Mingyi Nyo, Burmese ruler (born 1459)

Mingyi Nyo

King of Toungoo

Mingyi Nyo was the founder of the Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). Under his 45-year leadership (1485–1530), Toungoo (Taungoo), grew from a remote backwater vassal state of Ava Kingdom to a small but stable independent kingdom. In 1510, he declared Toungoo's independence from…