Mwei Ohn-Naung

Chief queen consort of Hanthawaddy
Yaza Dewi Mwei Ohn-Naung
ရာဇာဒေဝီ မွေ့ အုန်နောင်
Chief queen consort of Hanthawaddy
Tenurec. April 1392 – c. 1421
PredecessorPiya Yaza Dewi
Successorunknown
SpouseRazadarit
HouseHanthawaddy Pegu
FatherSaw Ye-Bein
ReligionTheravada Buddhism
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Yaza Dewi Mwei Ohn-Naung (Burmese: ရာဇာဒေဝီ မွေ့ အုန်နောင်, pronounced [jàzà dèwì mwḛ ʔòɴ nàʊɴ]) was the chief queen consort of King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1392 to 1421.

Brief

According to the Razadarit Ayedawbon chronicle, the queen was the eldest daughter of Saw Ye-Bein, a senior minister at the Hanthawaddy court. Her personal name was Mwei Ohn-Naung (မွေ့ အုန်နောင်). She had two younger sisters, Mwei Auk and Mi U-Si[1] In April 1392, she was raised as the chief queen of King Razadarit, with the title of Yaza Dewi (Pali: Rājadevī). Her two sisters were also raised as queens at the same ceremony.[1]

She and her sisters were first cousins once removed of the king. Their father was a first cousin of Razadarit. Their paternal grandfather Binnya Thein was a noble from Chiang Mai who after a disagreement with the king of Chiang Mai had sought refuge at the court of King Binnya U. Their paternal grandmother was Tala Saw Lun, a daughter of King Saw Zein.[2]

Ancestry

Ancestry of Queen Yaza Dewi
8. unnamed
4. Binnya Thein of Chiang Mai
9. unnamed
2. Saw Ye-Bein
10. Saw Zein
5. Tala Saw Lun
11. unnamed
1. Mwei Ohn-Naung
12. unnamed
6. unnamed
13. unnamed
3. unnamed
14. unnamed
7. unnamed
15. unnamed

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b Pan Hla 2005: 203
  2. ^ Pan Hla 2005: 204

Bibliography

Mwei Ohn-Naung
Royal titles
Preceded by Chief queen consort of Hanthawaddy
c. April 1392 – c. 1421
Succeeded by
unknown