Mi Saw U

Chief queen consort of Pinya
မိစောဦးChief queen consort of PinyaTenure7 February 1313 – c. February 1325Predecessornew officeSuccessorAtula Maha Dhamma DewiChief queen consort of PinleTenure17 December 1297 – 7 February 1313Coronation20 October 1309Predecessornew officeSuccessordisestablishedQueen of the Central Palace of PaganTenure1290s – 17 December 1297PredecessorvacantSuccessordisestablished
BornPagan (Bagan)DiedPinyaSpouseKyawswa (1289–1297)
Thihathu (1297–1325)IssueUzana I
Kyawswa I
NawrahtaHousePaganFatherNarathihapateMotherShin Shwe[1]ReligionTheravada Buddhism
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Mi Saw U (Burmese: မိစောဦး, pronounced [mḭ sɔ́ ʔú]; also known as Min Saw U) was a Pagan princess, who was queen of two kings, Kyawswa of Pagan and Thihathu of Pinya, and mother of two kings, Uzana I of Pinya and Kyawswa I of Pinya.[2] Saw U was a daughter of Narathihapate, the last sovereign king of Pagan. Married to her half-brother Kyawswa, Saw U was pregnant with Kyawswa's child (Uzana) in December 1297 when she was seized by Thihathu who had just overthrown Kyawswa. Thihathu raised Uzana as his own child and later selected him as heir apparent. Saw U also gave birth to Thihathu's child, also named Kyawswa.[3] Both Uzana and Kyawswa went on to become kings of Pinya. Her youngest son Nawrahta defected to the Sagaing Kingdom c. 1349 after a disagreement with his brother Kyawswa.[4]

References

  1. ^ Luce, Pe 1960: 179
  2. ^ Harvey 1925: 78–80
  3. ^ Htin Aung 1967: 71–79
  4. ^ Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 380

Bibliography

  • Harvey, G. E. (1925). History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
  • Htin Aung, Maung (1967). A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University Press.
  • Luce, G.H.; Pe Maung Tin (1923). The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma (1960 ed.). Rangoon University Press.
  • Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
Mi Saw U
Royal titles
New title Chief queen consort of Pinya
7 February 1313 – February 1325 		Succeeded by
New title Chief queen consort of Pinle
17 December 1297 – 7 February 1313 		Succeeded by
Vacant Queen of the Central Palace of Pagan
1290s – 17 December 1297 		None
Pagan Kingdom replaced by Pinya
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