Mingyi Nyo

Mingyi Nyo (also spelled Mingyinyo or Minkyinyo; 1459–1530) is the founder of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar).

Under his forty-five-year leadership (1485–1530), Toungoo (Taungoo), grows from a remote backwater vassal state of Ava Kingdom to a small but stable independent kingdom.

In 1510, he declares Toungoo's independence from its nominal overlord Ava.

He skillfully keeps his small kingdom out of the chaotic warfare plaguing Upper Burma.

Toungoo's stability continues to attract refugees from Ava fleeing the repeated raids of Ava by the Confederation of Shan States (1490s–1527).

Nyo leaves a stable, confident kingdom that enables his successor Tabinshwehti to contemplate taking on larger kingdoms on his way to founding the Toungoo Empire.

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