Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi of Ava

Chief queen consort of Ava

Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi အတုလသီရိ ဓမ္မဒေဝီ
Chief queen consort of Ava
Reign	c. August 1480 – 7 April 1501
Predecessor	Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi
Successor	Salin Minthami

Born	c. 1446/47 c. 808 ME Twinthin
Died	? Ava (Inwa)?
Spouse	Minkhaung II
Issue	Thihathura II Narapati II Soe Min Min Hpwa Saw
Father	Thihapate II of Pakhan
Mother	Shwe Einthe of Twinthin
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

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Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi (Burmese: အတုလသီရိ ဓမ္မဒေဝီ, pronounced [ʔətṵla̰ θìɹḭ dəma̰dèwì]) was the chief queen consort of King Minkhaung II of Ava. She was a granddaughter of King Mohnyin Thado, as well as a direct descendant of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava from her mother's side.^{[note 1]}

She was wedded to her cousin Prince Nawrahta (later King Minkhaung II) in 1466/67 by their grandfather King Narapati I of Ava. The couple had been engaged since they were both nine years old (in their 10th year).^[1]

Ancestry

The following is her ancestry as reported in the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle.^{[note 2]}

Ancestry of Queen Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi

8. unnamed

4. Thihapate of Mohnyin

9. unnamed

2. Thihapate II of Pakhan

10. (=12) Mohnyin Thado

5. Shin Hla Myat of Pakhan

11. (=13) Shin Myat Hla of Ava

1. Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi

12. (=10) Mohnyin Thado

6. Narapati I of Ava

13. (=11) Shin Myat Hla of Ava

3. Shwe Einthe of Twinthin

14. Thinkhaya of Pagan

7. Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi of Ava

15. Saw Min Pu

Notes

^ (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 82): Her maternal great grandfather Thinkhaya of Pagan was a half-uncle of King Minkhaung I.
^ See (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61, 73, 82–83, 111). According to (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61), Thihapate of Mohnyin was a nephew of Shin Mi Myat.

References

^ Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 294

Bibliography

Kala, U (2006) [1724]. Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
Maha Sithu (2012) [1798]. Myint Swe; Kyaw Win; Thein Hlaing (eds.). Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (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.

Royal titles
Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi of Ava Toungoo Dynasty Born: c. 1446/47
Preceded by Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi	Chief queen consort of Ava 1480–1501	Succeeded by Salin Minthami