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Min Phyu (Burmese: မင်းဖြူ, [mɪ́ɴ bjù]; 1550s–1596) was a principal queen consort of King Nanda of Toungoo Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma) from 1583 to 1596. The eldest daughter of Viceroy Minkhaung II of Toungoo, along with her two younger sisters Min Htwe and Min Pu, married her first cousin Nanda in 1583. The marriages of state solidified the ties between Minkhaung II and Nanda, the High King.

Her official style, according to the Maha Yazawin and Hmannan Yazawin chronicles, was "Queen of the Southern Palace" although she was not the chief queen sort, making her one of the few Queens of the Southern Palace who was not also the chief queen. The Yazawin Thit chronicle demurs, conspicuously omitting her specific rank. At any rate, all three chronicles say that she was given a burial at Kanbawzathadi Palace, with the burial rites befitting a chief queen. She had no issue.

In popular culture

She was portrayed as a character in Thai television drama many stories namely The Legend of King Naresuan: The Series Portrayed by Nussara Prawanna., and appeared in the scene of In Part 1 of the 2007 King Naresuan film series ,which she side seated of king Nanda Bayin.

Ancestry

The queen was descended from the Prome and ultimately Ava royalty from her mother's side. Her father Minkhaung was a half-brother of King Bayinnaung.

Notes

1. Per (Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 81), Min Phyu had two elder brothers. Since her eldest brother Minye Thihathu II of Toungoo was born in August 1550, she could have been born in 1552 at the earliest.
2. The three main chronicles do not agree on her date of death; only Hmannan's date matches with its Western calendar translation. (Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 96) says she died on Sunday, 9th waxing of Kason 958 ME, which translates to Saturday, 4 May 1596. (Yazawin Thit Vol. 2 2012: 230) corrects Maha Yazawin, saying she died on Saturday, 9th waxing of Kason 957 ME, which translates to Sunday, 16 April 1595. (Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 98) corrects both prior chronicles with Saturday, 9th waxing of Kason 958 ME, which results in Saturday, 4 May 1596.

References

1. (Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 79): Kason 945 ME = 21 April 1583 to 20 May 1583
2. Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 103
3. Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 107
4. Yazawin Thit Vol. 2 2012: 239
5. Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 96
6. Yazawin Thit Vol. 2 2012: 230
7. Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 98
8. Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 108
9. ตำนานสมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช

Bibliography

• Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Maha Sithu (1798). Myint Swe; Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2012, 2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.

v t e Queens consort of the Toungoo Dynasty
Chief queens consort	Soe Min Hteik-Tin Dhamma Dewi and Khay Ma Naw Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi Sanda Dewi I Hanthawaddy Mibaya and Min Phyu I Thiri Maha Dhamma Yaza Dipadi Dewi Atula Sanda Dewi I Khin Hnin Paw Khin Myo Sit Atula Sanda Dewi II Min Phyu II Atula Thiri Maha Dewi Maha Dewi II Thiri Maha Mingala Dewi Maha Nanda Dipadi Dewi
Queens of the Northern Palace	Thiri Maha Sanda Dewi Khin Myat Sanda Dewi I Thiri Yaza Dewi Sanda Dewi II Thiri Dewi Thiri Sanda Dewi Maha Yaza Dipadi Dewi Thiri Dhamma Dewi
Queens of the Central Palace	Yadana Dewi Yaza Dewi I Min Htwe Yaza Dewi II Nanda Dewi Maha Dipadi Dewi
Queens of the Western Palace	Maha Dewi I Min Taya Medaw
Chief only (1583–96); Chief and South (1581–83; 1596–99) South only (1583–96)

• Queens consort of Toungoo dynasty
• 1550s births
• 1596 deaths
• 16th-century Burmese women