Min Mya Hnit

Min Mya Hnit (Burmese: မင်းမြနှစ်, pronounced [mɪ́ɰ̃ mja̰ n̥ɪʔ]) was the only child of King Minye Kyawswa I and Queen Min Hla Nyet of Ava.^[1] She married her first cousin Thinkhaya of Twinthin during her father's reign (1439–c. 1442), and died during the early reign of her uncle King Narapati I of Ava (r. 1442–1468).^[2] Her husband later became known as Gov. Thihapate II of Pakhan.^[3]

Min Mya Hnit မင်းမြနှစ်
Duchess of Twinthin
Reign	c. 1440 – 1440s?
Predecessor	?
Successor	Shwe Einthe
Born	c. mid-to-late 1420s[note 1] Ava (Inwa)
Died	1440s ?
Spouse	Thinkhaya of Twinthin
House	Mohnyin
Father	Minye Kyawswa I of Ava
Mother	Min Hla Nyet of Ava
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

In this Burmese name, Min is an honorific, not a given name.

Ancestry

The following is her ancestry as given in the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle. Her parents were double cousins.^[4]

Ancestry of Princess Mya Hnit

8. Saw Diga of Mye-Ne 4. Mohnyin Thado 9. Saw Pale of Nyaungyan 2. Minye Kyawswa I of Ava 10. Thihapate II of Taungdwin 5. Shin Myat Hla of Ava 11. daughter of Thettawshay of Myinsaing 1. Mya Hnit 12. (=10) Thihapate II of Taungdwin 6. Thiri Zeya Thura of Pakhan 13. (=11) daughter of Thettawshay of Myinsaing 3. Min Hla Nyet of Ava 14. (=8) Saw Diga of Mye-Ne 7. Shin Myat Hla of Pakhan 15. (=9) Saw Pale of Nyaungyan

Notes

1. (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 272) and (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61): Her parents were married in May 1426.