Mi Saw U Explained

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Mi Saw U
Burmese: မိစောဦး
Reign:7 February 1313 – February 1325
Succession:Chief queen consort of Pinya
Predecessor:new office
Successor:Atula Maha Dhamma Dewi
Suc-Type:Successor
Reign1:17 December 1297 – 7 February 1313
Coronation1:20 October 1309
Succession1:Chief queen consort of Pinle
Predecessor1:new office
Successor1:disestablished
Reign2:1290s – 17 December 1297
Succession2:Queen of the Central Palace of Pagan
Predecessor2:vacant
Successor2:disestablished
Spouse:Kyawswa (1289–1297)
Thihathu (1297–1325)
Issue:Uzana I
Kyawswa I
Nawrahta
House:Pagan
Father:Narathihapate
Mother:Shin Shwe[1]
Birth Place:Pagan (Bagan)
Death Place:Pinya
Religion:Theravada Buddhism

Mi Saw U (Burmese: မိစောဦး, in Burmese pronounced as /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]

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Notes and References

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