Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi of Ava

Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi အမိတ္တ သီရိ မဟာဓမ္မဒေဝီ
Chief queen consort of Ava
Tenure	24 July 1468 – August 1480
Predecessor	Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi
Successor	Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi
Born	1430s Pakhan
Died	? Ava (Inwa)
Spouse	Thihathura I
Issue	Minkhaung II Thado Dhamma Yaza of Salin Minye Kyawswa of Yamethin Bodaw Shin Medaw Bodaw Shin Bwa Nat Shin Hnamadaw
House	Mohnyin
Father	Thihapate of Mohnyin
Mother	Min Hla Myat
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi of Ava (Burmese: အမိတ္တ သီရိ မဟာဓမ္မဒေဝီ, pronounced: [ʔəmeiʔta̰ θìɹḭ məhà dəma̰ dèwì]; born Saw Hla Min^[1]) was the chief queen consort of King Thihathura I of Ava from 1468 to 1480.^[2] The queen was a granddaughter of King Mohnyin Thado. King Alaungpaya, the founder of Konbaung Dynasty, was a ninth generation descendant of the queen through her daughter Bodaw Shin Medaw.^[3]

Ancestry

Ancestry of Queen Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi

2. Thihapate of Mohnyin                                   1. Ameitta Thiri                                         12. Saw Diga of Mye-Ne                       6. Mohnyin Thado                             13. Saw Pale of Nyaungyan                       3. Min Hla Myat of Pakhan                                   14. Thihapate II of Taungdwin                       7. Shin Myat Hla of Ava                             15. Princess of Myinsaing

References

1. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 83
2. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 110
3. Letwe Nawrahta 1961: 12

Bibliography

• Letwe Nawrahta and Twinthin Taikwun (c. 1770). Hla Thamein, ed. Alaungpaya Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (1961 ed.). Ministry of Culture, Union of Burma.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.