Shwe Zin Gon ( ; also known as Min Shwe GonHmannan Vol. 3 2003: 88) was the chief queen of King Bayin Htwe of Prome (r. 1527–1532). She was of Ava royalty, and a daughter of Mingyi Swa, viceroy of Prome (r. 1446–1482).Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 83 In 1482, her paternal uncle Thado Minsaw took over Prome, and declared himself king.Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 113–114 Thado Minsaw raised her mother Saw Myat Lay to chief queen. Shwe Zin Gon herself was later married to her first cousin Bayin Htwe, the eldest son of Thado Minsaw. Her eldest son Narapati was king of Prome from 1532 to 1539.Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 89
Ancestry She was the youngest of the 11 children of Viceroy Mingyi Swa of Prome and Saw Myat Lay.Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 327 The following is her ancestry as reported in the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle, which in turn referenced contemporary inscriptions.See (Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 88) for her parents. See (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 82–84) for her further ancestors. Her parents were first cousins.
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