Saw Thanda Explained

Consort:yes
Saw Thanda
Burmese: စောသန္တာ
Reign:7 February 1572 – 4 July 1593
Succession:Queen of the Southern Palace
Predecessor:herself (as chief queen)
Successor:Wizala Dewi (as chief queen)
Suc-Type:Successor
Reign1: 1566/67 – 7 February 1572
Succession1:Chief queen consort of Arakan
Predecessor1:Dhamma Dewi I
Successor1:Saw Mi Taw
Suc-Type1:Successor
Reign2:6 March 1556 – 1566/67
Succession2:Queen of the Northern Palace of Arakan
Predecessor2:Saw Mi Lat
Successor2:Saw U
Suc-Type2:Successor
Reign3:11 January 1554 – 6 March 1556
Succession3:Chief queen consort of Arakan
Predecessor3:Saw Min Hla
Successor3:Saw Hpone Htut
Suc-Type3:Successor
Spouse:Dikkha (1550s–56)
Saw Hla (1556–64)
Sekkya (1564–72)
Phalaung (1572–93)
Full Name:Poe War Minthamee Saw Thanda Dèwi Ngwe Nu Phru
ပိုးဝါမင်းသမီး စောသန္တာ​ဒေဝီ ငွေနုဖြူ
House:Saw Mon
Father:Min Bin
Mother:Saw Min Hla
Birth Date: 1530s
Birth Name:Ngwe Nu-Phru
ငွေနုဖြူ
Birth Place:Mrauk-U
Death Date:1590s?
Death Place:Mrauk-U
Religion:Theravada Buddhism

Saw Thanda Dewi (Burmese: စောသန္တာဒေဝီ in Burmese pronounced as /sɔ́ θàɴdà dèwì/) was queen consort to four consecutive of kings of Arakan. She was the chief queen of King Dikkha (r. 1554–56). She later became queen to King Saw Hla (r. 1556–64) and King Sekkya (1564–72), both of whom were her step-sons, and later to King Phalaung (r. 1572–93).[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Sandamala Linkara Vol. 2 1999: 46–48