Saw Omma of Sagaing

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Saw Omma of Sagaing
စောဥမ္မာ
Queen of the Northern Palace of Ava
Tenurec. 1390s – April 1400
PredecessorShin Saw Gyi of Sagaing
SuccessorSaw Khway of Ava
Queen of the Central Palace of Ava
Tenure5 September 1367 – c. 1390s
Predecessornew office
SuccessorSaw Taw Oo of Sagaing
Bornc. 1349
Sagaing
Died?
Ava (Inwa)
SpouseSwa Saw Ke
IssueSaw Chantha[1] (daughter)
Kyawswa (son)
FatherThado Hsinhtein[note 1]
MotherSoe Min Kodawgyi
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

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Saw Omma (Burmese: စောဥမ္မာ, pronounced [sɔ́ òʊɴmà]) was a queen consort of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava. She was a granddaughter of King Saw Yun, the founder of Sagaing Kingdom, and a sister of King Thado Minbya, the founder of Ava Kingdom. When Swa became king, Omma was first given the title of Queen of the Middle Palace and Sagaing in fief. When her elder sister Shin Saw Gyi became the chief queen, Omma succeeded her sister as the Queen of the Northern Palace.[2]

Ancestry

The following is her ancestry according to Hmannan. She was descended from Pagan and Pinya royalty. Her paternal side is unreported except that her father was of the Tagaung royal line.[3]

Ancestry of Queen Saw Omma of Sagaing
8. Thado Kyaukshay
4. Thado Hsinlauk
9.
2. Thado Hsinhtein of Tagaung
10.
5.
11.
1. Omma
12. Thihathu
6. Saw Yun
13. Yadanabon of Pinya
3. Soe Min Kodawgyi
14. Kyawswa of Pagan
7. Saw Hnaung of Sagaing
15. Saw Soe of Pagan

Notes

  1. ^ Chronicles (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 392) say that her father's title was Thado Hsinhtein. According to an inscription dedicated on 26 June 1398 (Wednesday, 12th waxing of Waso 760 ME) per (Taw, Frorchhammer 1899: 164), her father's name is Athincha, Governor of Sagaing.

References

  1. ^ Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 436
  2. ^ Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 404
  3. ^ Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 392

Bibliography

  • Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
  • Taw, Sein Ko; Emanuel Forchhammer (1899). Inscriptions of Pagan, Pinya and Ava: Translation, with Notes. Archaeological Survey of India.
Saw Omma of Sagaing
Born: c. 1349 Died: c. 15th century
Royal titles
Preceded by Queen of the Northern Palace of Ava
c. 1390s–1400
Succeeded by
New title Queen of the Central Palace of Ava
1367–c. 1390s
Succeeded by