Mway Medaw of Pinya

Mway Medaw (Burmese: မွေးမယ်တော်, pronounced [mwé mɛ̀dɔ̀]) was a queen consort of King Kyawswa I of Pinya.[2] Of Pagan royalty, she was one of the two principal queens consort of Kyawswa, and she was known as the Queen of the Northern Palace.[1] She was a paternal aunt of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava.

Mway Medaw
မွေးမယ်တော်
Queen of the Northern Palace of Pinya
Tenure29 March 1344 – 12 December 1350
Predecessorunknown
Successorunknown
Bornc. 1297
Pagan (Bagan)
Died?
Pinya
SpouseKyawswa I of Pinya
IssueMin Letwe of Pinle[1]
Saw Min Hla of Nyaungyan
HousePinya
FatherKyawswa of Pagan
MotherSaw Soe of Pagan
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Ancestry

The following is her ancestry as reported by the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle.[2] She was the youngest child of King Kyawswa of Pagan and his chief queen Saw Soe.

References

  1. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 380
  2. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 360

Bibliography

  • Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
  • Than Tun (December 1959). "History of Burma: A.D. 1300–1400". Journal of Burma Research Society. XLII (II).
Mway Medaw of Pinya
Born: c. 1297
Royal titles
Preceded by
unknown
Queen of the Northern Palace of Pinya
29 March 1344 – 12 December 1350
Succeeded by
unknown
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