The queen was a daughter of King
Loe Thai of
Sukhothai. In 1311, her father sent her to
Martaban (Mottama) to marry King
Saw O, who had just ascended the Martaban throne. (Martaban had been a nominal vassal of Sukhothai since its founding.) At Martaban, she became the chief queen, and bore two children, a son,
Saw E and a daughter, May Hnin Aw Kanya. Htapi briefly became a widow in September 1323 when Saw O died. But the successor
Saw Zein immediately raised his sister-in-law as his second ranked queen at his accession. She had a daughter, Mi Ma-Hsan, and a son,
Min Linka. Her reign as queen ended in 1330 when Zein was assassinated. The assassin
Zein Pun seized the throne but was executed a week later by Saw Zein's powerful chief queen
Sanda Min Hla. Htapi's eldest child Saw E became king. But Htapi's stint as the queen mother lasted just 49 days as her son too was assassinated by Sanda Min Hla. Htapi may have had a hand in the subsequent war between Martaban and Sukhothai. According to the
Razadarit Ayedawbon chronicle, the king of Sukhothai was angered by the death of Saw E, and sent an invasion force. But the new king
Binnya E Law defeated the invasion. Htapi is not heard from again in the chronicle. ==References==