Saw Pale of Pinya

Saw Pale (Burmese: စောပုလဲ, pronounced [sɔ́ pəlɛ́]) was duchess of Taungdwin. She was the only daughter of Queen Yadanabon and King Thihathu. Her mother was a commoner concubine but was raised to queen by her father after her birth.[1] She had one elder brother Saw Yun, who later became king of Sagaing. Pale was married off to Gov. Thihapate of Taungdwin in 1317, ending the planned rebellion by Thihapate.[1] Her son Saw Hnaung became a leading general in the reign of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava.[2]

Saw Pale
စောပုလဲ
Duchess of Taungdwin
Tenure1317 – ?
Bornearly 1300s
Pinle
Myinsaing Regency
Died?
Taungdwin
SpouseThihapate I of Taungdwin
IssueTheinkhathu Saw Hnaung
Thihapate II of Taungdwin?[note 1]
HousePinya
FatherThihathu
MotherYadanabon
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Notes

  1. Per (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 400), there was another Thihapate of Taungdwin, who refused to submitted to King Thado Minbya. That Thihapate may have been a son of Thihapate I and Saw Pale.

References

  1. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 372
  2. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 435

Bibliography

  • Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
Saw Pale of Pinya
Born: c. 1300s
Royal titles
Preceded by
Duchess of Taungdwin
c. 1317 – ?
Succeeded by
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