Min Khin Saw

Min Khin Saw was the chief queen consort of the break-away kingdom of Toungoo from 1597 to 1609. She was also the chief queen of Toungoo from 1584 to 1597 when Toungoo was a vassal state of Toungoo Empire. From 1612 onwards, the mother of Natshinnaung spent her last years as a dowager queen in Pinya.

Brief

Min Khin Saw was the only child born from the union of Queen Sanda Dewi and King Bayinnaung. She descended from the Ava royal line from her mother's side. She married her half-cousin Minye Kyawhtin, governor of Tharrawaddy, on 1 May 1571.
The couple had four children:

Natshinnaung, King of Toungoo ; Viceroy of Toungoo
Minye Kyawswa of Toungoo, Crown Prince of Toungoo
Minye Thihathu III of Toungoo, Governor of Badon
Minye Kyawhtin II of Toungoo, Governor of Taungdwingyi

Min Khin Saw became a dowager queen in 1609 when her husband died. She fled Toungoo in August 1612 when the combined forces of Portuguese Syriam and Martaban attacked Toungoo. King Anaukpetlun gave her a two-story house in Pinya with a retinue of servants.

In popular culture

She was portrayed by Ratchanee Siralert in the 2003 Thai television drama Kasattriya, under the name Chao Nang Nanthavadi.and The Legend of King Naresuan Part VI in 2015 portrayed by Ratchanee Siralert Once again.