page_title: Kale Kye-Taung Nyo
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Kale Kye-Taung Nyo / Early life
caption_attribution_description: Mintara nat (spirit), th in the official pantheon of Burmese nats
context_page_description: Kale Kye-Taung Nyo was king of Ava from 1425 to 1426, and governor of Kale Kye-Taung from 1406 to 1425. A top military commander during the reigns of kings Minkhaung I and Thihathu of Ava, Prince Min Nyo came to power in 1425 by overthrowing his eight-year-old nephew King Min Hla with the help of his lover Queen Shin Bo-Me. But Nyo himself was overthrown less than seven months later in 1426 by his fellow senior commander and long-time rival Gov. Thado of Mohnyin.
  The eldest son of King Tarabya of Ava, Prince Nyo was the heir presumptive during his father's brief reign in 1400. He did not succeed to the throne but became a son-in-law of the successor, his half-uncle King Minkhaung I, who in 1406 sent him to govern Kale, a remote Shan state in the northwest. The prince proved a loyal and able vassal, keeping the frontier region quiet while leading several campaigns in Ava's long running war against Hanthawaddy Pegu between 1408 and 1423. Nyo and Thado rose to be the deputy commanders-in-chief in 1412, and after the death of Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa in 1415, the duo became the leading commanders of the Ava military.
  Nyo was initially loyal to Minkhaung's successor King Thihathu.
context_section_description: Min Nyo was born to Princess Min Hla Myat and Crown Prince Hsinbyushin c. 10 October 1385. He was the first child of the couple, who were first cousins, and the eldest grandchild of the reigning king of Ava, Swa Saw Ke (r. 1367–1400). Nyo had at least one younger sister Min Hla Htut.  He grew up at the palace in Ava (Inwa) where his father was groomed to be the next king by his grandfather. At 15, Nyo became the heir presumptive in 1400 when his father became king with the title of Tarabya.
  But just seven months later, King Tarabya was assassinated by Gov. Thihapate of Tagaung. Despite being the eldest and only son, Nyo was not a factor in the ensuing power struggle. The main contender for the throne was Nyo's maternal granduncle Gov. Maha Pyauk of Yamethin, who commanded a 10,000-strong army. The court led by Chief Minister Min Yaza, which had already executed Thihapate, did not consider Nyo ready to face Maha Pyauk; instead they nominated Nyo's half-uncle Prince Min Swe of Pyinzi. Indeed, Swe himself was reluctant to take on Maha Pyauk. It was only through the efforts of Prince Theiddat, Swe's younger brother, who managed to assassinate Maha Pyauk that Swe gained power. Swe ascended the throne with the title of Minkhaung on 25 November 1400.
caption: Nyo's father King Hsinbyushin Tarabya portrayed as Mintara nat
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