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Saw Soe of Pagan

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Saw Soe
စောစိုး
Queen of the Northern Palace
Tenure30 May 1289 – 17 December 1297
PredecessorPwa Saw
SuccessorYadanabon of Pinya
Born1250s
Pagan (Bagan)
Diedin or after 1334
Pagan
SpouseKyawswa of Pagan
IssueSaw Hnit
Min Shin Saw of Thayet
Saw Min Ya of Pinya
Saw Hnaung of Sagaing
Mway Medaw of Pinya
HousePagan
FatherYazathingyan of Pagan
MotherSaw Khin Htut of Pagan
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Saw Soe (Template:Lang-my, pronounced [sɔ́ só]) was a principal queen consort of King Kyawswa of the Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar).[1] The royal chronicles identify her as the chief queen of Kyawswa but historians identify Saw Thitmahti as the chief queen.[2]

The queen was the mother of Viceroy of Pagan Saw Hnit, Governor of Thayet Min Shin Saw, Queen Saw Min Ya of Pinya, Queen Saw Hnaung of Sagaing and Queen Mway Medaw of Pinya.[1] She was also the paternal grandmother of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava.

Ancestry

The following is her ancestry as reported by the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle.[1] She was a descendant of Gen. Nyaung-U Hpi from her father's side and a granddaughter of King Kyaswa from her mother's side.

References

  1. ^ a b c Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 360
  2. ^ Ba Shin 1982: 42

Bibliography

  • Ba Shin, Bo-Hmu (1966). "The Pwa Saws of Bagan" (PDF). Burma Historical Research Department Silver Jublice publication (in Burmese) (1982 ed.). Yangon: Historical Research Department.
  • Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
Saw Soe of Pagan
Born: c. 1250s Died: in/after 1334
Royal titles
Preceded by Queen of the Northern Palace
1289–1297
Succeeded byas North Queen of Myinsaing–Pinya