Min Phyu of Toungoo

Min Phyu မင်းဖြူ
Queen of the Southern Palace
Tenure	c. 5 May [O.S. 25 April] 1583 – 4 May [O.S. 24 April] 1596
Predecessor	Sanda Dewi (Chief Queen)
Successor	Hanthawaddy Mibaya (Chief Queen)
Born	in or after 1552[note 1] Toungoo (Taungoo)
Died	4 May [O.S. 24 April] 1596 Saturday, 9th waxing of Kason 958 ME[note 2] Pegu (Bago)
Burial	5 May 1596 Kanbawzathadi Palace
Spouse	Nanda
Issue	none
Father	Minkhaung II of Toungoo
Mother	Laygyun Mibaya
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Min Phyu (Burmese: မင်းဖြူ, [mɪ́ɴ bjù]; 1550s–1596) was a principal queen consort of King Nanda of Toungoo Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma) from 1583 to 1596. The eldest daughter of Viceroy Minkhaung II of Toungoo, along with her two younger sisters Min Htwe and Min Pu, married her first cousin Nanda in 1583.^[1] The marriages of state solidified the ties between Minkhaung II and Nanda, the High King.

Her official style, according to the Maha Yazawin and Hmannan Yazawin chronicles, was "Queen of the Southern Palace" although she was not the chief queen sort,^[2][3] making her one of the few Queens of the Southern Palace who was not also the chief queen. The Yazawin Thit chronicle demurs, conspicuously omitting her specific rank.^[4] At any rate, all three chronicles say that she was given a burial at Kanbawzathadi Palace, with the burial rites befitting a chief queen.^[5][6][7] She had no issue.^[8]

Ancestry

The queen was descended from the Prome and ultimately Ava royalty from her mother's side. Her father Minkhaung was a half-brother of King Bayinnaung.

Ancestry of Queen Min Phyu

8. Taungkha Min                       4. Mingyi Swe                             9. Kayenawaddy                       2. Minkhaung II of Toungoo                                   10. Kywe Sit Min                       5. Sister of Shin Myo Myat                             11. (unnamed)                       1. Min Phyu                                         12. Thado Minsaw of Prome                       6. Bayin Htwe of Prome                             13. Myat Hpone Pyo of Prome                       3. Laygyun Mibaya                                   14. Minye Kyawswa of Kale                       7. Chit Mi of Prome                             15. Min Hpone Htut of Prome

Notes

1. Per (Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 81), Min Phyu had two elder brothers. Since her eldest brother Minye Thihathu II of Toungoo was born in August 1550, she could have been born in 1552 at the earliest.
2. The three main chronicles do not agree on her date of death; only Hmannan's date matches with its Western calendar translation. (Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 96) says she died on Sunday, 9th waxing of Kason 958 ME, which translates to Saturday, 4 May 1596. (Yazawin Thit Vol. 2 2012: 230) corrects Maha Yazawin, saying she died on Saturday, 9th waxing of Kason 957 ME, which translates to Sunday, 16 April 1595. (Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 98) corrects both prior chronicles with Saturday, 9th waxing of Kason 958 ME, which results in Saturday, 4 May 1596.

References

1. (Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 79): Kason 945 ME = 21 April 1583 to 20 May 1583
2. Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 103
3. Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 107
4. Yazawin Thit Vol. 2 2012: 239
5. Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 96
6. Yazawin Thit Vol. 2 2012: 230
7. Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 98
8. Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 108

Bibliography

• Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese) 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Maha Sithu (1798). Myint Swe (1st ed.); Kyaw Win, Ph.D. and Thein Hlaing (2nd ed.), ed. Yazawin Thit (in Burmese) 1–3 (2012, 2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese) 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.