Shin Bo-Me

Shin Bo-Me
ရှင်ဘို့မယ်
Queen of the Northern Palace of Ava
Tenure 20 May 1426 – c. May 1439
Predecessor herself
Successor Tanzaung Mibaya
Chief queen consort of Ava
Tenure August 1425 – 20 May 1426
Predecessor Saw Min Hla
Successor Shin Myat Hla
Queen of the Northern Palace of Ava
Tenure c. February 1422 – August 1425
Predecessor Saw Khway
Successor herself
Queen of the Western Palace of Ava
Tenure c. August 1408 – c. February 1422
Predecessor Shin Mi-Nauk
Successor Taungdwin Mibaya
Born 1390s
Taungdwin
Died ?
Ava (Inwa)
Spouse Minkhaung I
Thihathu
Min Hla
Kale Kyetaungnyo
Mohnyin Thado
Issue None
Father Theingathu[1]
Mother Saw Salaka Dewi[1]
Religion Theravada Buddhism

Shin Bo-Me (Burmese: ရှင်ဘို့မယ် [ʃɪ̀ɴ bo̰ mɛ̀]; also spelled Shin Bo-Mai) was queen to five consecutive kings of Ava. The queen was considered a great beauty. She was the favorite and chief queen of Minkhaung I.[2] She became the chief queen in 1407.[3] She was also the favorite queen of Thihathu until Shin Sawbu became queen in 1424. In August 1425, Bo-Me engineered the death of Thihathu. She "married" the successor, 7-year-old Min Hla. Three months later, she poisoned the boy king and put her lover Kale Kyetaungnyo on the Ava throne, and again became the chief queen.[4] In May 1426, Kyetaungnyo was overthrown by Mohnyin Thado, who subsequently made Bo-Me a junior queen.[5]

Ancestry

The following is her ancestry as given in the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle.[note 1] She was a granddaughter of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava, and Kyawswa I of Pinya, and a great granddaughter of King Thihathu of Pinya and King Kyawswa of Pagan.

Notes

  1. See (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 372). Her mother Salaka Dewi apparently married more than once; (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 404) Salaka Dewi, daughter of Swa Saw Ke was married to Sithu of Myinsaing.

References

  1. 1 2 Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 372
  2. Harvey 1925: 93–96
  3. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 486
  4. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 57–58
  5. Htin Aung 1967: 93–94

Bibliography

Shin Bo-Me
Born: 1390s Died: ?
Royal titles
Preceded by
herself
Queen of the Northern Palace of Ava
May 1426 – May 1439
Succeeded by
Tanzaung Mibaya
Preceded by
Saw Min Hla
Chief queen consort of Ava
August 1425 – 20 May 1426
Succeeded by
Shin Myat Hla
Preceded by
Saw Khway
Queen of the Northern Palace of Ava
February 1422 – August 1425
Succeeded by
herself
Preceded by
Shin Mi-Nauk
Queen of the Western Palace of Ava
August 1408 – February 1422
Succeeded by
Taungdwin Mibaya
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