death_date death_place religion birth_place birth_date issue article_title name type
4 march 1501 -lrb- aged 27 -rrb- ava theravada buddhism ava c. february 1474 shwe nawrahta thihathura ii of ava
 thihathura ii of ava monarch
thihathura ii of ava

thihathura ii of ava -lrb- ; 1474 -- 1501 -rrb- was the joint-king of ava who co-reigned with his father minkhaung ii for 15 years .
when he was just six , his father ascended to the ava throne and he was made heir-apparent .
in 1485 , the 11-year-old was made a co-regent .
he lived in the same palace with his father , and displayed a white umbrella as a symbol of sovereignty .
he co-ruled with his father for 15 years but died a month earlier than his father .
minkhaung , who faced numerous rebellions throughout his reign , made his son joint-king because he wanted to retain loyalty of his son .
minkhaung outlived his son , died in march 1501 and was succeeded by his younger son shwenankyawshin -lrb- narapati ii -rrb- .
