May Hnin Thwe-Da (; , ; also spelled "မည်နှင်းသွယ်ဒါ", "Mi Hnin Thwe-Da"; , , "Lady Soidao") was the chief queen consort of King

Wareru Wareru (, , ; also known as Wagaru; 20 March 1253 – ) was the founder of the Martaban Kingdom, located in present-day Myanmar (Burma). By using both diplomatic and military skills, he successfully carved out a Mon-speaking polity in Lower B ...

Martaban Mottama (, ; Muttama , ; formerly Martaban) is a town in the Thaton District of Mon State, Myanmar. Located on the west bank of the Thanlwin river (Salween), on the opposite side of Mawlamyaing, Mottama was the capital of the Martaban Kingdo ...

. The queen was a daughter of King

Ram Khamhaeng Ramkhamhaeng (, ) or commonly known as Pho Khun Ramkhamhaeng Maharat (, ) was the third king of the Phra Ruang Dynasty, ruling the Sukhothai Kingdom (a historical kingdom of Thailand) from 1279 to 1298, during its most prosperous era. He is c ...

of Sukhothai. Circa 1281/82, while her father the king was away on a campaign, Princess Thwe-Da eloped with Wareru, a captain of the royal palace guards.Pan Hla 2005: 19 The couple fled to Wareru's native Tagaw Wun village (present-day Bilin Township,

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), then part of the neighboring Bagan Kingdom.Pan Hla 2005: 20 Her husband later seized the local governorship of Martaban (Mottama).Pan Hla 2005: 21, 23 Thwe-Da became the chief queen consort of Martaban in 1287 when her husband officially revolted against Bagan with her father's support.Pan Hla 2005: 24–25 The rebellion was successful, and her husband went on to consolidate all three

Mon Mon, MON or Mon. may refer to: Places * Mon State, a subdivision of Myanmar * Mon, India, a town in Nagaland * Mon district, Nagaland * Mon, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India * Mon, Switzerland, a village in the Canton of Grisons * A ...

-speaking regions of Lower Burma in the 1290s.Pan Hla 2005: 33–34 Thwe-Da and Wareru had at least one daughter,

May Hnin Theindya May Hnin Theindya (, ) was a principal queen consort of King Tarabya of Pegu (Bago) from 1293 to 1296. She was the only known child of King Wareru of Martaban, and may have been a granddaughter of King Ram Khamhaeng of Sukhothai. Theindya wa ...

, who later became a wife of

Tarabya of Pegu Tarabya of Pegu (; , ) was the self-proclaimed List of rulers of Pegu, king of Pegu (modern Bago, Myanmar) from 1287 to 1296. He was one of several regional strongmen who emerged after the fall of the Pagan Kingdom, Pagan Empire in 1287. Init ...

.Pan Hla 2005: 30

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