Saw Hnaung of Sagaing

Kodawgyi Saw Hnaung
ကိုယ်တော်ကြီး စောနှောင်း
Chief queen consort of Sagaing
Tenure16 May 1315 – 1335/36
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

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.

Ancestry

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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

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

Bibliography

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  • Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 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
1315–1335/36
Succeeded by
unknown