Consort: | yes |
Saw Beza စောဘေဇာ | |
Reign: | October 1373 – April 1400 |
Succession: | Queen Consort of Ava |
Suc-Type: | Successor |
Spouse: | Swa Saw Ke |
Issue: | Minkhaung I Theiddat Thupaba Dewi |
Birth Date: | 1350s |
Birth Place: | Gazun-Neint |
Death Date: | ? |
Death Place: | Ava (Inwa) |
Religion: | Theravada Buddhism |
Saw Beza (Burmese: စောဘေဇာ, in Burmese pronounced as /sɔ́ bèzà/) was a queen consort of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava. She was the mother of King Minkhaung I of Ava, Gov. Theiddat of Sagaing, and Queen Thupaba Dewi of Hanthawaddy Pegu.[1]
The future queen was a commoner named Mi Beza from a small village named Gazun-Neint (ကန်စွန်းနိမ့်) near Mohnyin (in present-day Kachin State). King Swa met her at her village in the dry season of 1372–73 while he was on campaign to Mohnyin. The king took her as a concubine during the campaign. After the campaign, he told her to come to Ava (Inwa) if she gave birth to his son. She gave birth to a son (later King Minkhaung I) on 13 October 1373, after which she went to Ava. The king, as promised, raised her to queen. They had two more children.[2]