Natshinnaung, another grandson of Bayinnaung and the…

Natshinnaung, another grandson of Bayinnaung and the eldest son of Minye Thihathu, Viceroy of Toungoo, who had rebelled against Nanda in the late 1590s, had participated in Nanda's campaigns to reconquer Siam in the early 1590s, and had taken part in the sacking of Nanda's capital Pegu in 1599.

Natshinnaung had become Crown Prince of Toungoo when his father proclaimed himself the king of Toungoo, and had killed the captive king Nanda in November 1600 without his father's permission.

He had in 1602 married his lifelong love, Princess Yaza Datu Kalyani, for whom he writes poetry, later famous, but the marriage is cut short however by the princesss’s death seven months later.

When Natshinnaung succeeds as king following the death of his father in July 1609, much of the country has been reunited under the leadership of King Anaukpetlun, one of Natshinnaung's cousins.

Anaukpetlun successfully attacks Toungoo in November 1610, then reappoints Natshinnaung as viceroy of Toungoo.