Minkhaung I

Minkhaung I
ပထမ မင်းခေါင်
Minkhaung I ; ပထမ မင်းခေါင်
King of Ava
Reign	by 25 November 1400 – c. October 1421
Predecessor	Tarabya
Successor	Thihathu
Chief Minister	Min Yaza
Governor of Pyinzi
Reign	c. April 1385 – 25 November 1400
Predecessor	new office
Successor	Nandathingyan
Born	13 September 1373 ; Tuesday, 12th waning of Thadingyut 735 ME; Gazun Neint, Ava Kingdom
Died	c. October 1421 (aged 48) ; c. Nadaw 783 ME; Ava (Inwa), Ava Kingdom
Consort	Shin Saw ; Saw Khway ; Min Pyan ; Shin Mi-Nauk ; Shin Bo-Me
Issue; among others...	Minye Kyawswa ; Saw Pyei Chantha ; Thihathu ; Minye Kyawhtin ; Saw Nant-Tha
House	Ava
Father	Swa Saw Ke
Mother	Saw Beza
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

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Minkhaung I of Ava (Burmese: ပထမ မင်းခေါင် [pətʰəma̰ mɪ́ɰ̃ɡàʊɰ̃]; also spelled Mingaung; 1373–1421) was king of Ava from 1400 to 1421. He is best remembered in Burmese history for his epic struggles against King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy Pegu in the Forty Years' War (1385–1424). As king, Minkhaung continued his father Swa Saw Ke's policy to restore the Pagan Empire. Under the military leadership of his eldest son Minye Kyawswa, Ava nearly succeeded. While he ultimately failed to conquer Hanthawaddy and Launggyet Arakan, he was able to bring in most of cis-Salween Shan states to the Ava orbit.