Soe Min Kodawgyi

Soe Min Kodawgyi (born 1322 or earlier) was the eldest daughter of Saw Yun, founder of Sagaing, and the mother of Thado Minbya, the future founder of Ava. In 1335–1336 she fled Sagaing with her husband Thado Hsinhtein when her cousin Shwetaungtet seized the throne. They spent three years at Mindon inside Pinya and returned in 1339, when her brother Kyaswa became king.

In February 1352 her brother Tarabya II died heirless, her husband also dead, so she became kingmaker: she married the court official Minbyauk Thihapate, who took the throne, and she became chief queen.

As Maw Shan raiders struck Sagaing in the 1350s she twice sought a Pinya alliance, but Pinya withdrew after a devastating raid in 1358–1359. In 1364 Thado Minbya overthrew her husband.