Min Hla (, ; also known as Min Hla Nge, မင်းလှငယ် , ; 1417–1425) was king of Ava for three months in 1425. The eldest child of King

Thihathu of Ava Thihathu of Ava (, ; also known as Aung Pinle Hsinbyushin Thihathu; 1394–1425) was king of Ava from 1421 to 1425. Though he opportunistically renewed the Forty Years' War with Hanthawaddy Pegu in 1422, Thihathu agreed to a peace treaty with ...

(r. 1421–1425) was only 8 when he was placed on the throne by the court, following the assassination of his father. The boy king too was assassinated three months later by Queen

Shin Bo-Me Shin Bo-Me (, ; also spelled Shin Bo-Mai) was a principal queen of four kings of Ava in the early 15th century. Brief Considered a great beauty, Bo-Me was the favorite queen of Minkhaung I.Harvey 1925: 93–96 She was also a half-niece of Mink ...

, who had arranged his father's assassination. He was succeeded by Prince Nyo of Kale Kye-Taung, Bo-Me's lover.

Brief

Min Hla was born to Princess Saw Min Hla and Crown Prince

Thihathu Thihathu (, ; 1265–1325) was a co-founder of the Myinsaing Kingdom, and the founder of the Pinya Kingdom in today's central Burma (Myanmar).Coedès 1968: 209 Thihathu was the youngest and most ambitious of the three brothers that successful ...

in Ava (Inwa),Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 54 26 April 1417.The main royal chronicles (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 59–60), (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 270) and (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 58) all say that he became king at age 8 (in his 9th year) in August/September 1425, meaning he was born in early 779 ME (1417). The chronicle ''Zatadawbon Yazawin'' (Zata 1960: 74) says he was born on Monday, 11th nekkhat of the 2nd month of 774 ME. But the birth year of 774 ME is most likely a typographical error, and should be 779 ME per the other chronicles. Indeed, Monday, 11th waxing of Kason of 779 ME = Monday, 26 April 1417. The prince had two younger sisters,

Saw Pyei Chantha Saw Pyei Chantha ( ), also spelled Shwe Bye Kyantha (), was the chief queen consort of Arakan for a few months in 1408. After she and her first husband King Anawrahta of Launggyet were captured by the Hanthawaddy forces in 1408, she became a ...

and Shwe Pyi Shin Me,(Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 56) says Min Hla had just one younger sister, Saw Pyei Chantha. But (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 270) says Min Hla had another the sister, the youngest sibling, Shwe Pyi Shin Me. (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 54) follows ''Yazawin Thit's'' account. and four older maternal half-siblings— Minye Kyawhtin, Min Hla Htut, Minye Aung Naing, Saw Min Phyu, from his mother's first marriage to his uncle Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa. His mother was wedded to his father in 1416, a year after the death of Minye Kyawswa, by his grandfather King

Minkhaung I Minkhaung I of Ava ( ; also spelled Mingaung; 1373–1421) was king of Ava Kingdom, Ava from 1400 to 1421. He is best remembered in History of Myanmar, Burmese history for his epic struggles against King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy Kingdom, Hantha ...

(r. 1400–1421).Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 50Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 263–264 Minkhaung died in 1421, and with Thihathu's accession, a 4-year-old Min Hla became the

heir-presumptive An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of a person with a better claim to the position in question. This is in contrast to an heir app ...

of the kingdom. About four years later in August 1425, Thihathu was assassinated in an attempted coup by one of his queens,

, who had planned to place her lover Prince Nyo of Kale (Kalay) on the throne.Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 58 But the coup was not an immediate success. The court simply followed the

order of succession An order, line or right of succession is the line of individuals necessitated to hold a high office when it becomes vacated, such as head of state or an honour such as a title of nobility.Tarabya of Ava Tarabya (, or ; 22 December 1368 – ) was king of Ava for about seven months in 1400. He was the heir apparent from 1385 to 1400 during his father King Swa Saw Ke's reign. He was a senior commander in Ava's first three campaigns (1385−91) a ...

(r. 1400)—was available. She invited Prince of Kale to come down to Ava to claim the throne by force. Nyo marched to Ava with an army right after the rainy season was over. At Ava, Bo-Me managed to poison the boy king to death in early November 1425. The Bo-Me faction successfully placed Nyo on the throne.Harvey 1925: 96

Historiography

The following is a list of the key events as reported in the royal chronicles.

Ancestry

Notes

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