The chronicles provide little detail about her background. Given that her brother
Thilawa was married to
Saw Pale, a granddaughter of King
Kyawswa of Pagan, and that she herself was married to Swa Saw Ke, brother of Saw Pale, she was certainly of royal descent. She had at least one other brother,
Maha Pyauk. Furthermore, she most probably married Swa sometime between 1343 and 1351 during his stint as governor of
Yamethin in the
Pinya Kingdom before his defection to Sagaing 1351. In 1367, King
Thado Minbya of Ava died, leaving no heirs. The court first offered the throne to Thilawa, but her brother declined, instead recommending Swa for the job. Swa accepted the offer, and Khame Mi became the chief queen with the title of Queen of the Southern Palace. According to the standard chronicles
Maha Yazawin and
Hmannan Yazawin, she finally bore Swa a child, who later became King Tarabya. However, the
Yazawin Thit chronicle, citing a contemporary inscription, says
Shin Saw Gyi was the mother of Tarabya but the compilers of
Hmannan rejected it nonetheless. ==Notes==