Saw Hnaung of Sagaing

Saw Hnaung (Burmese: စောနှောင်း, pronounced [sɔ́ n̥áʊɴ]; also known as Kodawgyi[1]) was the Chief queen consort of kings Saw Yun and Tarabya I of Sagaing.[2] She was the mother of three kings of Sagaing: Kyaswa, Nawrahta Minye and Tarabya II, and the maternal grandmother of King Thado Minbya, the founder of Ava.[3] She was also a paternal aunt of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava.

Kodawgyi Saw Hnaung
ကိုယ်တော်ကြီး စောနှောင်း
Chief queen consort of Sagaing
Tenure16 May 1315 – 1335
Predecessornew office
Successorunknown
Bornc. 1296
Pagan (Bagan)
Died?
Sagaing
SpouseSaw Yun
Tarabya I
IssueKyaswa
Nawrahta Minye
Tarabya II
Soe Min Kodawgyi
HouseSagaing
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 a daughter of King Kyawswa of Pagan and Queen Saw Soe.

References

  1. Than Tun 1959: 126
  2. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 360
  3. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 388

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).
Saw Hnaung of Sagaing
Born: c. 1296
Royal titles
New title Chief queen consort of Sagaing
1315–1335
Succeeded by
unknown
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