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 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 ...

.Harvey 1925: 93–96 She was also a half-niece of Minkhaung; her mother Saw Salaka Dewi and Minkhaung were half-siblings.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 373 Although the ''

Hmannan Yazawin ''Hmannan Maha Yazawindawgyi'' (, ; commonly, ''Hmannan Yazawin''; known in English as the ''Glass Palace Chronicle'') is the first Burmese chronicle, official chronicle of Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). It was compiled by the Royal Histori ...

'' chronicle states she became the chief queen of Minkhaung in 1407/08,Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 486 an inscription dated 28 February 1409 by Queen Shin Saw states that Saw was still the chief queen in 1409.Than Tun 1959: 125–126 She was also the favorite queen of Minkhaung's son and successor

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 ...

until Shin Saw Pu became queen. In August 1425, Bo-Me engineered the death of Thihathu by getting Le Than Bwa of Onbaung to assassinate the king. She might have married the successor, eight-year-old Min Hla.(Harvey 1925: 97) says

Mohnyin Thado Mohnyin Thado (, ; , ''Mongyang That Oo''; 1379–1439) was king of Ava Kingdom, Ava from 1426 to 1439. He is also known in History of Myanmar, Burmese history as Mohnyin Min Taya (မိုးညှင်း မင်းတရား, , "Rig ...

was her "fifth crowned consort". But the chronicles do not say that Bo-Me ever married the 8-year-old Min Hla; they say only that she had him poisoned. Three months later, she poisoned the boy king and put her lover Prince Min Nyo on the Ava throne, and became the chief queen.Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 57–58 In May 1426, Nyo was overthrown by Gov. Thado of Mohnyin, who subsequently made Bo-Me a junior queen.Htin Aung 1967: 93–94

Ancestry

The following is her ancestry as given in the ''

'' chronicle.See (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 372). Her mother Salaka Dewi may have married more than once—(Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 404) Salaka Dewi, daughter of Swa Saw Ke was married to Sithu of Myinsaing—or Salaka Dewi's husband had two titles over his career, Sithu and Theinkhathu. She was a granddaughter of King

Swa Saw Ke Mingyi Swa Saw Ke (, ; also spelled Minkyiswasawke or Swasawke; 1330–1400) was king of Ava from 1367 to 1400. He reestablished central authority in Upper Myanmar (Burma) for the first time since the fall of the Pagan Empire in the 1280s. He ...

of Ava, and

Kyawswa I of Pinya Kyawswa I of Pinya (, ; ; 1299–1350) was king of Pinya from 1344 to 1350. His six-year reign briefly restored unity in southern Upper Burma although his authority over his southernmost vassals remained largely nominal. He suddenly died in 1350 ...

, and a great granddaughter of King

of Pinya and King

Kyawswa of Pagan Kyawswa (, ; 2 August 1260 – 10 May 1299) was king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1289 to 1297. Son of the last sovereign king of Pagan Narathihapate, Kyawswa was one of many "kings" that emerged after the collapse of the Pagan ...

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