Saw U of Myinsaing

Saw U (Burmese: စောဦး, pronounced [sɔ́ ʔú]) was the chief queen consort of King Athinkhaya of Myinsaing from 1297 to 1310. According to a contemporary inscription, she was a granddaughter of King Uzana of Pagan and Queen Thonlula.[1][note 1]

For other people named Saw U, see Saw U (disambiguation).
Saw U
စောဦး
Chief queen consort of Myinsaing
Tenure17 December 1297 – 13 April 1310
Predecessornew office
SuccessorSaw Htut of Pinya
as Vicereine of Myinsaing
Bornc. 1250s
Pagan (Bagan)
Died?
SpouseAthinkhaya
Issue?
HousePagan
FatherThihathu of Pagan?
Mother?
ReligionTheravada Buddhism
In this Burmese name, Saw is an honorific, not a surname.

Notes
  1. Her father may have been Thihathu of Pagan, the only offspring of Uzana and Thonlula mentioned in the royal chronicles (although chronicles do not explicitly say that Thihathu was the only child of the royal couple.) If Thihathu was her father, who was executed probably between May and November 1256 per (Than Tun 1964: 134–135), she must have been born in or before 1257 at the latest.

References
  1. Than Tun 1964: 277

Bibliography
  • Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
  • Than Tun (1964). Studies in Burmese History (in Burmese). 1. Yangon: Maha Dagon.
Saw U of Myinsaing
Royal titles
New title Chief queen consort of Myinsaing
17 December 1297 – 13 April 1310		 Succeeded by
Saw Htut
as Vicereine
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