Khin The

Khin The (Burmese: ခင်သဲ, c. January 1814 – 3 May 1872), commonly known by her regnal title Thiri Maha Yadana Mingala Dewi (Burmese: သီရိမဟာရတနာမင်္ဂလာဒေဝီ; Pali: Sirimahāratanamaṅgaladevī), was the Queen of the Northern Palace of King Mindon Min during the Konbaung dynasty.[1]

Khin The
Sirimahāratanamaṅgaladevī
Queen of the Northern Palace
Tenure26 March 1853 – 3 May 1872
Coronation6 April 1853
PredecessorThiri Maha Yadana Dewi II
SuccessorSupayalat
BornMe Nyunt
December 1813 or January 1814
Pyatho 1175 ME[note 1]
Nyaung-kan, Monywa District, Konbaung Burma
Died3 May 1872 (aged 58)
Friday, 12th waning of Kason 1234 ME
Mandalay, Konbaung Burma
Burial
Mandalay Palace
SpouseMindon Min
IssueNone
Regnal name
Sirimahāratanamaṅgaladevī
(သီရိမဟာရတနာမင်္ဂလာဒေဝီ)
HouseKonbaung
FatherTha Phyu, Lord of Sagaing
MotherMin Hla
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Biography

At her age 13, she serving as a lady-in-waiting to Nanmadaw Me Nu when her father, Tha Phyu, serving as mayor of Sagaing. In 1834, she became a royal concubine of Prince Mindon. When Prince Mindon and Kanaung Mintha fled to Shwebo, Khin The accompanied them. Before the end of the rebellion, Prince Mindon pledged to make Khin The as the chief queen if he ascended the throne. When Mindon ascended the throne, it was difficult for Khin The to be made the chief queen because she was not a royal blood. However, she became the Queen of the Northern Palace with the royal title Thiri Maha Yadana Mingala Dewi on 26 March 1853.

She did not bear any issue but she adopted Salin Supaya, daughter of her half-sister Limban Mibaya, and Kwutywa Princess, daughter of Tamabin Mibaya. She died on 3 May 1872 and was buried in the Mandalay Palace stockade.

Notes
  1. Pyatho 1175 ME = 22 December 1813 to 20 January 1814
    Her birth name, Nyunt, suggests that she was a Tuesday born. If so, she would have been born on 28 December 1813, 4 January 1814, 11 January 1814 or 18 January 1814.

References
  1. J.P. Hardiman (1900). Gazetteer Of Upper Burma and the Shan States Part I Vol II. Rangoon: Superintendent, Government Printing, Burma.

See also
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