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Bayinnaung

Type Figure Region Myanmar Time 1516–1581 Also known as Hsinbyushin

Bayinnaung (1516–1581), third monarch of the Toungoo dynasty, expanded Burmese power to an unprecedented scale in Southeast Asia.…

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  1. 1550–1555Pegu · MyanmarBayinnaung succeeded his brother Tabinshwehti, consolidating control over Lower Burma and further unifying the various powers of the Burmese heartland, laying political and military foundations for subsequent foreign expansion.
  2. 1563–1570Ayutthaya · SiamIn 1564 he captured Ayutthaya, forcing the Siamese royal house into submission and carrying off princes as hostages; he thereafter continued to intervene in the affairs of Lan Na and Laos, forming in the 1560s a hegemonic network spanning the Indochinese Peninsula.
  3. 1571–1581Pegu · MyanmarIn his later years he still maintained a vast realm, but the costs of distant campaigns and local rebellions intensified; Bayinnaung died in 1581, and the hegemonic system he had built quickly collapsed after him.

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