, image = , caption = , reign = February 1527 – late 1532 , coronation = , succession = Chief queen consort of Prome , predecessor =

Saw Myat Lay Saw Myat Lay (, ) was the chief queen consort of King Thado Minsaw of Prome. Prior, she had been the chief wife of Viceroy Mingyi Swa of Prome since 1450s. Brief Saw Myat Lay was the second child of Princess Saw Min Phyu and Saw Shwe Khet ...

, successor = Thiri Hpone Htut , suc-type = Successor , reg-type = , regent = , spouse = Bayin Htwe , issue =

Narapati of Prome Narapati of Prome (, ; died February 1539) was king of Prome from 1532 to 1539. He seized the throne after his father Bayin Htwe was taken captive by the Confederation of Shan States in 1532 back to Upper Burma. Bayin Htwe escaped after the Conf ...

Mingyi Saw
unnamed daughter
Narapati Medaw , issue-link = , issue-pipe = , full name = , house = Ava , father =

Mingyi Swa of Prome Mingyi Swa of Prome (, ; 1435–1482) was viceroy of Prome from 1446 to 1482 during the reigns of kings Narapati I, Thihathura I and Minkhaung II of Ava. Brief He was born Min Hsin-Mya (မင်းဆင်များMaha Yazawin Vol. 2 ...

, mother =

, birth_date = 1470s , birth_place =

Prome Pyay, and formerly anglicised as Prome, is the 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 Ayeyarwady Delta, Cent ...

(Pyay)

Ava Kingdom The Ava Kingdom (, ; INN-wa pyi) also known as Inwa Kingdom or Kingdom of Ava was the dominant kingdom that ruled upper Burma (Myanmar) from 1365 to 1555. Founded in 1365, the kingdom was the successor state to the petty kingdoms of Myinsa ...

, death_date = ? , death_place = Prome? , date of burial = , place of burial = , religion =

Theravada ''Theravāda'' (; 'School of the Elders'; ) is Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school's adherents, termed ''Theravādins'' (anglicized from Pali ''theravādī''), have preserved their version of the Buddha's teaching or ''Dharma (Buddhi ...

Buddhism , signature = Shwe Zin Gon ( ; also known as Min Shwe GonHmannan Vol. 3 2003: 88) was the chief queen of King Bayin Htwe of

(r. 1527–1532). She was of Ava royalty, and a daughter of

Mingyi Swa , title = Viceroy of Toungoo , image = , caption = , reign = 15 October 1581 – , coronation = , succession = Heir Apparent of Burma , predecessor = ...

, viceroy of Prome (r. 1446–1482).Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 83 In 1482, her paternal uncle Thado Minsaw took over Prome, and declared himself king.Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 113–114 Thado Minsaw raised her mother

to chief queen. Shwe Zin Gon herself was later married to her first cousin Bayin Htwe, the eldest son of Thado Minsaw. Her eldest son Narapati was king of Prome from 1532 to 1539.Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 89

Ancestry

She was the youngest of the 11 children of Viceroy

and

.Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 327 The following is her ancestry as reported in 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, which in turn referenced contemporary inscriptions.See (Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 88) for her parents. See (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 82–84) for her further ancestors. Her parents were first cousins.

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