Saw Soe of Pagan explained

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Saw Soe
Burmese: စောစိုး
Reign:30 May 1289 – 17 December 1297
Succession:Queen of the Northern Palace
Predecessor:Pwa Saw
Successor:Yadanabon of Pinya
Suc-Type:Successor
Spouse:Kyawswa of Pagan
Issue:Saw Hnit
Min Shin Saw of Thayet
Saw Min Ya of Pinya
Saw Hnaung of Sagaing
Mway Medaw of Pinya
House:Pagan
Father:Yazathingyan of Pagan
Mother:Saw Khin Htut of Pagan
Birth Date:1250s
Birth Place:Pagan (Bagan)
Death Date:in or after 1334
Death Place:Pagan
Religion:Theravada Buddhism

Saw Soe (Burmese: စောစိုး, in Burmese pronounced as /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.

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Notes and References

  1. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 360
  2. Ba Shin 1982: 42