Sanda Dewi ( my, စန္ဒာဒေဝီ ; pi, Candādevī) was one of the three principal

queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

of King

Bayinnaung , image = File:Bayinnaung.JPG , caption = Statue of Bayinnaung in front of the National Museum of Myanmar , reign = 30 April 1550 – 10 October 1581 , coronation = 11 January 1551 at Toun ...

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from 1553 to 1581. She was also a queen of the last two kings of

Prome Kingdom The Prome Kingdom ( my, ဒုတိယ သရေခေတ္တရာ နေပြည်တော်) was a kingdom that existed for six decades between 1482 and 1542 in present-day central Burma (Myanmar). Based out of the city of Prome ( ...

from 1532 to 1542. She was the maternal grandmother of

Natshinnaung Natshinnaung ( my, နတ်သျှင်နောင်, ; 1579–1613) was a Toungoo prince who was a noted poet and an accomplished musician, as well as an able military commander. He later became a rebellious ruler of Toungoo, and went ov ...

, king of Toungoo.

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The queen was born Thiri Hpone Htut ( ) to King

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of Ava and Queen Dhamma Dewi in 1517/1518. After her father was killed in action against the forces of the

Confederation of Shan States The Shan States (1885–1948) were a collection of minor Shan kingdoms called ''muang'' whose rulers bore the title ''saopha'' in British Burma. They were analogous to the princely states of British India. The term "Shan States" was firs ...

and the

on 25 March 1527, the young princess was brought to

Prome Pyay (, ; mnw, ပြန် , ; also known as Prome and Pyè) is principal town of Pyay Township in the Bago Region in Myanmar. Pyay is located on the bank of the Irrawaddy River, north-west of Yangon. It is an important trade center for the Aye ...

(Pyay) by King

Thado Minsaw of Prome Thado Minsaw of Prome ( my, သတိုးမင်းစော, ; 1440s–1526) was the founder of Prome Kingdom, and reigned the minor kingdom from 1482 to 1527. In 1524, he entered into an alliance with the Confederation of Shan States, a ...

. Later at Prome, she was married to one of Thado Minsaw's grandsons, King Narapati who ruled from 1532 to 1539. After Narapati died, she was married to his younger brother Minkhaung. She had a son with Minkhaung.Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 136 When Prome fell to Toungoo forces in May 1542, the king and queen of Prome were sent to Toungoo. But c. April 1553, Minkhaung was executed for suspicion of plotting against Bayinnaung. Thiri Hpone Htut then became Bayinnaung's queen, with the title of Sanda Dewi.Harvey 1925: 342(Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 279): circa Kason 915 ME They had a daughter, Khin Saw, who was mother of

, the future rebel king of Toungoo.Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 68

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