BURMA

The Konbaung Dynasty

GENEALOGY

• 1) A son b. and d. 1761 (s/o Men Lun Poo).
• 2) H.R.H. Maha Uparaja Anaudrapa Ainshe Mingyi Maung Yik, Sri Maha Dharma Vijaya Srihasura, Prince of Debiyen, Thobwoottau and Tawgdwingyi. b. at Montchobo, 15^th June 1762 (s/o Me Lun Thu), educ. privately. Granted Shwe Daung in fief and raised to the title of Sado Dharmaraja, 26^th March 1781. Granted Debiyen, Thobwoottau 6 Yuwa and Tawgdwingyi, in fiefs, 1783. Appointed as Heir Apparent (Ainshe Mingyi) and prom. to the title of Sri Maha Dharma Vijaya Srihasura 1784. Cdr. of the expeditions which conquered Arracan in 1784 and Tenasserim 1792. and Installed as Heir Apparent, at the Bye-daik, 13^th July 1783. Cdr of the expedition to Arakan in 1784 and the expedition to subdue the Tavoy rebellion in 1792. m. (first) 1781 (div. 1783 and later remarried) Myauksaundaw Dharmavati, Shin Wu Khya  (d. at Ava, 1824), daughter of Myingyi Maha Setha Sri, the Atwinwun. m. (second) 1781, Kolouptau Sin Si, Sitavati (d. at Ava, 1822), daughter of the Ngekhaung Yuwasa. m. (third) his half-sister, 13^th July 1783, H.R.H. Ainshe Hteik Hta Mibura Min Kye, Sri Tilaka Maha Bhadda Suriya Ratna Devi, Princess of Taungdwin (b. 1763; d. 1793), fourth daughter of H.M. Sri Pawara Vijaya Nandayasatri Bhuwanaditya Adipati Pandita Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Amarapura Myoti Min Thaya Gyi Bodawpaya Hsinbyumyashin, King of Burma, by his wife, Sri Pawara Maha Rajendra Mangala Ratna Devi. m. (fourth) 3^rd November 1794, his half-sister, H.R.H. Princess Men Akee, Sri Maha Mangala Ratna Devi, Princess of Kannee (b. 1761; d. at Ava, 1836), eldest daughter of H.M. Sri Pawara Vijaya Nandayasatri Bhuwanaditya Adipati Pandita Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Amarapura Myoti Min Thaya Gyi Bodawpaya Hsinbyumyashin, King of Burma, by his wife, Sri Pawara Maha Rajendra Mangala Ratna Devi. m. (fifth) Wunna Kalyani, Sri Suriya, daughter of the Theebo Sawbwa. m. (sixth) Cho Nyit Mhaing, Sri Jaya, daughter of the Maing Myaung Sawbwa. m. (seventh) Kolouptau Shin Min Few, daughter of the Anaukwun. m. (eighth) Kolouptau Shin Myat Twoot, grand-daughter of the Athy Wungyi. m. (ninth) Kolouptau Shin Min Wu, daughter of the Sado Wun. m. (tenth) Kolouptau Shin Thuya, daughter of the Nakhandau. m. (eleventh) Kolouptau Shin Shwe Min, daughter of the Kyi Wun. m. (twelfth) Kolouptau Shin Shwe Gaung, daughter of Sri Shwe Daung. m. (thirteenth) Kolouptau Shin Min Mee, elder daughter of the Ainshing Wun. m. (fourteenth) Kolouptau Shin Min Yi, younger daughter of the Ainshing Wun. m. (fifteenth) Kolouptau Shin Shwe Wu, daughter of the Phaungdaubeen. m. (sixteenth) Kolouptau Shin Ma Gale, daughter of the Maingloung Sawbwa. m. (seventeenth) Kolouptau Shin Shwe Phu, daughter of H.R.H. Prince Maung Phosin, Prince of Pindale. m. (eighteenth) Kolouptau Shin Si Yuey, daughter of H.R.H. Prince Maung Phosin, Prince of Pindale. m. (nineteenth) Kolouptau Shin Min Aing. m. (twentieth) Kolouptau Shin Yee Pat, daughter of a Shan commoner. m. (twenty-first) Kolouptau Shin Mi, daughter of Sri Vaida. m. (twenty-second) Kolouptau Shin Min Wa, daughter of the Saopha of Hsenwi (Theinwi Sawbwa). He d. at Amarapura, 9^th April 1808, having had issue, thirty-two sons and twenty-six daughters (sixteen sons and sixteen daughters d. young), including:
  • a) H.H. Prince (Kodaw-gyi) Maung … b. 1781.
  • b) H.H. Prince (Kodaw-gyi) Min Gyi Gaw (s/o Myauksaundaw Dharmavati, Shin Wu Khya).
  • c) H.H. Prince (Kodaw-gyi) Oukko Iohla (s/o Myauksaundaw Dharmavati, Shin Wu Khya). He d. young. Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright©
  • d) H.R.H. Prince (Sado Min Hla) Maung Nanjeen, Prince of Sagaing (Sagaing Min), who succeeded as H.M. Sri Pawara Vijaya Nanda Jatha Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Yanadapura Sattokhta Myoti Min Thaya Gyi [Bagyidaw], King of Burma (s/o Princess Min Kye, Sri Tilaka Maha Bhadda Suriya Ratna Devi) - see below.
  • e) H.R.H. Prince (Min Ye Hla) Maung Gyi, Prince of Hnanwu (Hnanwu Mintha). b. 19^th February 1782 (s/o Sitavati). Granted Sawhla in fief and raised to the rank of Min Ye Hla 1789. Granted Taungwin in fief 1801. m. (first) 1811, H.H. Princess Men Hlauk, Princess of Hlanatha (b. 1794; d. 1854), daughter of H.R.H. Prince Maung Shwe Mhoung, Sri Maha Dharmaraja, Viceroy of Prome, by his third wife, Myauksain Shin Mee Mbew. m. (second) Myauk-saung Shin Min Wey. m. (third) Kolouptau Ma Min Ley. m. (fourth) Kolouptau Ma See. m. (fifth) Kolouptau Ma Nyaing Da. He d. 23^rd May 1840, having had issue, seven sons and six daughters: Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright©
    • i) the only s/o Princess Men Hlauk. He d. young.
    • ii) the eldest s/o Myauk-saung Shin Min Wey. He d. young.
    • iii) Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Naung, Prince of Meenmho (Meenmho Mintha). b. 1803 (s/o Myauk-saung Shin Min Wey).
    • iv) Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Cho Gyi (s/o Myauk-saung Shin Min Wey). He d. young.
    • v) Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Nee (s/o Myauk-saung Shin Min Wey). He d. 1840.
    • vi) Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Poo, Prince of Hneenmhu (Hneenmhu Mintha). b. 1811 (s/o Myauk-saung Shin Min Wey).
    • vii) Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Gyi (s/o Kolouptau Ma Min Ley). He d. at Taunghu, 1853.
    • viii) H.H. Princess Ma Gyi (d/o Princess Men Hlauk). m. H.H. Prince Maung Cho (b. 1809; d. 1858), only son of H.R.H. Prince Maung Phe Galay, Maha Sri Suriya Dharmaraja, Prince of Theebo, by his half-sister, H.R.H. Princess Min Shwe Hnan Yit, Sri Suriya Dharmavati, Princess of Zalun, daughter of H.M. Queen Sri Suriya Jaya Mahay, Zalun Mibura - see below.
    • ix) the second d/o Princess Men Hlauk. She d. young.
    • x) the third d/o Princess Men Hlauk. She d. young.
    • xi) the fourth d/o Princess Men Hlauk. She d. young.
    • xii) H.H. Princess Ma Kwoot. b. 1817 (d/o Kolouptau Ma Nyaing Da). m. a commoner.
    • xiii) H.H. Princess Ma Kha Wu. b. 1818 (d/o Kolouptau Ma See). m. a commoner.
    • f) H.R.H. Prince (Min Ye Kyaw) Maung Gale. b. 1783 (s/o Sitavati). Raised to the rank of Min Ye Kyaw 1811. m. (first) 1811 (div.), H.R.H. Princess Min Mee Kyaung, Princess of Shwe Gondaing (b. 1791; d. 1833). m. (second) Kolouptau Men Hu (b. 1799; d.s.p. 1853), daughter of Maung Khyauk, Thaiksare. m. (third) Kolouptau Ma Wu. m. (fourth) Kolouptau Ma Doo. He d. 1817, having had issue, nine sons and two daughters:
    • i) H.H. Prince (Min Ye Kyaw) Maung Shwe Maung (s/o Kolouptau Men Hu). He d. 1852.
    • ii) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Naga (s/o Kolouptau Men Hu). He d. 1837.
    • iii) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Go Loung (s/o Kolouptau Men Hu). He d. 1852.
    • iv) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Go Loung (s/o Kolouptau Men Hu). He d. young.
    • v) the fifth s/o Kolouptau Men Hu). He d. young.
    • vi) the sixth s/o Kolouptau Men Hu). He d. young.
    • vii) H.H. Prince (Min Ye Kyaw) Maung Khyeen Poo. b. 1817 (s/o Kolouptau Men Hu).
    • viii) H.H. Prince (Min Ye Kyaw Htin) Maung Wey (s/o Kolouptau Ma Wu). He d. 1864.
    • ix) Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Wun (s/o Kolouptau Ma Doo). He d. from an opium overdose, 1857.
    • x) H.H. Princess Ma Loung Ma (d/o Kolouptau Ma Wu). m. a commoner.
    • xi) H.H. Princess Ma Youn (d/o Kolouptau Ma Doo). m. Prince Maung Dharma. She d. 1850. Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright©
  • g) H.R.H. Prince (Sado Min Ye Hla Kyaw) Maung Lap, Sri Maha Sriha Suriya Dharmaraja, Viceroy of Taungngu (Taungngu Buring Khan). b. 22^nd May 1785 (s/o Princess Min Kye, Sri Tilaka Maha Bhadda Suriya Ratna Devi). Granted Mayawaddy in fief and raised to the rank of Sado Min Ye Hla Kyaw 1802. Viceroy (Buring Khan) of Taungnu and the title of Sri Maha Sriha Suriya Dharmaraja 1821.  m. (first) 1805, his cousin, H.R.H. Princess Men Myat Wu, Sri Ketha Ratna Devi, Princess of Sagaun [Taungnu Hteik Hta Mibura] (b. 1791; d. 1852), daughter of H.R.H. Prince Maung Shwe Mhoung, Sri Maha Dharmaraja, Viceroy of Prome, by his wife, H.R.H. Princess Men Aung Khyeen Min, Sri Maha Ratna Mala Devi, Princess of Myedo, daughter of H.M. Sri Pawara Vijaya Nandayasatri Bhuwanaditya Adipati Pandita Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Amarapura Myoti Min Thaya Gyi Bodawpaya Hsinbyumyashin, King of Burma. m. (second) Kolouptau Ma Mhou, Zeebugyi Myosa (cre. 1837) (d. 1849). m. (third) Kolouptau Ma Gyi. m. (fourth) (div. 1805) Kolouptau Ma Shwe Wu, daughter of Meen Wun. He d. at Taungngu, 29^th September 1825, having had issue, four sons and four daughters:
    • i) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Pho Theing. b. 1804 (s/o Kolouptau Ma Shwe Wu). He d. unm. 1823.
    • ii) H.R.H. Prince Maung Gyi. b. 1806 (s/o Princess Men Myat Wu, Sri Ketha Ratna Devi). He d. young.
    • iii) H.H. Prince (Sado Min Ye Kyaw) Maung Pho Young. b. 1811 (s/o Kolouptau Ma Gyi). Raised to the rank of Sado Min Ye Kyaw 1840. m. Kolouptau Ma Shwe Ma, daughter of Maung Seen Thu. He d. 1845, having had issue, one son and two daughters:
      • (1) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Zween. b. 1836. m. 1854, Ma Ley, daughter of Maung Wu, the Atwinwun. He d. 1855.
      • (2) H.H. Princess Ma Gee Mhya. b. 1834. m. 1852, the Wunthau Mintha.
      • (3) H.H. Princess Ma Zeen. b. 1840. She d. unm. from cholera, 1853.
    • iv) H.R.H. Prince (Sado Min Ye Kyaw Htin) Maung Poo [Hteik Tin Pu], Maha Sri Dharmaraja, Prince of Salin (Salin Mintha-gyi). b. 1818 (s/o Princess Men Myat Wu, Sri Ketha Ratna Devi). Raised to the rank of Sado Min Ye Kyaw Htin 1823, and granted the title of Maha Suriya Dharmaraja and received Myingun in fief 1829. Granted Pyinzi in fief and promoted to the title of Maha Sri Dharmaraja 1840. Imprisoned during the reign of King Pagan. Released by King Tharawaddy and granted Salin in fief 1852. Poet and man of letters. m. (first) Myauk-saung Ma Ley. m. (second) Kolouptau Ma Kout. m. (third) Kolouptau Ma Toup. m. (fourth) Kolouptau Ma Yeik. m. (fifth) Kolouptau Ma Mhya. He d. from leprosy, at Ratnapura, 1862, having had issue, eight sons and eight daughters:
      • (1) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Moung Ba Wo (s/o Myauk-saung Ma Ley). He d. young. Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright©
      • (2) H.H. Prince (Min Ye Sado Singhaya) Moung Ween, Prince of Meemhu (Meemhu Mintha). b. 1836 (s/o Myauk-saung Ma Ley). m. 1844, H.H. Princess Min Shwe Doung (b. 1835), daughter of H.R.H. Prince Maung Keen Soo, Sri Suriya Maha Dharmaraja, Prince of Thandwei, by his second wife, Kolouptau Ma Khau.
      • (3) the third s/o Myauk-saung Ma Ley. He d. young.
      • (4) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Mo. b. 1839 (s/o Kolouptau Ma Kout). m. 1857, Princess Ma Poo, daughter of H.H. Prince Maung Cho.
      • (5) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Daup. b. 1844 (s/o Kolouptau Ma Kout). m. 1856, his half-sister, Princess Ma Hnyit (b. 1842), second daughter of H.R.H. Prince (Maung Poo, Maha Sri Dharmaraja, Prince of Salin, by his first wife, Myauk-saung Ma Ley.
      • (6) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Moung Boo. b. 1847 (s/o Myauk-saung Ma Ley). He d. 1864.
      • (7) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Neyoon. b. 1854 (s/o Kolouptau Ma Yeik).
      • (8) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Myo. b. 1856 (s/o Kolouptau Ma Yeik).
      • (1) H.H. Princess Ma Cho. b. 1840 (d/o Myauk-saung Ma Ley). m. (first) a palace official, who was k. for marrying her without the King's permission. m. (second) a merchant.
      • (2) H.H. Princess Ma Hnyit. b. 1841 (d/o Myauk-saung Ma Ley). m. 1856, her half-brother, H.H. Prince Maung Daup (b. 1844), sixth son of H.R.H.H.H. Prince Maung Poo, Maha Sri Dharmaraja, H.H. Prince of Salin, by his second wife, Kolouptau Ma Kout - see above.
      • (3) H.H. Princess Ma Kyee. b. 1844 (d/o Myauk-saung Ma Ley).
      • (4) H.H. Princess Ma Aung. b. before 1851 (d/o Kolouptau Ma Mhya). She d. young.
      • (5) H.H. Princess Ma Poo. b. 1851 (d/o Kolouptau Ma Toup).
      • (6) H.H. Princess Ma Kyee. b. 1852 (d/o Kolouptau Ma Mhya).
      • (7) H.H. Princess Ma Teen. b. 1853 (d/o Kolouptau Ma Kout).
      • (8) H.H. Princess Ma Yeen. b. 1855 (d/o Kolouptau Ma Yeik).
    • i) the elder d/o Princess Men Myat Wu, Sri Ketha Ratna Devi). b. 1809. She d. young.
    • ii) H.H. Princess Men Godoung [Men Zwoon], Sri Suriya Maha Mangala Devi [Pyee Theittha]. b. 1811 (d/o Kolouptau Ma Mhou, Zeebugyi Myosa). Forced into poverty after her husband's death, she sold sweatmeats for a living. m. 1826, as his first wife, H.R.H. Prince Maung Boo, Maha Sri Sriha Suriya Dharmaraja, Prince of Prome (b. 13^th December 1807; k. on the orders of King Pagan, October 1845), second son of H.M. Sri Pawara Adityaluka Adipati Vijaya Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Shwebo Myoti Min Thaya Gyi [Tharawaddy], King of Burma, by his third wife, H.M. Queen (Alenandau Mibura) Sri Maha Chandrabhi Ratna Devi, Shin Wu, Taungdaing Myosa Mibura, daughter of the Shinbyudo Saregyi. She d. 2^nd January 1863), having had issue, eleven sons and one daughter - see below.
    • iii) the younger d/o Princess Men Myat Wu, Sri Ketha Ratna Devi). b. 1812. She d. young. Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright©
    • iv) H.H. Princess Min Shwe. b. 1814 (d/o Kolouptau Ma Shwe Wu). She d. unm. 1823.
  • f) H.R.H. Maha Uparaja Anaudrapa Ainshe Min Maung Kheng, Maha Sri Sriha Suriya Dharmaraja, Prince of Tharawaddy (Tharawaddy Min), who succeeded as H.M. Sri Pawara Dityaloka Vijaya Nanda Jatha Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Shwebo Myoti Min Thaya Gyi [Tharawaddy], King of Burma (s/o Princess Min Kye, Sri Tilaka Maha Bhadda Suriya Ratna Devi) - see below.
  • g) H.R.H. Prince (Shwe Kodaw-gyi) Maung …, Prince of Phohla (Phohla Min) (s/o Princess Min Kye, Sri Tilaka Maha Bhadda Suriya Ratna Devi). He d. young.
  • h) H.R.H. Prince (Min Ye) Maung Hlo, Suriya. b. 1794 (s/o Kolouptau Shin Shwe Gaung). Raised to the rank of Min Ye and granted the title of Suriya 1816. m. his half-sister, H.H. Princess Men Myat Yeik (b. 1794), daughter of Kolouptau Shin Thuya. He d.s.p. from the effects of an opium overdose, 1817.
  • i) H.H. Prince (Kodaw-gyi) Maung Shwe Bee. b. 8^th August 1794 (s/o Wunna Kalyani, Sri Suriya). He d.s.p. unm. 1811.
  • j) H.R.H. Prince (Sado Min Hla) Maung Pha Gale, Raja, Prince of Minsaing (Minsaing Min). b. 7^th September 1795 (s/o Princess Men Akee). Raised to the rank of Sado Min Hla, granted the title of Raja, and received Minsaing in fief, 22^nd June 1806. m. 1812, his half-sister, H.R.H. Princess Men Ange, Sri Maha Ratna Suriya Chandra Devi, Princess of Zemeetheen (b. 1793), daughter of Princess Min Kye. He d.s.p. from leprosy, 1831.
  • k) H.R.H. Prince (Shwe Kodaw-gyi) Maung Phonyo. b. after 1795 (s/o Princess Men Akee). He d. young.
  • l) General H.R.H. Prince (Sado Min Gni Kyaw Htin) Maung Myat Phu, Suriya Sri Maha Dharmaraja, Prince of Mohnyin (Mohnyin Mintha). b. 31^st May 1796 (s/o Cho Nyit Mhaing, Sri Jaya). Raised to the rank of Min Ye Min Gni 1816. Prom. to the rank of Sado Min Gni Kyaw Htin and granted Dwarawaddy (Sandwei) in fief 1819. Appt. General of 10,000 1819, thereafter styled Bomhu Mintha or the prince-general. Served in the Manipur campaign. Granted the title of Sri Maha Dharmaraja 1823. Received Pindale in compensation for the loss of Dwarawaddy to the British in 1825. Governor-General of the Shan States (Mone Bomhu) 1837. Imprisoned by King Tharawaddy for his support of King Sagain. Released by King Pagan, raised to the title of Suriya Sri Maha Dharmaraja and granted Mohnyin in fief 1845. Imprisoned again by King Mindon on his accession. m. (first) 1816, his half-sister, H.R.H. Princess Men Seing Bween [Meen Buing Bhoung], Sri Ratna Prabhavati, Bohmu Theitha (b. 12^th December 1795; d. 11^th July 1832), daughter of Wunna Kalyani, Sri Suriya. m. (second) Kolouptau Ma Thugyi. m. (third) Kolouptau Mone Ta Khyeen. m. (fourth) Kolouptau Ma Kyee. He d. in custody, at Ratnapura, 6^th May 1858, having had issue, nine sons and seven daughters:
    • i) the eldest s/o Princess Men Seing Bween, Sri Ratna Prabhavati. He d. young.
    • ii) Colonel H.R.H. Prince (Sado Min Ye Kyaw Htin) Maung Thadun Aung, Prince of Hlaingdet (Hlaingdet Mintha). b. 1815 (s/o Princess Men Seing Bween, Sri Ratna Prabhavati). m. his half-sister, H.H. Princess Men Leeza Lat Few (b. 1835; d. 1853), daughter of Kolouptau Ma Thugyi.
    • iii) the third s/o Princess Men Seing Bween, Sri Ratna Prabhavati. He d. young.
    • iv) the fourth s/o Princess Men Seing Bween, Sri Ratna Prabhavati. He d. young.
    • v) the fifth s/o Princess Men Seing Bween, Sri Ratna Prabhavati. He d. young.
    • vi) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung O (s/o Kolouptau Mone Ta Khyeen).
    • vii) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Pou (s/o Kolouptau Mone Ta Khyeen).
    • viii) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Cho (s/o Kolouptau Ma Kyee).
    • ix) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Khyo (s/o Kolouptau Ma Kyee).
    • i) H.R.H. Princess Men Tee Lap. b. 1819 (s/o Princess Men Seing Bween, Sri Ratna Prabhavati). d. 1833.
    • ii) H.R.H. Princess Men Teen Doup. b. 1826 (s/o Princess Men Seing Bween, Sri Ratna Prabhavati). Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright©
    • iii) H.R.H. Princess Min Khwey [H.M. Queen (Anauk-nandaw Mibura) Sri Suriya Ratna Mangala Devi, Myadaung Myosa Mibura]. b. 1827 (d/o Princess Men Seing Bween, Sri Ratna Prabhavati). m. 1845 (div. 1853), H.M. Pyinsama Thinkaya-natin Sri Pawara Vijaya Nanda Jatha Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Pagan Min Thaya Gyi, King of Burma (b. at Amarapura, 21^st June 1811; d.s.p. from smallpox at Ratnapura, 14^th March 1880), eldest son of H.M. Sri Pawara Adityaluka Adipati Vijaya Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Shwebo Myoti Min Thaya Gyi [Tharawaddy], King of Burma, by his fifth wife, H.M. Queen (Nammadaw Mibura Hkaung Gyi) Sri Pawara Tilaka Maha Ratna Padma Devi, daughter of H.R.H. Prince Maung Pyey, Srihasura Maha Dharmaraja, Viceroy of Pagan. She d. 1859 - see below.
    • iv) H.R.H. Princess Men Zeen Gne. b. 1827 (s/o Princess Men Seing Bween, Sri Ratna Prabhavati).
    • v) H.H. Princess Men Teen Jalat Few. b. 1827 (d/o Kolouptau Ma Thugyi). m. her half-brother, H.R.H. Prince Maung Thadun Aung, Prince of Hlaingdet (b. 1815), son of Princess Men Seing Bween, Sri Ratna Prabhavati. She d. 1853 - see above.
    • vi) H.R.H. Princess Min Shwe, Sri Suriya Ratnavati, Princess of Shwegu (Shwegu Minthami). b. 1832 (d/o Princess Men Seing Bween, Sri Ratna Prabhavati). Held Shwegu in fief 1845-1852. She d. in prison, 1858.
    • vii) H.H. Princess Men Teen Doung. b. 1835 (d/o Kolouptau Ma Thugyi).
  • m) H.R.H. Prince (Min Ye Min Htin) Maung Ann. b. 1^st June 1796 (s/o Sitavati). Raised to the rank of Min Ye Min Deen 1816. Imprisoned with his elder brother 1819. m. 1816, H.R.H. Princess Men Khyee Tya (b. 1796; m. second, 1820, … and d. 1841), daughter of his uncle, H.R.H. Prince Maung Pyey, Srihasura Maha Dharmaraja, Viceroy of Pagan, by his wife, Kolouptau Shin Min Wu Gale. He d. 1820, having had issue, three daughters (all d. young and unnamed).
  • n) General H.R.H. Prince (Sado Min Ye Kyaw Zwa) Maung Mey, Sri Suriya Maha Dharmaraja, Prince of Theebo (Theebo Mintha). b. 25^th November 1796 (s/o Wunna Kalyani, Sri Suriya). Raised to the rank of Min Ye Sri Kyaw 1816. Prom. to General of 10,000 in 1819, and thereafter styled Bomhu Mintha or Prince-General. Served in the Manipur campaign. Raised to the rank of Sado Min Ye Kyaw Zwa and granted Bambree in fief 1823. Received Theebo in compensation for the loss of Bambree to the British in 1825. Raised to the title of Sri Dharmaraja 1840. Lost Theebo and imprisoned by King Pagan 1845. Released by King Mindon and granted Khyundaung in fief 1852. Raised to the title of Sri Suriya Maha Dharmaraja 1853. Governor-General of the Shan States (Mone Bomhu) 1854-1856. Restored to Theebo 1855. m. (first) 1819, H.H. Shin O, Princess of Theebo (b. 1807; d. poisoned by her daughter, the Laungshe Mibura, 1864), daughter of the Ngaungyan Wungyi. m. (second) Kolouptau Ma Phoo. He d. at Ratnapura, 22^nd June 1863, having had issue, two sons and three daughters:
    • i) H.R.H. Prince Maung Pho Gyi, Prince of Kaungton (Kaungton Mintha). b. 1822 (s/o Shin O, Princess of Theebo). m. 1854, H.H. Princess Min Toup (b. 1833), daughter of H.R.H. Prince Maung Kwok, Maha Sri Dharmaraja, Prince of Meengun, by his second wife, Kolouptau Ma Shu Men.
    • ii) H.R.H. Prince Maung Pho Doup. b. 1823 (s/o Shin O, Princess of Theebo). He was k in prison, by Bainjak Myowun, 1847.
    • iii) H.R.H. Princess Men Poo, Sri Maha Mangala Suriya Prabha Devi, Laungshe Myosa Mibura. b. 1825 (d/o Shin O, Princess of Theebo). Raised to the title of Sri Maha Mangala Suriya Prabha Devi 1854. m. 1853 (div. 1864), H.M. Athet-u-san-paing-than-ashin Sri Pawara Vijaya Nandaratta Pandita Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Mindon Min Thaya Gyi, King of Burma (b. at Amarapura, 8^th July 1808; d. at the Golden Palace, Ratnapura, 1^st October 1878), son of H.M. Sri Pawara Adityaluka Adipati Vijaya Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Shwebo Myoti Min Thaya Gyi [Tharawaddy], King of Burma, by his wife, H.M. Queen (Taungsaundaw Mibura) Sri Suriya Chandra Mata Mahay, Ngabeennjeen Yuwasa, daughter of Maha Udamaraya Maung Thadon Aung, the Pagan Thungyi. She d. at the White House, Ratnapura, 1^st June 1881, having had issue, one son and three daughters - see below.
    • iv) H.R.H. Princess Men Woo Poon. b. 1828 (d/o Shin O, Princess of Theebo). m. the Sagain Wun. She d. 1847, believed posioned by the Bainjak Myowun.
    • v) H.H. Princess Men Leessan. b. posthumously, 1864 (d/o Kolouptau Ma Phoo).
  • o) H.R.H. Prince (Sado Min Ye) Maung Kheing, Suriya Dharmaraja, Prince of Wunthau (Wunthau Mintha). b. 1798 (s/o Kolouptau Shin Shwe Min). Raised to the rank of Min Ye Jaya 1816, prom. to Sado Min Ye Singha Suriya 1819, and to Suriya Dharmaraja 1823. Granted Kale in fief 1819-1821, and Wunthau 1823-1824. m. Ma Mhoung, daughter of the Thanlyeen Wun. He d.s.p. 1826. Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright©
  • p) H.R.H. Prince (Sado Min) Maung Shwe Tho, Suriya Dharmaraja, Prince of Meengundaing (Meengundaing Min). b. 9^th May 1800 (s/o Princess Men Akee). Raised to the rank of Sado Min Kyaw 22^nd June 1806, and to Sado Suriya Dharmaraja and received Meengundaing in fief 1819. m. Kolouptau Ma Shwe Mee (b. 1798). He d. at Ava, 1822, having had issue, two sons:
    • i) H.H. Prince (Min Ye Sri) Maung Pa Wo, Prince of Mofee (Mofee Mintha). b. 1818. Raised to the rank of Min Ye Sri 1846. Held Mofee in fief 1846-1852. m. (first) 1845 (div. 1848), Ma Shwe Mhoung, granddaughter of the Mogoung Wungyi. m. (second) 1848, Ma Yee, Zenaung Myosa Mibura, a widow of H.M. Sri Pawara Adityaluka Adipati Vijaya Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Shwebo Myoti Min Thaya Gyi [Tharawaddy], King of Burma, and daughter of the Myotha Myothugyi. He was k. during the Padaing war, at Ava, by the Prince of Thonze, 1866.
    • ii) Prince (Hteik Tin) Maung Be Dauk. b. 1820. He d. 1852.
  • q) H.R.H. Prince (Sado Min Bya) Maung Shwe Po, Maha Sri Dharmaraja, Prince of Meendong (Meendong Min). b. 9^th August 1802 (s/o Princess Men Akee). Raised to the rank of Sado Min Htin 22^nd June 1806, prom. to Sado Min Bya 1819. Granted the title of Maha Sri Dharmaraja 1823. Received Zenaungyaung in fief at birth. Imprisoned by King Padan, but relesed by King Tharawaddy and granted Meendoung in fief.  m. (first) 1823 (div. on the orders of King Tharawaddy, 1837), H.H. Princess Shin Hlaing, Princess of Sagu (k. on the orders of King Tharawaddy, 1^st May 1840), daughter of H.H. Prince Maung O, Prince of Salen. m. (second) Kolouptau …He d.s.p. at Ratnapura, 20^th January 1861.
  • r) H.R.H. Prince (Sado Min Ye) Maung Pho Yauk, Maha Sri Suriya Dharmaraja, Prince of Laungshe (Laungshe Min). b. 23^rd May 1804 (s/o Princess Men Akee). Granted Ngarene in fief and raised to the rank of Sado Min Ye 1806. Granted Laungshe in fief and granted the title of Maha Sri Suriya Dharmaraja 1823. He d.s.p. unm. 10^th August 1824.
  • s) H.H. Prince (Kodaw-gyi) Maung Gun Hyun (s/o Kolouptau Shin Min Few). He d. young.
  • t) H.H. Prince (Kodaw-gyi) Maung Kula Nyo (s/o Kolouptau Shin Thuya). He d. young.
  • u) the second s/o Kolouptau Shin Shwe Gaung. He d. young.
  • s) H.H. Prince (Min Ye Suriya) Maung Pho Min, Prince of Bosu (Bosu Mintha). b. 1805 (s/o Kolouptau Shin Min Mee). He d. 1863.
  • v) H.H. Prince (Kodaw-gyi) Maung Shwe Swun (s/o Kolouptau Shin Min Yi). m. (first) 1831 (div. 1836), Shin Phew Zeen, daughter of the Therra Wungyi. m. (second) H.H. Princess Ma Ngu, daughter of H.R.H. Prince Maung Ka They, Prince of Thonze. He d. 1863, having had issue, an only daughter:
    • i) H.H. Princess Ma Ley. b. 1832 (d/o Shin Phew Zeen). m. the Prince of Zinada (Zinada Mintha).
  • w) the s/o Kolouptau Shin Ma Gale. He d. young.
  • x) the elder s/o Kolouptau Shin Shwe Phu. He d. young.
  • y) the younger s/o Kolouptau Shin Shwe Phu. He d. young.
  • z) the s/o Kolouptau Shin Si Yuey. He d. young.
  • aa) H.H. Prince (Kodaw-gyi) Maung Bu (s/o Kolouptau Shin Min Aing). He d. young.
  • bb) H.H. Prince (Kodaw-gyi) Maung Ku (s/o Kolouptau Shin Min Aing). He d. young.
  • cc) H.H. Prince (Kodaw-gyi) Maung …, Prince of Sekkya (Sekkya Min) (s/o Taung Dwin Gyi). He had issue, two daughters:
    • i) H.H. the Princess of Magwe (Magwe Minthami). b. 1826. She d. unm. at Mandalay, 5^th December 1888.
    • ii) H.H. the Princess of Kanni (Kanni Minthami). b. 1830.
  • dd) H.R.H. the Prince of Thibaw (Thibaw Min) (s/o the third wife).
  • ee) H.R.H. the Prince of Kowoun (Kowoun Min) (s/o the third wife).
  • ff) H.R.H. Prince Maha Sri Suriya Dharmaraja, Prince of Mindon (Mindon Min). He d. at Ratnapura, 4^th February 1862.
  • gg) H.R.H. Prince Maung Bwa, Prince of Pagan (Pagan Min) and uncle to King Mindon Min. He went to Akyab in Arakan on a religious pilgrimage and settled there on account of the succession dispus within the Royal family. He had issue, a son:
    • i) Maung Shwe Daikke, KSM (6.6.1885). b. 1825, entered British service in 1847, Extra Asst. Cmsnr. 1856, served at Kama, Thayatmyo, Sandoway and Kyaukpyu, retd. 1878. Rcvd: Certificate of Honour (16.2.1887).
  • hh) the s/o Kolouptau Shin Mi. He d. young.
  • a) the elder d/o Dharmavati. She d. young.
  • b) H.R.H. Princess Men Myat Cho, Sri Pawara Tilaka Maha Suriya Ratna Devi, Princess of Bassein (Bassein Minthami). b. 1788 (d/o Princess Min Kye, Sri Tilaka Maha Bhadda Suriya Ratna Devi). She d. 1851.
  • c) H.R.H. Princess Men Myat Chu, Sri Maha Suriya Ratna Mangala Devi, Princess of Pagan (Pagan Minthami). b. 1791 (d/o Princess Min Kye, Sri Tilaka Maha Bhadda Suriya Ratna Devi). Raised to the title of Sri Ratna Mangalavati 31^st May 1810, prom. to Sri Maha Suriya Ratna Mangala Devi 31^st August 1819. Granted Myaydu in fief 31^st May 1810, and later exchanged for Pagan. m. (first) 1811, H.R.H. Prince Maung Shwe, Prince of Amyeenyen (d. 1811), eldest son of H.R.H. Prince Maung Pyey, Srihasura Maha Dharmaraja, Viceroy of Pagan, by his first wife, H.R.H. Princess Min Shwe Hnan Min, Maha Mangala Ratna Nanda Devi, daughter of King Shinbyushin. m. (second) 1812, after the death of her first husband, his younger brother, H.R.H. Prince Maung Kyoe, Prince of Pyeemona, second son of H.R.H. Prince Maung Pyey, Srihasura Maha Dharmaraja, Viceroy of Pagan, by his first wife, H.R.H. Princess Min Shwe Hnan Min, Maha Mangala Ratna Nanda Devi, daughter of King Shinbyushin. She d. 1842 - see below.
  • d) A daughter. b. after 1791 (d/o Princess Min Kye, Sri Tilaka Maha Bhadda Suriya Ratna Devi). She d. young.
  • e) Another daughter. b. after 1792 (d/o Princess Min Kye, Sri Tilaka Maha Bhadda Suriya Ratna Devi). She d. young.
  • f) H.R.H. Princess Men Ange, Sri Maha Ratna Suriya Chandra Devi, Princess of Zemeetheen (Zemeetheen Minthami). b. 1793 (d/o Princess Min Kye, Sri Tilaka Maha Bhadda Suriya Ratna Devi). Raised to the title of Mala Chandravati 1802, prom. to Sri Maha Ratna Chandra Devi 1833, and Sri Maha Ratna Suriya Chandra Devi 1840. m. 1812, her half-brother, H.R.H. Prince Maung Pha Gale, Prince of Minsaing (b. 1795; d.s.p. from leprosy, 1831), son of Princess Men Akee - see above. Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright©
  • g) H.H. Princess Men Myat Yeik. b. 1794 (d/o Kolouptau Shin Thuya). m. her half-brother, H.R.H. Prince Maung Hlo, son of Kolouptau Shin Shwe Gaung - see above.
  • h) H.H. Princess Men Seing Bween [Meen Buing Bhoung], Sri Ratna Prabhavati, Bohmu Theitha. b. 12^th December 1795 (d/o Wunna Kalyani, Sri Suriya). m. 1816, her half-brother, General H.R.H. Prince Maung Myat Phu, Suriya Sri Maha Dharmaraja, Prince of Mohnyin (b. 31^st May 1796; d. in custody, at Ratnapura, 6^th May 1858), son of Cho Nyit Mhaing, Sri Jaya. She d. 11^th July 1832, having had issue, five sons and five daughters - see above.
  • i) the second d/o Wunna Kalyani, Sri Suriya. She d. young.
  • j) the third d/o Wunna Kalyani, Sri Suriya. She d. young.
  • k) H.H. Princess Men Myat Pween (d/o). She d. young.
  • l) the elder d/o Cho Nyit Mhaing, Sri Jaya. She d. young.
  • m) the younger d/o Cho Nyit Mhaing, Sri Jaya. She d. young.
  • n) H.H. Princess Men Myat Ho, Sri Suriya Chandra Devi, Princess of Myadaun (Myadaun Minthami). b. 1798 (d/o Kolouptau Shin Shwe Gaung). She was k. (drowned) unm. with the Naungyun Mintha, 1837.
  • o) H.H. Princess Men Phung Sit, Sri Suriya Nanda Devi, Princess of Meenkeen (Meenkeen Minthami). b. 1799 (d/o Dharmavati). Raised to the titles of Sri Ratna Mallavati 31^st August 1819, Sri Ratna Nanda Mahay 1820, and Sri Suriya Nanda Devi 1823. m. 1837, H.M. Sri Pawara Adityaluka Adipati Vijaya Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Shwebo Myoti Min Thaya Gyi [Tharawaddy], King of Burma (b. at Amarapura, 14^th March 1787; d. at Amarapura, 17^th November 1846), eighth son of H.R.H. Maha Uparaja Anaudrapa Ainshe Min Maung Yik, Sri Maha Dharma Vijaya Srihasura, by his third wife and half-sister, H.R.H. Ainshe Hteik Hta Mibura Min Kye, Sri Tilaka Maha Bhadda Suriya Ratna Devi, Princess of Taungdwin, fourth daughter of H.M. Sri Pawara Vijaya Nandayasatri Bhuwanaditya Adipati Pandita Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Amarapura Myoti Min Thaya Gyi Bodawpaya Hsinbyumyashin, King of Burma. She d. at Kyaukmyaung, 1837 - see below.
  • p) H.H. Princess Min Shwe Koung (d/o Kolouptau Shin Min Few).
  • q) H.H. Princess Min Shwe Myat (d/o Kolouptau Shin Min Few). She d. young.
  • r) H.H. Princess Men Myat Wei, Sri Mengda Devi [H.M. Queen Sri Maha Chandra Suriya Ratna Devi, Meenkeen Myosa Mibura]. b. 1801 (s/o Kolouptau Shin Myat Twoot). Raised to the titles of Sri Ratna Mangalavati 31^st August 1819, Ketha Mangala Mahay 1820, Sri Mengda Devi 1823, and Sri Maha Chandra Suriya Ratna Devi 1840. Granted Shwegu in fief 1819, and Meenkeen 1838. m. 1837, H.M. Sri Pawara Adityaluka Adipati Vijaya Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Shwebo Myoti Min Thaya Gyi [Tharawaddy], King of Burma (b. at Amarapura, 14^th March 1787; d. at Amarapura, 17^th November 1846), eighth son of H.R.H. Maha Uparaja Anaudrapa Ainshe Min Maung Yik, Sri Maha Dharma Vijaya Srihasura, by his third wife and half-sister, H.R.H. Ainshe Hteik Hta Mibura Min Kye, Sri Tilaka Maha Bhadda Suriya Ratna Devi, Princess of Taungdwin, fourth daughter of H.M. Sri Pawara Vijaya Nandayasatri Bhuwanaditya Adipati Pandita Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Amarapura Myoti Min Thaya Gyi Bodawpaya Hsinbyumyashin, King of Burma. She d. 26^th September 1844 - see below.
  • s) the second d /o Kolouptau Shin Thuya). She d. young.
  • t) the third d /o Kolouptau Shin Thuya). She d. young.
  • u) H.H. Princess Men Min Doup (d/o Kolouptau Shin Shwe Wu). She d. young.
  • v) the d/o Kolouptau Shin Ma Gale. She d. young.
  • w) H.H. Princess Min Shwe Yung, Sri Suriya Dharma Mahay, Princess of Kyaungdaung (Kyaungdaung Minthami). b. 11^th February 1803 (d/o Kolouptau Shin Yee Pat). Raised to the title of Sri Suriya Dharma Mahay 1840. Blind. She d. unm.
  • x) the d/o Kolouptau Shin Min Wa. She d. young.

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