Mwei Auk
Lawka Dewi Mwei Auk လောကဒေဝီ မွေ့အောက် | |
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Queen of the Northern Palace of Hanthawaddy | |
Tenure | c. April 1392 – c. 1421 |
Predecessor | Tala Mi Daw |
Successor | unknown |
Spouse | Razadarit |
House | Hanthawaddy Pegu |
Father | Saw Ye-Bein |
Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
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Lawka Dewi Mwei Auk (Burmese: လောကဒေဝီ မွေ့အောက်, pronounced [lɔ́ka̰ dèwì mwḛ ʔauʔ]) was a principal queen consort of King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1392 to 1421.
Brief
According to the Razadarit Ayedawbon chronicle, the queen was the middle daughter of Saw Ye-Bein, a senior minister at the Hanthawaddy court. Her personal name was Mwei Auk (မွေ့အောက်). She had an elder sister Mwei Ohn-Naung and a younger sister Mi U-Si[1] In April 1392, she became a senior queen of King Razadarit, with the title of Lawka Dewi (Pali: Lokadevī). 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]
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Notes
References
- ^ a b Pan Hla 2005: 203
- ^ Pan Hla 2005: 204
Bibliography
- Pan Hla, Nai (1968). Razadarit Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (8th printing, 2005 ed.). Yangon: Armanthit Sarpay.
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Preceded by | Queen of the Northern Palace of Hanthawaddy c. April 1392 – c. 1421 | Succeeded by unknown |