Family of Bayinnaung
These are the lists related to the Family of King Bayinnaung of the Toungoo Dynasty of Burma. The king had over 50 wives and nearly 100 children. All the Toungoo monarchs after him were descended from him.
Ancestry
His ancestry is unclear. The chronicles claim that he was of royal ancestry while oral traditions say he was of commoner origins.Queens consort
Principal queens
Bayinnaung had three queens consort. After the death of his first chief queen Atula Thiri in 1568, Sanda Dewi became the chief and only queen for the remainder of his reign.# | Name | Rank | Date of marriage | Issue |
1. | Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi | Chief Queen | April 1534 | 1. Inwa Mibaya 2. Nanda |
2. | Sanda Dewi | Chief queen Senior queen | April 1553 | 1. Min Khin Saw |
3. | Yaza Dewi | Senior queen Junior queen | c. 1550 | 1. Nawrahta Minsaw 2. Yaza Datu Kalaya 3. Thiri Thudhamma Yaza |
Junior queens
The following is a list of junior queens who bore him at least one child per the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle. Several of the queens came over through marriages of state.# | Name | Brief | Date of marriage | Issue |
1. | Khin Pyezon | 2 sons | c. 1552 | 1. Shin Ubote 2. Nyaungyan |
2. | Shin Lat I | Daughter of Letwe Khon-Thu 1 son | 1. Shin Nan Myint | |
3. | Shin Lat II | Daughter of Letya Nan-Thu 3 sons and 4 daughters | 1. Unnamed son 2. Thilawaddy 3. Sanda Dewi 4. Governor of Zeyawaddy 5. Kaweya Hla Oo 6. Yusiyawatta 7. Thila Ginga | |
4. | Khin Htwe I | Daughter of Letya Nan-Thu 3 sons, 2 daughters | 1. Khin Myat Lay 2. Shin Myat Tan 3. Okkasara 4. Thiri Yadana | |
5. | Khin Saw I | 2 sons, 4 daughters | 1. Myat In Phyo 2. Thiha Kyawhtin 3. Thuganda Kalaya 4. Thiha Kyawthu 5. Khin Hla 6. Hnaung Myin Hpone Shi | |
6. | Khin Pu | Elder sister of Thukha Hsaya 3 daughters | 1. Khin Hpone Shi 2. Khin Kaung 3. Manithala | |
7. | Khin Myo Htut | Sanda Dewi's retinue from Prome 2 sons | April 1553 | 1. Shin Aung Kyaw 2. Shin Htwe Kyaing |
8. | Khin Chan | Sanda Dewi's retinue from Prome 1 daughter | April 1553 | 1. Thiri Sanda |
9. | Khin Htwe II | Daughter of the saopha of Mogaung 1 daughter | c. March 1557 | 1. Khin Hpone Si |
10. | Sanda Thukha | Personal name: Narathein 1 son, 3 daughters | 1. Minye Aung Naing 2. Khin Gyi 3. Khin Lat 4. Min Shwe-Khe | |
11. | Shin Mi Myat | Also known as Thagya Thami 1 son, 2 daughters | 1. Ottamarit 2. Manawha 3. Hnin Hnaung Htwe Myat | |
12. | Khin Min Phyu | Younger sister of Thagya Set 1 son, 3 daughters | 1. Khin Min Myat 2. Shin Myat Lay 3. Khin Hpone San 4. Unnamed daughter | |
13. | Khin Gyi | Daughter of Min Maha of Yamethin 1 son | 1. Bodaw Ba Khin | |
14. | Zinyon Minthami Gyi | Daughter of the saopha of Chiang Rai 1 daughter | c. 1558 | 1. Yadana Nyunt Thit |
15. | Sanda Yathi | Personal name: Khin Ne Elder daughter of Lord of Metthago and half-sister of King Takayutpi of Hanthawaddy 2 daughters | 1. Khin Myit 2. Saw Ne Htwe | |
16. | Mani Thayi | Personal name: Khin Ne Yun Younger daughter of Lord of Metthago and half-sister of King Takayutpi 1 daughter | 1. Ne Thila | |
17. | Khin Gyi Min | Daughter of Aung Naing Lu Kyaw 1 son | 1. Yodaya Naing | |
18. | Khin Gyi Sit | Daughter of Letya Thura 1 son, 2 daughters | 1. Khin Hpone Myat 2. Thiha Kyaw 3. Pyinsa Kalaya | |
19. | Thudhamma | of Lan Xang 1 son, 1 daughter | c. 1565 | 1. Awrat 2. Yaza Kalaya |
20. | Khin Lat | 1 son, 2 daughters | 1. Myat San Paw 2. Eka Kalaya 3. daughter | |
21. | Kywepauk Kadaw | 1 daughter | 1. Khin Mi-Ya | |
22. | Khin Ne Thauk | 1 daughter | 1. Yadana Thaka | |
23. | Khin Hpone Gyi | 3 sons | 1. Wara Thiha 2. Nara Dhamma 3. Agga Dathta | |
24. | Khin Aung Kham | Daughter of King Narapati III of Ava 1 daughter | 1. Yadana In-Su | |
25. | Khin Myat San | Daughter of the saopha of Mogaung 2 daughters | 1. Arenawaddy 2. Kinzanawaddy | |
26. | Khin Hnin Nwe | of Lan Xang 1 son | 1. Shin Myat Kyaw | |
27. | Khin Shwe Pan | Daughter of the saopha of Bhamo 1 son | 1. Upasanda | |
28. | Khin Htwe Nyo | 1 daughter | 1. Soe Min Myat Hla | |
29. | Khin Saw II | Daughter of Min Maha of Yamethin 1 daughter | 1. Khin Chit Myat | |
30. | Nyaungshwe Minthami | Granddaughter of the saopha of Nyaungshwe 1 daughter | 1. Hpone Myo Myat Hla | |
31. | Yo-Ayon-Yon | of Lan Xang 1 daughter | 1. Hpone Myo Myat | |
32. | Zinyon Minthami Nge | Daughter of the saopha of Chiang Rai 1 son | 22 January 1567 | 1. Komma Kyawthu |
33. | Gon Minthami | Daughter of the saopha of Kengtung 1 son | 16 November 1562 | 1. Unnamed |
34. | Akyaw Minthami | Daughter of Lord of Akyaw 1 son | 1. Thudathta | |
35. | Thukha Hsaya | Younger sister of Khin Pu 1 son, 1 daughter | 1. Khin Win Hson 2. Unnamed son | |
36. | Unnamed | Daughter of Shan Paik Htaung-Hmu, King Tabinshwehti's younger maternal uncle 1 daughter | 1. Unnamed daughter | |
37. | Khin Htwe Hla | Niece of Thado Dhamma Yaza I of Prome 1 son, 1 daughter | 1. Phyo Hpone Wai 2. Eka Thura | |
38. | Unnamed | Daughter of Shan Paik Htaung-Hmu, King Tabinshwehti's younger maternal uncle 3 daughters | 1. Min Hla 2. Myat Hpone Wai 3. Unnamed daughter | |
39. | Khin Htwe Phyu | Daughter of Yaza Theinzi 1 daughter | 1. Khin Hpone Myat | |
40. | Suphankanlaya | Also known as "Amyoyon" Daughter of King Maha Thammarachathirat of Siam 1 daughter | 22 January 1567 | 1. Min A-Htwe |
41. | Khin San Paw | 1 daughter | 1. Khemawaddy | |
42. | Khin Kauk | of Chiang Mai 1 daughter | 1. Yaza Meitta | |
43. | Khin Hpone Htut | Daughter of Yaza Thingyan 1 son | 1. Shin Pyit-Sunt | |
44. | Khin Saw III | Taken to Arakan in 1600 1 daughter | 1. Khin Nyo | |
45. | Shin Htwe Myat | 1 daughter | c. 1553 | 1. Khin Hpone Myint |
Below are other junior wives who appeared elsewhere in the chronicles. They have to account for the king's children whose mothers' names are unknown.
# | Name | Brief | Date of Marriage | Issue |
46. | Mainglon Minthami | Daughter of Hkonmaing of Mainglon, and great granddaughter of Hkonmaing I of Onbaung–Hsipaw) | December 1556 | Unknown |
47. | Momeik Minthami | Daughter of the saopha of Momeik | 15 November 1559 | Unknown |
48. | Kathe Minthami | Daughter of the raja of Manipur | 27 May 1560 | Unknown |
49. | Unnamed | daughter of Thinwibwa | c.2 January 1561 | Unknown |
50. | Theinni Minthami | Daughter of the saopha of Hsenwi | 22 January 1567 | Unknown |
51. | Theingo Minthami | Daughter of King Dharmapala of Kotte | 24 September 1573 | Unknown |
52+? | unnamed | Unknown |
Issue
By senior queens
The king had three daughters and three sons by his senior queens.# | Name | Mother | Brief |
1. | Inwa Mibaya | Atula Thiri | Queen consort of Ava |
2. | Nanda | Atula Thiri | King of Burma |
3. | Nawrahta Minsaw | Yaza Dewi | King of Lan Na |
4. | Min Khin Saw | Sanda Dewi | Queen consort of Toungoo |
5. | Yaza Datu Kalaya | Yaza Dewi | Princess consort of the Crown Prince of Burma Princess consort of the Crown Prince of Toungoo |
6. | Thiri Thudhamma Yaza | Yaza Dewi | Viceroy of Martaban |
By junior queens
The following is a list of his children by junior queens. The list is ordered by the mother of the children, and then by the age of the children per the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle. Note that although both Maha Yazawin and Hmannan chronicles say that he had 35 sons and 56 daughters by junior queens and concubines, the detailed list, which appears only in Hmannan, enumerates only 86 children. The rest of the children are mentioned in the various parts of the chronicles. The grand total comes to at least 92 different names which consisted of 33 sons and 59 daughters. The discrepancy may be due to recording errors in the sex and/or number of the unnamed children who died young.# | Name | Mother | Brief |
1. | Shin Ubote | Khin Pyezon | Governor of Nyaungyan Married to half-sister Ne Thila Died January 1581 |
2. | Nyaungyan | Khin Pyezon | King of Burma |
3. | Shin Nan Myint | Shin Lat I, daughter of Letwe Khon-Thu | Gov. of Taungdwin m. to half-sisters Thilawaddy and Kaweya Hla Oo |
4. | unnamed son | Shin Lat II, daughter of Letya Nan-Thu | Died young |
5. | Thilawaddy | Shin Lat II | m. to half-brother Shin Nan Myint, Gov. of Taungdwin |
6. | Sanda Dewi | Shin Lat II | Daughter |
7. | unnamed son | Shin Lat, daughter of Letya Nan-Thu | Gov. of Zeyawaddy m. to half-sister Khin Kaung deported to Arakan in 1600 |
8. | Kaweya Hla Oo | Shin Lat II | m. to half-brother Shin Nan Myint, Gov. of Taungdwin |
9. | Yusiyawatta | Shin Lat II | m. to half brother Shin Pyit-Sunt |
10. | Thila Ginga | Shin Lat II | Son |
11. | Khin Myat Lay | Khin Htwe I, daughter of Letya Nan-Thu | Daughter; Died at age 8 |
12. | Shin Myat Tan | Khin Htwe I | Gov. of Yamethin |
13. | Okkasara | Khin Htwe I | Son |
14. | Thiri Yadana | Khin Htwe I | Daughter |
15. | Nara Thiha | Khin Htwe I | Son |
16. | Myat In-Phyo | Khin Saw I | m. to half-brother Shin Myat Lay, Governor of Yamethin |
17. | Thiha Kyawhtin | Khin Saw I | m. to half-sister Khin Hpone Si |
18. | Thuganda Kalaya | Khin Saw I | Daughter; m. to Thigamari |
19. | Thiha Kyawthu | Khin Saw I | Gov. of Lan Na |
20. | Khin Hla | Khin Saw I | Daughter |
21. | Hnaung Myint Hpone Shi | Khin Saw I | Daughter |
22. | Khin Hpone Shi | Khin Pu | Daughter; m. to Gov. of Kawliya |
23. | Khin Kaung | Khin Pu | Daughter; m. to Gov. of Zeyawaddy |
24. | Manithala | Khin Pu | Daughter; m. to Gov. of Ava |
25. | Shin Aung Kyaw | Khin Myo Htut | Gov. of Salay during the reigns of Bayinnaung and Nanda Gov. of Pagan with the title of Thiri Dhammathawka during the reign of Nyaungyan m. to half-sister Thiri Sanda |
26. | Shin Htwe Kyaing | Khin Myo Htut | Gov. of Kun-Ohn; later Gov. of Myede sent to Arakan in 1600; received the title Minye Nandameit in Arakan m. to daughter of Thado Dhamma Yaza II of Prome married half-sister Khin Hpone Si, widow of Thiha Kyawhtin, in Arakan |
27. | Thiri Sanda | Khin Chan | m. half-brother Shin Aung Kyaw, Gov. of Salay |
28. | Khin Hpone Si | Khin Htwe II, daughter of the saopha of Mogaung | m. to half-brother Thiha Kyawhtin sent to Arakan in 1600; married half-brother Shin Htwe Kyaing there |
29. | Minye Aung Naing | Sanda Thukha | Gov. of Legaing |
30. | Khin Gyi | Sanda Thukha | m. to Nandameit, Gov. of Kyaukmaw |
31. | Khin Lat | Sanda Thukha | m. to Baya Zeya |
32. | Min Shwe-Khe | Sanda Thukha | m. to Ne Myo Kyawhtin |
33. | Ottamarit | Shin Mi Myat | Gov. of Sagaing m. to half-sister Khin Hpone Myat II in 1574 |
34. | Manawha | Shin Mi Myat | m. to half-brother Shin Myat Lay, Gov. of Sanpenago |
35. | Hnin Hnaung Htwe Myat | Shin Mi Myat | m. to Minye Kyawswa Zon |
36. | Khin Min Myat | Khin Min Phyu | m. to half-brother Minye Aung Naing |
37. | Shin Myat Lay | Khin Min Phyu | Gov. of Sanpenago m. to half-sister Manawha |
38. | Khin Hpone San | Khin Min Phyu | m. to Minye Kyawswa Zon |
39. | unnamed daughter | Khin Min Phyu | Died young |
40. | Bodaw Ba Khin | Khin Gyi | Gov. of Yamethin m. to half-sister Kaweya Hla Nyi |
41. | Yadana Nyunt Thit | Zinyon Minthami Gyi | m. to half-brother King Nanda |
42. | Khin Myit | Sanda Yathi | m. to Nandameit, son of Gov. of Wingapu |
43. | Saw Ne Htwe | Sanda Yathi | m. to her half-nephew Min Mon, son of her half-brother Shin Nan Myint, Gov. of Taungdwin |
44. | Ne Thila | Manithayi | m. to half-brother Shin Ubote, Gov. of Nyaungyan |
45. | Yodaya Naing | Khin Gyi Min | Son |
46. | Khin Hpone Myat I | Khin Gyi Sit | m. to Sithu, Gov. of Myaungmya and son of Thinkhaya of Pakhan |
47. | Thiha Kyaw | Khin Gyi Sit | Son |
48. | Pyinsa Kalaya | Khin Gyi Sit | m. to Nanda Kyawthu, Gov. of Sula and son of Thinkhaya of Pakhan |
49. | Awrat | Thudhamma of Lan Xang | Son |
50. | Yaza Kalaya | Thudhamma of Lan Xang | Daughter |
51. | Myat San Paw | Khin Lat | Gov. of Hlaing-Tet m. to half-sister Khin Mi-Ya |
52. | Eka Kalaya | Khin Lat | m. to Letya Zala Thingyan, Gov. of Kyet-Tha |
53. | unnamed daughter | Khin Lat | Died young |
54. | Khin Mi Ya | Kywepauk Kadaw | m. to half-brother Myat San Paw, Gov. of Hlaing-Tet |
55. | Yadana Thaka | Khin Ne Thauk | Daughter |
56. | Wara Thiha | Khin Hpone Gyi | Son |
57. | Nara Dhamma | Khin Hpone Gyi | Son |
58. | Agga Dathta | Khin Hpone Gyi | Son |
59. | Yadana In-Su | Khin Aung Kham | Daughter |
60. | Arenawaddy | Khin Myat San | Daughter |
61. | Kinzanawaddy | Khin Myat San | Daughter |
62. | Shin Myat Kyaw | Khin Htwe Nwe | Gov. of Maing-That in Lan Na |
63. | Upasanda | Khin Shwe Pan | Gov. of Pagan with the title of Nawrahta in the reign of Anaukpetlun m. to half-sister Hpone Myo Myat Hla |
64. | Soe Min Myat Hla | Khin Htwe Nyo | m. to 1st cousin Pyinsa Thiha, Gov. of Tayotmaw and son of Thado Dhamma Yaza II of Prome |
65. | Khin Chit Myat | Khin Saw II | m. to half-nephew Min Thiha, son of Gov. of Taungdwin; Min Thiha later became Minye Uzana, Gov. of Mabe in the reign of Thalun |
66. | Hpone Myo Myat Hla | Nyaungshwe Minthami | m. to half-brother Upsanda |
67. | Hpone Myo Myat | Yo-Ayon-Yon of Lan Xang | Daughter |
68. | Komma Kyawthu | Zinyon Minthami Nge | Son |
69. | unnamed son | Gon Minthami | Died young |
70. | Thudathta | Akyaw Minthami | Became a monk, east of Toungoo, and later Killed by Karens there |
71. | Khin Win Hson | Thukha Hsaya | Daughter |
72. | unnamed son | Thukha Hsaya | Died young |
73. | unnamed daughter | Elder daughter of Shan-Paik Htaung Hmu | Died young |
74. | Phyo Hpone Wai | Khin Htwe Hla | m. to Baya Zeya Children: Shin Wara and Myindwin Kadaw |
75. | Eka Thura | Khin Htwe Hla | Son |
76. | Min Hla | Younger daughter of Shan-Paik Htaung Hmu | Daughter; m. to 1st cousin Pyinsa Thiha, Gov. of Tayotmaw and son of Thado Dhamma Yaza II of Prome |
77. | Myat Hpone Wai | Younger daughter of Shan-Paik Htaung Hmu | Daughter; m. to Nanda Kyawhtin |
78. | unnamed daughter | Younger daughter of Shan-Paik Htaung Hmu | Died young |
79. | Khin Hpone Myat II | Khin Htwe Phyu | m. to Ottamarit, Gov. of Sagaing |
80. | Min A-Htwe | Suphankanlaya | Daughter |
81. | Khaymawaddy | Khin San Paw | Daughter |
82. | Yaza Meitta | Khin Kauk | m. to 1st cousin Gov. of Taingda, son of Thado Dhamma Yaza II of Prome |
83. | Shin Pyit Sunt | Khin Hpone Htut | m. to half-sister Yusiyawatta |
84. | Khin Nyo | Khin Saw III | m. to Yaza Thingyan, Gov. of Tavoy |
85. | Khin Hpone Myint | Shin Htwe Myat | Queen consort of Burma m. to half-brother Nyaungyan |
86. | Kaweya Hla Nyi | unnamed | m. to Bodaw Ba Khin |
The following are the children whose names are not listed in Hmannan's detailed list but appear in other parts of in both Maha Yazawin and Hmannan.
# | Name | Mother | Brief |
87. | Myat Myo Hpone Si | unnamed | m. to Shin Ne Myo, nephew of King Min Bin of Arakan, who became Gov. of Tamaw, in July 1554 |
88. | Wara Dhamma | unnamed | Gov. of Moulmein on 6 January 1574 m. to half-sister Thukhawaddy |
89. | Thukhawaddy | unnamed | m. to half-brother Wara Dhamma, Gov. of Moulmein on 16 February 1574 |
90. | Min A-Kyi | unnamed | m. to Nanda Kyawhtin, son of Gov. of Bassein, on 16 February 1574 |
91. | Thugandawaddy | unnamed | m. to Yamma Yawda, son of Lord of Tavoy, on 16 February 1574 |
92. | Myat Myo Hpone Wai | unnamed | m. to 1st cousin Nanda Yawda, son of Thado Dhamma Yaza II of Prome, on 16 February 1574 |
Siblings
Full siblings
He had four full siblings.# | Name | Brief |
1. | Dhamma Dewi of Toungoo | Queen consort of Burma |
2. | Minye Sithu of Martaban | Viceroy of Martaban |
3. | Thado Dhamma Yaza II of Prome | Viceroy of Prome |
4. | unnamed | Died young |
Half siblings
He had two half-siblings, who were born to his father and his maternal aunt.# | Name | Brief |
1. | Minkhaung II of Toungoo | Viceroy of Toungoo |
2. | Thado Minsaw of Ava | Viceroy of Ava |
Notable relations
Nephews and nieces
Name | Relation | Brief |
Minye Thihathu II of Toungoo | Half-nephew Son-in-law | King of Toungoo Viceroy of Toungoo married to half-cousin Min Khin Saw |
Min Phyu | Half-niece Daughter-in-law | Queen of the Southern Palace m. to half cousin Nanda |
Thiri Yaza Dewi | Half-niece Daughter-in-law | Queen consort of Burma m. to half cousin Nanda |
Min Htwe | Half-niece Daughter-in-law | Queen consort of Burma m. to half cousin Nanda |
Hsinbyushin Medaw | Niece Daughter-in-law | Queen consort of Lan Na m. to 1st cousin Nawrahta Minsaw |
Min Taya Medaw | Niece Daughter-in-law | Queen consort of Burma m. to 1st cousin Nanda |
Grandchildren and beyond
Name | Relation | Brief |
Mingyi Swa | Grandson | Crown Prince of Burma |
Khin Ma Hnaung | Granddaughter | Queen consort of Arakan |
Natshin Medaw | Granddaughter | Princess consort of the Crown Prince of Burma |
Minye Kyawswa II of Ava | Grandson | Crown Prince of Burma Viceroy of Ava |
Thado Dhamma Yaza III of Prome | Grandson | King of Prome Viceroy of Prome |
Anaukpetlun | Grandson | King of Burma |
Yodaya Mibaya | Granddaughter | Queen consort of Siam |
Natshinnaung | Grandson | Viceroy of Toungoo King of Toungoo |
Thado Minsaw of Lan Na | Grandson | Siam-backed King of Lan Na |
Minye Deibba of Lan Na | Grandson | King of Lan Na |
Thado Kyaw of Lan Na | Grandson | King of Lan Na |
Atula Sanda Dewi | Granddaughter | Chief queen consort of Burma |
Minye Kyawswa of Sagu | Grandson | Crown Prince of Burma |
Minye Deibba | Great grandson | King of Burma |
Pindale | Great grandson | King of Burma |
Pye | Great grandson | King of Burma |
Narawara | 2 times great grandson | King of Burma |
Minye Kyawhtin | 2x great grandson | King of Burma |
Sanay | 3x great grandson | King of Burma |
Taninganway | 4x great grandson | King of Burma |
Maha Dhamma Yaza | 5x great grandson | King of Burma |
In-laws
Name | Relation | Brief |
Narapati II of Ava | Father-in-law | King of Ava Father of Sanda Dewi |
Narapati III of Ava | Father-in-law | King of Ava Father of Khin Aung Kham |
Maha Thammarachathirat | Father-in-law | King of Siam Father of Suphankanlaya |
Tabinshwehti | Brother-in-law | King of Burma Half-brother of Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi and husband of Dhamma Dewi of Toungoo |
Takayutpi | Brother-in-law | King of Hanthawaddy Half-brother of Sanda Yathi and Manithayi |
Naresuan | Brother-in-law and grandson-in-law | King of Siam Brother of Suphankanlaya and husband of Yodaya Mibaya |