This is a list of the queen consorts of the major kingdoms that existed in present-day Myanmar. Those with the rank of Nan Mibaya (senior queens) are listed.
Prior to the Konbaung period (1752–1885), the consorts of the Burmese monarchs were organized in three general tiers: Nan Mibaya (နန်းမိဖုရား, lit. "Queen of the Palace", senior queen), Mibaya (Nge) (မိဖုရား (ငယ်), "(Junior) Queen"), and Ko-lok-taw (ကိုယ်လုပ်တော်, concubine).[note 1] Starting in the late 18th century, the Konbaung kings inserted the tiers of Hsaungdaw Mibaya (ဆောင်တော် မိဖုရား, lit. "Queen of the Royal Apartment") and Shwe-Yay Hsaung Mibaya (ရွှေရေးဆောင် မိဖုရား, lit. "Queen of the Gilded Chamber") between the tiers of senior queen and junior queen.[1]
Ladies in waiting such as Apyo-daw (အပျိုတော်, "maiden") and Maung-ma (မောင်းမ, "handmaid") were part of the general staff of the palace.[2]
Senior queens
Each tier had further rankings within it. The order of precedence within the topmost tier was:[1]
Rank
Title
Description
1.
Nanmadaw Mibaya Khaunggyi (နန်းမတော် မိဖုရား ခေါင်ကြီး) or Taung Nan Mibaya (တောင်နန်း မိဖုရား)
Chief Queen or Queen of the Southern Palace
2.
Myauk Nan Mibaya (မြောက်နန်း မိဖုရား)
Queen of the Northern Palace
3.
Ale Nan Mibaya (အလယ်နန်း မိဖုရား)
Queen of the Central Palace
4.
Anauk Nan Mibaya (အနောက်နန်း မိဖုရား)
Queen of the Western Palace
Aside from a few rare exceptions, the Queen of the Southern Palace was the official chief queen consort.[note 2] In theory, the chief queen consort alone had the right to a white umbrella and to sit with the King on the royal throne.[3]
Junior queens
Queens of the Second Rank
Rank
Title
Description
1
Taung Hsaungdaw Mibaya (တောင်ဆောင်တော်မိဖုရား)
Queen of the Southern Royal Apartment
2
Myauk Hsaungdaw Mibaya (မြောက်ဆောင်တော်မိဖုရား)
Queen of the Northern Royal Apartment
Queens of the Third Rank
Rank
Title
Description
1
Taung Shwe-Yay Mibaya (တောင်ရွှေရေးမိဖုရား)
Queen of the Southern Gilded Chamber
2
Myauk Shwe-Yay Mibaya (မြောက်ရွှေရေးမိဖုရား)
Queen of the Northern Gilded Chamber
3
Ale Shwe-Yay Mibaya (အလယ်ရွှေရေးမိဖုရား)
Queen of the Central Gilded Chamber
4
Anauk Shwe-Yay Mibaya (အနောက်ရွှေရေးမိဖုရား)
Queen Of the Western Gilded Chamber
Queens of the Fourth Rank
Rank
Title
Description
1
Myo-za Mibaya (မြို့စား မိဖုရား)
Queen with township-level appanage
2
Ywa-za Mibaya (ရွာစား မိဖုရား)
Queen with village-level appanage
Concubines
Concubines were called Ko-lok-taw (ကိုယ်လုပ်တော်, lit. "one who administers to the royal body") or Chay-daw-din (ခြေတော်တင်, lit. "one on whom the royal feet are placed").[2]
Concubines
Rank
Title
Description
1
Ko-lok-taw Gyi (ကိုယ်လုပ်တော်ကြီး)
Senior Concubine
2
Ko-lok-taw (ကိုယ်လုပ်တော်)
Concubine
3
Chay-daw-din (ခြေတော်တင်)
Concubine
Names
The names of the queens, if known, are given according to their most well known common name, which often happens to be the primary name used by the royal chronicles. The chronicle reported names of the queens may be their popular/commonly known name (e.g., Pwa Saw, Nanmadaw Me Nu); formal title (e.g., Agga Mahethi, Sanda Dewi); personal name (e.g., Shin Bo-Me, Yun San); or generic name of the office (Hanthawaddy Mibaya, "Queen of Hanthawaddy"; or Myauk Pyinthe, "Queen of the Northern Palace"). Finally, the names of the queens with no known records are given as "(Unknown)".
Duration of consortship
The "Became consort" and "Ceased to be consort" dates indicate the period in which a given queen was in the role of royal consort—not the duration of marriage.
^(Than Tun 1964: 129): The Pagan period (849–1297) term for Nan Mibaya was Pyinthe (ပြင်သည်), and the term Usaukpan (ဦးဆောက်ပန်း) also meant the chief queen. (Harvey 1925: 327): Usaukpan was an Old Burmese direct translation of PaliVatamsaka, an artificial flower of silver or gold used as a hair ornament.
^In Burma Proper, it was extremely rare for a queen of the Southern Palace to not also be the chief queen. According to the rankings reported in the chronicles, Sithu II (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 287) and Nanda (Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 107) had South Queens who were not their chief queen. In the Mrauk-U Kingdom on the west coast, three kings—Min Khamaung (RRT Vol. 2 1999: 87, 89), Thado (RRT Vol. 2 1999: 115), Sanda Thaditha (RRT Vol. 2 1999: 147, 149)—had South Queens who were not their chief queen.
^Chronicles (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 267–268) mention Agga Mahethi and Manisanda as Anawrahta's two senior queens towards the end of his reign. Per (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 255–256), Queen Saw Mon Hla was sent back to her native land about six years before his death.
^See (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 279) for Kyansittha's four senior queens. (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 283) says Thanbula showed up with Kyansittha's son at the palace after the king had anointed Sithu I as heir apparent, and that the king raised her to queen with the title of Usaukpan, which meant the chief queen. Since Sithu I was born in 1090, she could have come in the 1090s at the earliest. Her getting the title probably meant the first chief queen Apeyadana had died. But Queen Apeyadana was still alive in 1102; it means Thanbula probably came to the palace in the 1100s.
^(Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 287): All four of Sithu's senior queens (not just the chief queen) participated in his coronation ceremony. The South Queen, Taung Pyinthe, technically should have been the chief queen but the royal chronicles list her fourth in line behind Yadanabon, Ti Lawka Sanda Dewi and Yazakumari. Later, Sanda Dewi succeeded Yadanabon as chief queen. (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 287, 302): Late in his regin, Sithu II raised two other queens: Khin U and Princess Pabhavati of Padeikkaya. Though the chronicles do not explicitly say they were senior queens, they probably graduated to the rank, especially toward the end of the reign. His remaining three senior queens probably might not have lived as long as the king who lived to 77.
^None of the main chronicles has a record of the names of the queens of Narathu. Yazawin Thit (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 122) explicitly says no records of his queens could be found. Yazawin Thit and Hmannan (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 312) mention only that Naratheinkha and Sithu II had the same mother. Per scholarship, (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 124, footnote 2, citing Than Tun), their mother was the North Queen. It means there was a South Queen.
^See (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 312) and (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 124) for the names of the Chief and North queens; and (Than Tun 1964: 129) for Saw Ahlwan (Saw Hteikhta in Modern Burmese per Than Tun).
^Per (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 317), Sithu II took all his brother's senior queens as his at the start of his reign. Per inscriptional evidence (Than Tun 1964: 129), the king had at least six senior queens during his reign. Queen Weluwaddy died in 1186 per (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 321). Sithu II kept separate chief and South queens at least with Weluwaddy and Min Aung Myat.
^Chronicles do not mention Naratheinga Uzana as king at all. Per (Than Tun 1964: 131–132), contemporary inscriptions say that Uzana, who was crown prince, was now the ruler or at least the regent. Some historians such as Htin Aung (Htin Aung 1970: 43) and Michael Aung-Thwin (Aung-Thwin and Aung-Thwin 2012: 99) do not accept that Uzana was king.
^Chronicles (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 358) mention Pwa Saw as the only senior queen and the rest as junior queens. Per inscriptional evidence (Ba Shin 1982: 37), Pwa Saw's sister Yadanabon was the first chief queen of Narathihapate.
^Chronicles (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 360) mention only Saw Soe as the senior queen. But inscriptional evidence (Ba Shin 1982: 41–43) shows Saw Thitmahti was the chief queen, certainly by 1296.
^(Than Tun 1959: 125–126): An inscription dated 28 February 1409 by Queen Saw says she was a granddaughter of King Swa Saw Ke by Shin Saw Gyi. Per (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 440), Shin Saw (known as Hsinbyushin), Saw Khway and Min Pyan were sisters.
^(Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 111): Yazawin Thit gives Mi Pongyi of Prome as the third senior queen but Hmannan rejects it.
^Salin Minthami became co-chief queen in c. 1485/86 per (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 111), and chief queen in 1501 per (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 120).
^(Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 120): Min Taya Hnamadaw of Yamethin became queen soon after her father Minye Kyawswa's death in Waso 863 ME (15 June 1501 to 14 July 1501). (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 121): Dhamma Dewi of Pakhan and Taungdwin Mibaya became queens in Tabaung 863 ME (6 February 1502 to 7 March 1502). See (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 136–137) for the complete list of senior queens and issue.
^The main royal chronicles do not have any record of the chief queens of Ava between 1527 and 1551. The title of the chief queen of Shan states was Maha Dewi, certainly by the Toungoo period.
^See (Pan Hla 2005: 44–45, 47) for a list of Binnya U's queens. (Pan Hla 2005: 57): Queen Sanda Min Hla II died during the rebellion by Byattaba during the 1360s. (Pan Hla 2005: 61): Thiri Maya Dewi died soon after having given birth to Razadarit.
^(Pan Hla 2005: 158–160): Tala Mi Daw, the first wife of Razadarit, was never his chief queen. Per (Pan Hla 2005: 193), she committed suicide soon after Razadarit's coronation ceremony c. March 1391. According to Razadarit Ayedawbon (Pan Hla 2005: 203), Piya Yaza Dewi died, and Razadarit raised Yaza Dewi, Lawka Dewi and Thiri Maya Dewi as queens c. Kason 755 ME (11 April 1393 to 10 May 1393) soon after King Swa Saw Ke's campaign near Tharrawaddy. But Hmannan Yazawin (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 432) says Swa's campaign took place a year earlier. (Pan Hla 2005: 241, 266): Razadarit also raised two other queens Saw Pyei Chantha and her mother Shin Mi-Nauk in 1408 in addition to Saw Pyei Chantha's aunt Thupaba Dewi who was sent over to Razadarit in a marriage of state in 1403.
^Shin Sawbu was the country's only historically verifiable queen regnant. According to Arakanese history (RRT Vol. 2 1999: 18–19), Saw Yin Mi was queen regent of Sandoway (Thandwe) in the 1430s.
^Ran's most senior queens in April 1495 per (Aung-Thwin 2017: 278–279). It is unclear if any of the queens lasted his entire reign.
^The only known queen of Taka Yut Pi in the chronicles was Minkhaung Medaw (known as Pegu Mibaya). But she most likely could not have been the chief queen. Per Hmannan (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 195–196), Minkhaung Medaw was sent to Pegu (Bago) as part of the formation of an alliance between Prome and Pegu against Toungoo.
^See (RRT Vol. 2 1999: 29, 34) for Saw Min Hla and Saw Kauk Ma. Rakhine Razawin Thit (RRT Vol. 2 1999: 33) says Minkhaung Medaw was presented by King Tabinshwehti on 27 February 1547. But per (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 195–196), she was sent to Mrauk-U c. 1540 by King Minkhaung of Prome.
^(RRT Vol. 2 1999: 46): Saw Thanda's official title during Saw Hla's reign was Tanzaung Mibaya.
^(RRT Vol. 2 1999: 47): Dhamma Dewi died sometime between Thadingyut 927 (5 October to 2 November 1565) and Thadingyut 930 (1 October to 29 October 1568), and was succeeded by Saw Thanda.
^Phalaung's queens apparently were not ranked according to tradition. Per (RRT Vol. 2 1999: 48), Saw Mi Taw was the chief queen, followed by Saw Thanda the South Queen. The third ranked queen Shin Lat was officially "Nan Htet Mibaya" (နန်းထက် မိဖုရား), "Queen of the Exalted Palace"), followed by Saw U the North Queen.
^The chronicle Rakhine Razawin Thit (RRT Vol. 2 1999: 87) says Raza II had nine senior queens during his reign but gives only six names. "Nine" was most likely a typographical/copying error since Burmese numerals six (၆) and nine (၉) are very similar. Khin Ma Hnaung's official title was Tanzaung Mibaya (တန်ဆောင်း မိဖုရား, "Queen of the Royal Hall"), which was likely the title of the second ranked queen. (Saw Thanda, the second ranked queen, during Saw Hla's reign was also Tanzaung Mibaya per (RRT Vol. 2 1999: 46). Similarly, Nan Htet Mibaya apparently was the title of the third ranked queen; Thupaba Dewi, the third ranked queen of Raza II, was Nan Htet Mibaya. Furthermore, the chronicle does not mention if any of the queens lived to the end of Raza II's reign. The chief queen presumably made it since there is no mention of other chief queens.
^Another case of the South Queen not being the chief per (RRT Vol. 2 1999: 115)
^(RRT Vol. 2 1999: 118): Several people, including queens, concubines and their attendants, died during a major fire at the palace on 16 February 1686. Presumably, Thukomma survived the fire since the chronicle reports no other chief queen of Wara.
^(RRT Vol. 2 1999: 119–120): The Palace Guards installed and removed their puppet kings Wara Dhamma, Mani Thudhamma and Sanda Thuriya I, as they pleased.
^(Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 127, footnote 2): According to Sein Lwin Lay, Tabinshwehti may not have had a chief queen in the formal sense that he never formally had a formal coronation ceremony with any of his queens; and Khay Ma Naw, whom the king married at the 1545 coronation, nonetheless was not mentioned as his chief queen either.
^This is a rare instance where the South Queen was not the chief queen. The two standard chronicles Maha Yazawin (Maha Yazawin Vol. 3 2006: 103) and Hmannan Yazawin (Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 107) both say that Min Phyu, Min Htwe and Min Pu were South, Center and North Queens, respectively, while Hanthawaddy was the chief queen. Yazawin Thit (Yazawin Thit Vol. 2 2012: 239) omits the ranks of Min Phyu and Min Htwe, and confirms only that Thiri Yaza Dewi was the North Queen. All chronicles list Min Taya Medaw as the fifth senior queen but do not say when she became a senior queen. She certainly should have become a senior queen after the death of Min Phyu in 1596.
^Chronicles, which regard Minye Deibba as a usurper, do not list any of his "queens". Per (Hmannan Vol. 3: 189), Khin Hnin Paw was his lover. Presumably, she was his "queen" during his short reign.
^(Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 289): Narawara had no queens or concubines whatsoever.
^(Lieberman 1984: 215–216): Smim Htaw came to power on 8 December [O.S. 27 November] 1740. Hmannan (Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 373) says the Lord of Chiang Mai sent his daughter soon after.
^Chronicles (Konbaung Set Vol. 1 simply call Binnya Dala's chief queen Hanthawaddy Shin Mibaya (lit. Queen of Hanthawaddy). Her title or personal name is not known. (Konbaung Set Vol. 1 2004: 187): Thiri Zeya Mingala Dewi, Princess of Manipur, became Binnya Dala's queen after the fall of Ava (Inwa) on 22 March 1752. She came along with Gen. Dalaban who submitted to Alaungpaya on 9th waxing of Pyatho 1118 ME (29 December 1756). She later became a concubine of Alaungpaya per (Konbaung Set Vol. 1 2004: 197).
^(Konbaung Set Vol. 3 2004: 323, 344–345): Su Paya Gyi's nominal reign as chief queen officially ended at the coronation ceremony held at the start of Thingyan (new year's festival) of 1241 ME.
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This article contains Burmese script Without proper rendering support you may see question marks boxes or other symbols instead of Burmese script This is a list of the queen consorts of the major kingdoms that existed in present day Myanmar Those with the rank of Nan Mibaya senior queens are listed Contents 1 Primer 1 1 Rankings of consorts 1 1 1 Senior queens 1 1 2 Junior queens 1 1 3 Concubines 1 2 Names 1 3 Duration of consortship 2 Pagan dynasty 2 1 Early Pagan 2 2 Pagan Empire 3 Small kingdoms 3 1 Myinsaing 3 2 Pinya 3 3 Sagaing 3 4 Ava 3 4 1 House of Myinsaing 3 4 2 Confederation of Shan states 3 5 Prome 3 6 Ramanya 3 7 Arakan 3 7 1 House of Launggyet 3 7 2 Late Mrauk U 4 Toungoo Dynasty 4 1 House of Toungoo 4 2 House of Nyaungyan 5 Restored Hanthawaddy 6 Konbaung Dynasty 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 BibliographyPrimer EditRankings of consorts Edit See also Burmese royal titles Prior to the Konbaung period 1752 1885 the consorts of the Burmese monarchs were organized in three general tiers Nan Mibaya နန မ ဖ ရ lit Queen of the Palace senior queen Mibaya Nge မ ဖ ရ ငယ Junior Queen and Ko lok taw က ယ လ ပ တ concubine note 1 Starting in the late 18th century the Konbaung kings inserted the tiers of Hsaungdaw Mibaya ဆ င တ မ ဖ ရ lit Queen of the Royal Apartment and Shwe Yay Hsaung Mibaya ရ ရ ဆ င မ ဖ ရ lit Queen of the Gilded Chamber between the tiers of senior queen and junior queen 1 Ladies in waiting such as Apyo daw အပ တ maiden and Maung ma မ င မ handmaid were part of the general staff of the palace 2 Senior queens Edit Each tier had further rankings within it The order of precedence within the topmost tier was 1 Rank Title Description1 Nanmadaw Mibaya Khaunggyi နန မတ မ ဖ ရ ခ င က or Taung Nan Mibaya တ င နန မ ဖ ရ Chief Queen or Queen of the Southern Palace2 Myauk Nan Mibaya မ က နန မ ဖ ရ Queen of the Northern Palace3 Ale Nan Mibaya အလယ နန မ ဖ ရ Queen of the Central Palace4 Anauk Nan Mibaya အန က နန မ ဖ ရ Queen of the Western PalaceAside from a few rare exceptions the Queen of the Southern Palace was the official chief queen consort note 2 In theory the chief queen consort alone had the right to a white umbrella and to sit with the King on the royal throne 3 Junior queens Edit Queens of the Second Rank Rank Title Description1 Taung Hsaungdaw Mibaya တ င ဆ င တ မ ဖ ရ Queen of the Southern Royal Apartment2 Myauk Hsaungdaw Mibaya မ က ဆ င တ မ ဖ ရ Queen of the Northern Royal ApartmentQueens of the Third Rank Rank Title Description1 Taung Shwe Yay Mibaya တ င ရ ရ မ ဖ ရ Queen of the Southern Gilded Chamber2 Myauk Shwe Yay Mibaya မ က ရ ရ မ ဖ ရ Queen of the Northern Gilded Chamber3 Ale Shwe Yay Mibaya အလယ ရ ရ မ ဖ ရ Queen of the Central Gilded Chamber4 Anauk Shwe Yay Mibaya အန က ရ ရ မ ဖ ရ Queen Of the Western Gilded ChamberQueens of the Fourth Rank Rank Title Description1 Myo za Mibaya မ စ မ ဖ ရ Queen with township level appanage2 Ywa za Mibaya ရ စ မ ဖ ရ Queen with village level appanageConcubines Edit Concubines were called Ko lok taw က ယ လ ပ တ lit one who administers to the royal body or Chay daw din ခ တ တင lit one on whom the royal feet are placed 2 Concubines Rank Title Description1 Ko lok taw Gyi က ယ လ ပ တ က Senior Concubine2 Ko lok taw က ယ လ ပ တ Concubine3 Chay daw din ခ တ တင ConcubineNames Edit The names of the queens if known are given according to their most well known common name which often happens to be the primary name used by the royal chronicles The chronicle reported names of the queens may be their popular commonly known name e g Pwa Saw Nanmadaw Me Nu formal title e g Agga Mahethi Sanda Dewi personal name e g Shin Bo Me Yun San or generic name of the office Hanthawaddy Mibaya Queen of Hanthawaddy or Myauk Pyinthe Queen of the Northern Palace Finally the names of the queens with no known records are given as Unknown Duration of consortship Edit The Became consort and Ceased to be consort dates indicate the period in which a given queen was in the role of royal consort not the duration of marriage Pagan dynasty EditEarly Pagan Edit Consort Rank Became consort Ceased to be consort Spouse NotesTaung Pyinthe Chief 1001 Saw Rahan II 4 Myauk Pyinthe NorthAle Pyinthe CenterTaung Pyinthe Chief 1001 c 1014 Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu 4 5 Myauk Pyinthe Northc 1014 1021Ale Pyinthe Center 1001 Unknown Chief 1021 c 1 April 1038 Kyiso Unknown Chief c 1 April 1038 11 August 1044 Sokkate 6 Myauk Pyinthe North August 1044Pagan Empire Edit Consort Rank Became consort Ceased to be consort Spouse NotesAgga Mahethi Chief c 1048 c 1077 Anawrahta note 3 Saw Mon Hla North c 1058 c 1071Manisanda North c 1070s 11 April 1077Usaukpan Chief 11 April 1077 c 1077 78 Saw Lu 7 Manisanda NorthChief c 1077 78 c April 1084Apeyadana Chief 21 April 1084 12th century Kyansittha note 4 Manisanda North c 1112 1113Khin Tan CenterThanbula Chief c 12th centuryYadanabon I Chief 1112 13 c 1050s Sithu I note 5 Ti Lawka Sanda Dewi CenterChief c 1050s 1167Yazakumari West 1112 13 Taung Pyinthe Sithu I SouthTaung Pyinthe Narathu Chief 1167 c February 1171 Narathu note 6 Myauk Pyinthe Narathu NorthMin Aung Myat Chief c February 1171 c May 1174 Naratheinkha note 7 Saw Lat NorthSaw Ahlwan CenterWeluwaddy West c April 1174Chief c May 1174 1186 Sithu II note 8 Min Aung Myat South 1185 Saw Lat North 1190s Saw Ahlwan CenterTaung Pyinthe II Sithu II Chief c 1190s 18 August 1211Myauk Pyinthe II Sithu II NorthWadanthika Center c 1190sSaw Mya Kan Center 18 August 1211Pwadawgyi Chief 18 August 1211 c 1231 35 Htilominlo 8 Myauk Pyinthe Htilominlo NorthSaw Mi Pyan CenterShin Saw Chief c 1231 c 1235 Naratheinga Uzana note 9 Saw Min Waing NorthYaza Dewi Chief 19 July 1235 c May 1251 Kyaswa 9 Thonlula Chief c May 1251 c May 1256 Uzana 10 Yadanabon II Chief 6 May 1256 1262 Narathihapate note 10 Pwa Saw NorthChief 1262 1 July 1287Pwa Saw of Thitmahti Chief 30 May 1289 17 December 1297 Kyawswa note 11 Saw Soe NorthMi Saw U CenterSmall kingdoms EditMyinsaing Edit Consort Rank Became consort Ceased to be consort Spouse NotesSaw U Chief 17 December 1297 13 April 1310 Athinkhaya 11 Unknown Chief c 1312 13 YazathingyanMi Saw U Chief c 17 December 1297 7 February 1313 Thihathu 12 Yadanabon North c 1300Pinya Edit Consort Rank Became consort Ceased to be consort Spouse NotesMi Saw U Chief 7 February 1313 c February 1325 Thihathu 12 Yadanabon NorthAtula Maha Dhamma Dewi Chief c February 1325 1 September 1340 Uzana I 13 Saw Htut Chief 1 September 1340 29 March 1344 Sithu 14 Atula Sanda Dewi Chief 29 March 1344 12 December 1350 Kyawswa I 15 Mway Medaw NorthSaw Omma Chief 12 December 1350 19 March 1359 Kyawswa II 16 19 March 1359 May 1364 NarathuJune 1364 September 1364 Uzana IISaw Sala North June 1364 17 Sagaing Edit Consort Rank Became consort Ceased to be consort Spouse NotesSaw Hnaung Chief 15 May 1315 5 February 1327 Saw Yun 9 5 February 1327 1335 36 Tarabya I Unknown Chief 1335 36 c August 1339 Anawrahta ISaw Pa Oh Chief c August 1339 c March 1349 Kyaswa 17 Unknown Chief c March 1349 c November 1349 Anawrahta II Unknown Chief c November 1349 23 February 1352 Tarabya IISoe Min Kodawgyi Chief 23 February 1352 April 1364 Thihapate 17 Ava Edit House of Myinsaing Edit Consort Rank Became consort Ceased to be consort Spouse NotesSaw Omma of Pinya Chief September 1364 c 3 September 1367 Thado Minbya 18 Khame Mi Chief 5 September 1367 c 1390s Swa Saw Ke 19 Shin Saw Gyi NorthChief c 1390s April 1400Saw Omma of Sagaing Center 5 September 1367 c 1390sNorth c 1390s April 1400Saw Taw Oo West 5 September 1367 c 1390sCenter c 1390s April 1400Min Hla Myat Chief April 1400 25 November 1400 Tarabya 20 Shin Saw Chief 25 November 1400 c February 1422 Minkhaung I note 12 Saw Khway NorthMin Pyan CenterShin Mi Nauk West 25 November 1400 July 1408Shin Bo Me c August 1408 c October 1421Saw Min Hla Chief c October 1421 August 1425 Thihathu 21 Shin Bo Me NorthShin Sawbu Center c January 1423Shin Bo Me Chief August 1425 November 1425 Min Hla 22 by 9 November 1425 16 May 1426 Min Nyo 23 Shin Myat Hla Chief 16 May 1426 April 1439 Mohnyin Thado 24 Shin Bo Me NorthShin Sawbu Center by 31 August 1426 1429 25 Min Hla Nyet Chief by 26 April 1439 January 1442 Minye Kyawswa I 26 Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi Chief by 11 March 1442 24 July 1468 Narapati I 27 Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi Chief 24 July 1468 c August 1480 Thihathura I 28 Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi Chief c August 1480 7 April 1501 Minkhaung II note 13 Tanzaung Mibaya Minkhaung II NorthSalin Minthami Chief c 1485 86 4 March 1501 Thihathura II note 14 18 April 1501 14 March 1527 Narapati II note 15 Salin Minthami Lat North c June 1501Min Taya Hnamadaw North July 1501 14 March 1527Dhamma Dewi Center February 1502Taungdwin Mibaya WestConfederation of Shan states Edit Consort Rank Became consort Ceased to be consort Spouse Notes Unknown Chief 14 March 1527 c January 1533 Sao Long I note 16 Unknown Chief c January 1533 May 1542 Sao Hung Hpa Unknown Chief June 1542 c September 1545 Sao Hkun Mong Unknown Chief c September 1545 c October 1551 Narapati IIINarapati Mibaya Chief c October 1551 22 January 1555 Narapati IV 29 Prome Edit Consort Rank Became consort Ceased to be consort Spouse NotesSaw Myat Lay Chief 1482 Thado Minsaw 30 Shwe Zin Gon Chief February 1527 c December 1532 Bayin Htwe 31 Chit Mi NorthThiri Hpone Htut Chief c December 1532 c February 1539 Narapati 32 c February 1539 19 May 1542 Minkhaung 33 Ramanya Edit Consort Rank Became consort Ceased to be consort Spouse NotesMay Hnin Thwe Da Chief 30 January 1287 c 14 January 1307 Wareru 34 Shin Saw Hla North c 1293 35 Unknown Chief by 28 January 1307 March 1311 Hkun LawMay Hnin Htapi Chief 10 April 1311 September 1323 Saw O 36 Sanda Min Hla I Chief by 28 September 1323 April 1330 Saw Zein 37 May Hnin Htapi North Unknown Chief April 1330 April 1330 Zein PunSanda Min Hla I Chief April 1330 May 1330 Saw E 38 May 1330 1348 Binnya E Law 38 Tala Shin Saw Bok North May 1330 1348Sanda Min Hla II Chief 1348 c 1365 Binnya U note 17 Hnin An Daung NorthChief c 1365 2 January 1384Sanda Dewi Center 1348 c 1365North c 1365 2 January 1384Thiri Yaza Dewi West 1348 c 1365Center c 1365 2 January 1384Thiri Maya Dewi I West c 1365 c 28 January 1368Piya Yaza Dewi Chief 5 January 1384 c April 1392 Razadarit note 18 Tala Mi Daw North c March 1390Yaza Dewi Chief c April 1392 c 1421Lawka Dewi NorthThiri Maya Dewi II CenterMi Ta Lat Principal Chief 1421 1424 Binnya Dhammaraza 39 Yaza Dewi Chief c 1424 c 1446 Binnya Ran I 40 41 Soe Min Wimala Dewi Principal 1431 1446Ye Mibaya Chief 1446 30 May 1451 Binnya Waru 40 Unknown Chief 30 May 1451 June 1453 Binnya Kyan Unknown Chief June 1453 c January 1451 Leik MunhtawNone N A c January 1451 1471 Shin Sawbu note 19 Yaza Dewi II Chief 1471 1492 Dhammazedi 42 Wihara Dewi ChiefAgga Thiri Maya Dewi Chief 1492 1526 Binnya Ran II note 20 Maha Yaza Dewi NorthAtula Dewi PrincipalYaza Dewi III Principal Unknown Chief 1526 1539 Taka Yut Pi note 21 Minkhaung Medaw North by 1535 Unknown Chief June 1550 August 1550 Smim Sawhtut Unknown Chief August 1550 12 March 1552 Smim HtawArakan Edit House of Launggyet Edit Consort Rank Became consort Ceased to be consort Spouse NotesSaw Sit II Chief May 1429 9 May 1433 Saw Mon 43 Saw Paba Chief 9 May 1433 c January 1459 Khayi 44 Saw Pyinsa NorthSaw Yin Mi Center 1437Saw Nandi Chief c January 1459 5 August 1482 Saw Phyu 45 Saw Htin NorthThu Rakhaing Chief 5 August 1482 c February 1492 Dawlya 46 Shwe Einthe NorthSaw Htwe Me Chief c February 1492 c January 1494 Saw Nyo 46 Saw Nandi NorthMin Gahna CenterSaw Shin Saw Chief c January 1494 c July 1494 Ran Aung 46 Saw Mi Saw Chief c July 1494 February 1502 Salingathu 47 Saw Thuba Chief February 1502 c November 1513 Raza I 47 Shin Pwa NorthShin Pyo CenterSaw Thuza Chief c November 1513 January 1515 Gazapati 48 Taung Nan Mibaya Chief January 1515 July 1515 Saw O 49 Saw Nanzet Chief July 1515 c April 1421 Thazata 49 c April 1421 27 May 1531 MinkhaungSaw Min Hla Chief 27 May 1531 11 January 1554 Min Bin note 22 Saw Kauk Ma I NorthMinkhaung Medaw Center by 1540Saw Thanda Chief 11 January 1554 6 March 1556 Dikkha 50 Saw Mi Lat NorthSaw Kauk Ma II CenterSaw Hpone Htut Chief 6 March 1556 24 July 1564 Saw Hla note 23 Saw Thanda NorthDhamma Dewi I Chief 24 July 1564 1565 68 Sekkya note 24 Saw Thanda NorthChief 1565 68 7 February 1572Saw Mi Taw Chief 7 February 1572 4 July 1593 Phalaung note 25 Saw Thanda SouthShin Lat I CenterSaw U NorthWizala Dewi Chief 4 July 1593 4 July 1612 Raza II note 26 Pyinsala Sanda North Thupaba Dewi CenterZalaka Dewi WestKhin Ma Hnaung North 19 December 1599 4 July 1612 Saw Phyu Center c 17th centuryDhamma Dewi II Chief 4 July 1612 14 May 1622 Khamaung 51 Shin Htwe NorthThupaba Dewi CenterNatshin Me Chief 14 May 1622 29 May 1638 Thiri Thudhamma I 52 Hmauk Taw Ma I NorthWin Lon Center 1630s Chief 29 May 1638 17 June 1638 Sanay 53 Late Mrauk U Edit Consort Rank Became consort Ceased to be consort Spouse NotesNatshin Me Chief 17 June 1638 13 December 1645 Narapati 54 Yadana I Chief 13 December 1645 May 1652 Thado note 27 Shin Lat II SouthSaw Bo Me NorthSaw Phyu WestYadana II Chief May 1652 11 June 1674 Sanda Thudhamma 55 Thuwana Kalaya Chief 11 June 1674 16 April 1685 Thiri Thudhamma II 56 Thukomma Chief 16 April 1685 20 June 1692 Wara Dhamma note 28 Thubara Chief 20 June 1692 7 November 1693 Mani Thudhamma note 29 Thukomma Chief 7 November 1693 3 February 1694 Wara DhammaThubara Chief 20 December 1694 17 February 1695 Sanda Thuriya IThukomma Chief 17 February 1695 11 April 1696 Wara DhammaThubara Chief 11 April 1696 4 August 1696 Sanda Thuriya IThukhuma Chief 4 August 1696 18 August 1696 Nawrahta 57 Eindama Chief 18 August 1696 13 May 1697 Marompiya 57 Pwa Me Chief 13 May 1697 5 June 1698 Kalamandat 58 Nan Htet Mibaya I Chief 5 June 1698 17 June 1700 Naradipati I 58 Pwa Saw Chief 17 June 1700 30 March 1707 Sanda Wimala I 58 Pwa Thway Chief 3 April 1707 August 1710 Sanda Thuriya II 59 Shwe Ku Chief August 1710 October 1719 Sanda Wizaya I 60 Unknown Chief October 1719 April 1731Hmauk Taw Ma II Chief April 1731 1734 Sanda Thuriya III 61 Nan Htet Mibaya II Chief 1734 1735 Naradipati II 62 1735 August 1737 NarapawaraAugust 1737 25 March 1738 Sanda Wizaya IIShwe Yi Chief 28 March 1738 6 February 1743 Madarit 63 Saw Thanda II Chief 6 February 1743 28 October 1761 Nara Apaya 63 Tanzaung Mibaya Chief 28 October 1761 3 February 1762 Thirithu 64 Aung Kyawt San Chief 3 February 1762 1 May 1764 Sanda Parama 64 Saw Shwe Kya Chief 1 May 1764 17 January 1774 Apaya 65 Pan Thuza Chief 17 January 1774 22 April 1777 Sanda Thumana 66 Ma Me Gyi North 27 August 1775Da Phyu Chief 23 April 1777 2 June 1777 Sanda Wimala II 67 Sein Khaing Center Chief 2 June 1777 June 1778 Sanda Thaditha 68 Aung Me South 3 November 1782Chi Me Chief 11 June 1778Saw Me Pon Chief 4 November 1782 2 January 1785 Maha Thammada 69 Toungoo Dynasty EditHouse of Toungoo Edit Consort Rank Became consort Ceased to be consort Spouse NotesSoe Min Hteik Tin Chief 16 October 1510 24 November 1530 Mingyi Nyo 70 Thiri Maha Sanda Dewi NorthYadana Dewi CenterMaha Dewi WestDhamma Dewi Chief 24 November 1530 30 April 1550 Tabinshwehti note 30 Khin Myat NorthKhay Ma Naw Co chief c May 1545Atula Thiri Chief 30 April 1550 15 June 1568 Bayinnaung 71 Sanda Dewi North April 1553Chief 15 June 1568 10 October 1581Yaza Dewi Center 17 March 1563 13 September 1564Hanthawaddy Mibaya Chief 10 October 1581 19 December 1599 Nanda note 31 Min Phyu South c 5 May 1583 4 May 1596Thiri Yaza Dewi North 19 December 1599Min Htwe CenterMin Taya Medaw West c 1583House of Nyaungyan Edit Consort Rank Became consort Ceased to be consort Spouse NotesKhin Hpone Myint Chief 19 December 1599 5 November 1605 Nyaungyan 71 Atula Sanda Dewi I Chief 8 February 1609 9 July 1628 Anaukpetlun 72 Khin Hnin Paw Chief 9 July 1628 19 August 1629 Minye Deibba note 32 Khin Myo Sit Chief 19 August 1629 27 August 1648 Thalun 73 Atula Sanda Dewi II Chief 27 August 1648 3 June 1661 Pindale 74 Min Phyu Chief 3 June 1661 14 April 1672 Pye 75 None N A 14 April 1672 27 February 1673 Narawara note 33 Atula Thiri Maha Dewi Chief 27 February 1673 4 May 1698 Minye Kyawhtin 76 Sanda Dewi NorthYaza Dewi CenterMaha Dewi Chief 4 May 1698 22 August 1714 Sanay 77 Thiri Dewi NorthNanda Dewi CenterThiri Maha Mingala Dewi Chief 22 August 1714 14 November 1733 Taninganway 78 Thiri Sanda Dewi NorthThiri Dhamma Dewi CenterMaha Nanda Dipadi Dewi Chief 14 November 1733 22 March 1752 Maha Dhamma Yaza Dipadi 79 Maha Yaza Dipadi Dewi NorthMaha Dipadi Dewi CenterRestored Hanthawaddy EditConsort Rank Became consort Ceased to be consort Spouse NotesThiri Seitta Chief c January 1741 January 1747 Smim Htaw note 34 Hanthawaddy Mibaya II Chief January 1747 6 May 1757 Binnya Dala note 35 Thiri Zeya Mingala Dewi North 22 March 1752 29 December 1756Konbaung Dynasty EditConsort Rank Became consort Ceased to be consort Spouse NotesYun San Chief 29 February 1752 11 May 1760 Alaungpaya 80 Maha Mingala Yadana Dewi Chief 11 May 1760 28 November 1763 Naungdawgyi 81 Mingala Dewi NorthThiri Atula Maha Yadana Padomma Dewi Chief 28 November 1763 10 June 1776 Hsinbyushin 82 Thiri Thuriya Nanda Maha Mingala Dewi NorthMaha Mingala Sanda Dewi I CenterMaha Yadana Sanda Dewi Chief 10 June 1776 5 February 1782 Singu 83 Thiri Maha Mingala Dewi I North c 20 May 1777Thiri Maha Nanda Dewi CenterNorth c 20 May 1777 5 February 1782Maha Mingala Sanda Dewi II CenterThiri Sanda Mahay WestShin Paik Thaung Chief 5 February 1782 11 February 1782 Phaungka citation needed Thiri Nanda Dewi NorthMingala Yadana Dewi Chief 11 February 1782 24 February 1807 Bodawpaya 84 Thiri Maha Sandabi Yadana Dewi I North 4 January 1807Thiri Maha Nandabi Yadana Dewi I Center 3 September 1789Thiri Maha Mingala Dewi II Center 3 September 1789 5 June 1819Thiri Maha Yadana Dewi I North 4 January 1807 10 July 1812Nanmadaw Me Nu Chief 5 June 1819 15 April 1837 Bagyidaw 85 Thiri Kalaya Sanda Dewi North 3 November 1819 23 February 1824Thiri Paba Malla Dewi Center 15 April 1837Thiri Maha Mingala Dewi III North 23 February 1824Thiri Maha Sanda Dewi West 3 November 1819Thiri Pawara Ti Lawka Maha Yadana Padomma Dewi Chief 15 April 1837 17 November 1846 Tharrawaddy 86 Thiri Maha Nandabi Yadana Dewi II NorthThiri Maha Sandabi Yadana Dewi II CenterThiri Thu Yadana Dewi II West c 16 October 1845Thiri Ti Lawka Maha Yadana Dewi Chief 17 November 1846 18 February 1853 Pagan 87 Thiri Maha Yadana Dewi II NorthThiri Ti Lawka Atula Yadana Dewi CenterThiri Thu Yadana Mingala Dewi CenterThiri Pawara Maha Yazeinda Yadana Dewi Chief 26 March 1853 12 November 1876 Mindon 88 Thiri Maha Yadana Mingala Dewi North 3 May 1872Maha Yazeinda Dipadi Padomma Yadana Dewi Center 1 October 1878Thiri Maha Thu Sanda Dewi West 26 July 1855Thiri Maha Yadana Dewi West 26 July 1855 1 October 1878Supayagyi Chief 30 October 1878 12 April 1879 Thibaw note 36 Supayalat North 18 November 1878Chief 12 April 1879 29 November 1885See also EditList of Burmese leaders List of Burmese monarchs Burmese monarchs family treeNotes Edit Than Tun 1964 129 The Pagan period 849 1297 term for Nan Mibaya was Pyinthe ပ င သည and the term Usaukpan ဦ ဆ က ပန also meant the chief queen Harvey 1925 327 Usaukpan was an Old Burmese direct translation of Pali Vatamsaka an artificial flower of silver or gold used as a hair ornament In Burma Proper it was extremely rare for a queen of the Southern Palace to not also be the chief queen According to the rankings reported in the chronicles Sithu II Hmannan Vol 1 2003 287 and Nanda Hmannan Vol 3 2003 107 had South Queens who were not their chief queen In the Mrauk U Kingdom on the west coast three kings Min Khamaung RRT Vol 2 1999 87 89 Thado RRT Vol 2 1999 115 Sanda Thaditha RRT Vol 2 1999 147 149 had South Queens who were not their chief queen Chronicles Hmannan Vol 1 2003 267 268 mention Agga Mahethi and Manisanda as Anawrahta s two senior queens towards the end of his reign Per Hmannan Vol 1 2003 255 256 Queen Saw Mon Hla was sent back to her native land about six years before his death See Hmannan Vol 1 2003 279 for Kyansittha s four senior queens Hmannan Vol 1 2003 283 says Thanbula showed up with Kyansittha s son at the palace after the king had anointed Sithu I as heir apparent and that the king raised her to queen with the title of Usaukpan which meant the chief queen Since Sithu I was born in 1090 she could have come in the 1090s at the earliest Her getting the title probably meant the first chief queen Apeyadana had died But Queen Apeyadana was still alive in 1102 it means Thanbula probably came to the palace in the 1100s Hmannan Vol 1 2003 287 All four of Sithu s senior queens not just the chief queen participated in his coronation ceremony The South Queen Taung Pyinthe technically should have been the chief queen but the royal chronicles list her fourth in line behind Yadanabon Ti Lawka Sanda Dewi and Yazakumari Later Sanda Dewi succeeded Yadanabon as chief queen Hmannan Vol 2 2003 287 302 Late in his regin Sithu II raised two other queens Khin U and Princess Pabhavati of Padeikkaya Though the chronicles do not explicitly say they were senior queens they probably graduated to the rank especially toward the end of the reign His remaining three senior queens probably might not have lived as long as the king who lived to 77 None of the main chronicles has a record of the names of the queens of Narathu Yazawin Thit Yazawin Thit Vol 1 2012 122 explicitly says no records of his queens could be found Yazawin Thit and Hmannan Hmannan Vol 1 2003 312 mention only that Naratheinkha and Sithu II had the same mother Per scholarship Yazawin Thit Vol 1 2012 124 footnote 2 citing Than Tun their mother was the North Queen It means there was a South Queen See Hmannan Vol 1 2003 312 and Yazawin Thit Vol 1 2012 124 for the names of the Chief and North queens and Than Tun 1964 129 for Saw Ahlwan Saw Hteikhta in Modern Burmese per Than Tun Per Hmannan Vol 1 2003 317 Sithu II took all his brother s senior queens as his at the start of his reign Per inscriptional evidence Than Tun 1964 129 the king had at least six senior queens during his reign Queen Weluwaddy died in 1186 per Hmannan Vol 1 2003 321 Sithu II kept separate chief and South queens at least with Weluwaddy and Min Aung Myat Chronicles do not mention Naratheinga Uzana as king at all Per Than Tun 1964 131 132 contemporary inscriptions say that Uzana who was crown prince was now the ruler or at least the regent Some historians such as Htin Aung Htin Aung 1970 43 and Michael Aung Thwin Aung Thwin and Aung Thwin 2012 99 do not accept that Uzana was king Chronicles Hmannan Vol 1 2003 358 mention Pwa Saw as the only senior queen and the rest as junior queens Per inscriptional evidence Ba Shin 1982 37 Pwa Saw s sister Yadanabon was the first chief queen of Narathihapate Chronicles Hmannan Vol 1 2003 360 mention only Saw Soe as the senior queen But inscriptional evidence Ba Shin 1982 41 43 shows Saw Thitmahti was the chief queen certainly by 1296 Than Tun 1959 125 126 An inscription dated 28 February 1409 by Queen Saw says she was a granddaughter of King Swa Saw Ke by Shin Saw Gyi Per Hmannan Vol 1 2003 440 Shin Saw known as Hsinbyushin Saw Khway and Min Pyan were sisters Hmannan Vol 2 2003 111 Yazawin Thit gives Mi Pongyi of Prome as the third senior queen but Hmannan rejects it Salin Minthami became co chief queen in c 1485 86 per Hmannan Vol 2 2003 111 and chief queen in 1501 per Hmannan Vol 2 2003 120 Hmannan Vol 2 2003 120 Min Taya Hnamadaw of Yamethin became queen soon after her father Minye Kyawswa s death in Waso 863 ME 15 June 1501 to 14 July 1501 Hmannan Vol 2 2003 121 Dhamma Dewi of Pakhan and Taungdwin Mibaya became queens in Tabaung 863 ME 6 February 1502 to 7 March 1502 See Hmannan Vol 2 2003 136 137 for the complete list of senior queens and issue The main royal chronicles do not have any record of the chief queens of Ava between 1527 and 1551 The title of the chief queen of Shan states was Maha Dewi certainly by the Toungoo period See Pan Hla 2005 44 45 47 for a list of Binnya U s queens Pan Hla 2005 57 Queen Sanda Min Hla II died during the rebellion by Byattaba during the 1360s Pan Hla 2005 61 Thiri Maya Dewi died soon after having given birth to Razadarit Pan Hla 2005 158 160 Tala Mi Daw the first wife of Razadarit was never his chief queen Per Pan Hla 2005 193 she committed suicide soon after Razadarit s coronation ceremony c March 1391 According to Razadarit Ayedawbon Pan Hla 2005 203 Piya Yaza Dewi died and Razadarit raised Yaza Dewi Lawka Dewi and Thiri Maya Dewi as queens c Kason 755 ME 11 April 1393 to 10 May 1393 soon after King Swa Saw Ke s campaign near Tharrawaddy But Hmannan Yazawin Hmannan Vol 1 2003 432 says Swa s campaign took place a year earlier Pan Hla 2005 241 266 Razadarit also raised two other queens Saw Pyei Chantha and her mother Shin Mi Nauk in 1408 in addition to Saw Pyei Chantha s aunt Thupaba Dewi who was sent over to Razadarit in a marriage of state in 1403 Shin Sawbu was the country s only historically verifiable queen regnant According to Arakanese history RRT Vol 2 1999 18 19 Saw Yin Mi was queen regent of Sandoway Thandwe in the 1430s Ran s most senior queens in April 1495 per Aung Thwin 2017 278 279 It is unclear if any of the queens lasted his entire reign The only known queen of Taka Yut Pi in the chronicles was Minkhaung Medaw known as Pegu Mibaya But she most likely could not have been the chief queen Per Hmannan Hmannan Vol 2 2003 195 196 Minkhaung Medaw was sent to Pegu Bago as part of the formation of an alliance between Prome and Pegu against Toungoo See RRT Vol 2 1999 29 34 for Saw Min Hla and Saw Kauk Ma Rakhine Razawin Thit RRT Vol 2 1999 33 says Minkhaung Medaw was presented by King Tabinshwehti on 27 February 1547 But per Hmannan Vol 2 2003 195 196 she was sent to Mrauk U c 1540 by King Minkhaung of Prome RRT Vol 2 1999 46 Saw Thanda s official title during Saw Hla s reign was Tanzaung Mibaya RRT Vol 2 1999 47 Dhamma Dewi died sometime between Thadingyut 927 5 October to 2 November 1565 and Thadingyut 930 1 October to 29 October 1568 and was succeeded by Saw Thanda Phalaung s queens apparently were not ranked according to tradition Per RRT Vol 2 1999 48 Saw Mi Taw was the chief queen followed by Saw Thanda the South Queen The third ranked queen Shin Lat was officially Nan Htet Mibaya နန ထက မ ဖ ရ Queen of the Exalted Palace followed by Saw U the North Queen The chronicle Rakhine Razawin Thit RRT Vol 2 1999 87 says Raza II had nine senior queens during his reign but gives only six names Nine was most likely a typographical copying error since Burmese numerals six ၆ and nine ၉ are very similar Khin Ma Hnaung s official title was Tanzaung Mibaya တန ဆ င မ ဖ ရ Queen of the Royal Hall which was likely the title of the second ranked queen Saw Thanda the second ranked queen during Saw Hla s reign was also Tanzaung Mibaya per RRT Vol 2 1999 46 Similarly Nan Htet Mibaya apparently was the title of the third ranked queen Thupaba Dewi the third ranked queen of Raza II was Nan Htet Mibaya Furthermore the chronicle does not mention if any of the queens lived to the end of Raza II s reign The chief queen presumably made it since there is no mention of other chief queens Another case of the South Queen not being the chief per RRT Vol 2 1999 115 RRT Vol 2 1999 118 Several people including queens concubines and their attendants died during a major fire at the palace on 16 February 1686 Presumably Thukomma survived the fire since the chronicle reports no other chief queen of Wara RRT Vol 2 1999 119 120 The Palace Guards installed and removed their puppet kings Wara Dhamma Mani Thudhamma and Sanda Thuriya I as they pleased Sein Lwin Lay 2006 127 footnote 2 According to Sein Lwin Lay Tabinshwehti may not have had a chief queen in the formal sense that he never formally had a formal coronation ceremony with any of his queens and Khay Ma Naw whom the king married at the 1545 coronation nonetheless was not mentioned as his chief queen either This is a rare instance where the South Queen was not the chief queen The two standard chronicles Maha Yazawin Maha Yazawin Vol 3 2006 103 and Hmannan Yazawin Hmannan Vol 3 2003 107 both say that Min Phyu Min Htwe and Min Pu were South Center and North Queens respectively while Hanthawaddy was the chief queen Yazawin Thit Yazawin Thit Vol 2 2012 239 omits the ranks of Min Phyu and Min Htwe and confirms only that Thiri Yaza Dewi was the North Queen All chronicles list Min Taya Medaw as the fifth senior queen but do not say when she became a senior queen She certainly should have become a senior queen after the death of Min Phyu in 1596 Chronicles which regard Minye Deibba as a usurper do not list any of his queens Per Hmannan Vol 3 189 Khin Hnin Paw was his lover Presumably she was his queen during his short reign Hmannan Vol 3 2003 289 Narawara had no queens or concubines whatsoever Lieberman 1984 215 216 Smim Htaw came to power on 8 December O S 27 November 1740 Hmannan Hmannan Vol 3 2003 373 says the Lord of Chiang Mai sent his daughter soon after Chronicles Konbaung Set Vol 1 simply call Binnya Dala s chief queen Hanthawaddy Shin Mibaya lit Queen of Hanthawaddy Her title or personal name is not known Konbaung Set Vol 1 2004 187 Thiri Zeya Mingala Dewi Princess of Manipur became Binnya Dala s queen after the fall of Ava Inwa on 22 March 1752 She came along with Gen Dalaban who submitted to Alaungpaya on 9th waxing of Pyatho 1118 ME 29 December 1756 She later became a concubine of Alaungpaya per Konbaung Set Vol 1 2004 197 Konbaung Set Vol 3 2004 323 344 345 Su Paya Gyi s nominal reign as chief queen officially ended at the coronation ceremony held at the start of Thingyan new year s festival of 1241 ME References Edit a b Yi Yi 1982 103 104 a b Hla Pe 116 Scott 1900 122 a b Hmannan Vol 1 2003 227 Yazawin Thit Vol 1 2012 93 Hmannan Vol 1 2003 228 Hmannan Vol 1 2003 274 Hmannan Vol 1 2003 330 a b Hmannan Vol 1 2003 360 Than Tun 1964 134 Than Tun 1964 277 a b Hmannan Vol 1 2003 371 372 Hmannan Vol 1 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