeKyawswa. The prophecy of a MinyeKyawswa reincarnate may have been popular in the superstitious...
and the people of rival Kingdom of Ava widely believed that Prince MinyeKyawswa of Ava was the reincarnation of Baw Law Kyan Daw, fulfilling the prophecy...
the Royal Ava Army before appointed to succeed his father-in-law Gov. MinyeKyawswa II of Prome. In 1429, he was reappointed to be governor of Sagu by King...
Toungoo (r. 1470–1481). In her youth, the eldest daughter of Crown Prince MinyeKyawswa and Saw Min Hla, was known as the Princess of Pyakaung. She was later...
cousins MinyeKyawswa I and Narapati I, and his nephew Thihathura of Ava. His role expanded greatly in the reign of his brother-in-law King MinyeKyawswa I...
the battle of Ayutthaya, the young prince was awarded the title of MinyeKyawswa (မင်းရဲကျော်စွာ) by Tabinshwehti. On 11 January 1551, Nanda became heir-apparent...
maternal grandmother Min Hla Htut, Princess of Pyakaung, was a daughter of MinyeKyawswa and Saw Min Hla, daughter of Tarabya of Pakhan. (Harvey 1925: 342):...
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