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Place of Birth: Inwa, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
About Minkhaung II
- Minkhaung II (Burmese: ????? ????????? [d?t?ja? m?´?gà ??]; 9 October 1446 – 7 April 1501) was king of Ava from 1480 to 1501.
- His 20-year reign was the beginning of the decline of Ava's hold on Upper Burma.
- Yamethin, a region to the east of Ava, revolted upon Minkhaung's accession to the Ava throne and stayed independent throughout Minkhaung's reign.
- The southern regions of Prome and Tharrawaddy revolted in 1482, and also stayed independent.
- By the mid-1490s, the Shan states of Mohnyin, Mogaung, Momeik and Kale (Kalay) had also broken away, and begun raiding northern Ava territories.
- Minkhaung increasingly came to rely on Mingyi Nyo, the Viceroy of Toungoo, for military assistance.
- By the end of his reign, Toungoo was equally powerful as its nominal overlord Ava.Minkhaung II made his eldest son Thihathura II joint-king and co-ruled the kingdom for 15 years.
- But Thihathura II died a month before his father.
- Minkhaung II died in April 1501 and was succeeded by his younger son Shwenankyawshin (Narapati II).
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