Mwei Ohn-Naung

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.

Yaza Dewi Mwei Ohn-Naung ရာဇာဒေဝီ မွေ့ အုန်နောင်
Chief queen consort of Hanthawaddy
Tenure	c. April 1392 – c. 1421
Predecessor	Piya Yaza Dewi
Successor	unknown
Spouse	Razadarit
House	Hanthawaddy Pegu
Father	Saw Ye-Bein
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

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. Pan Hla 2005: 203
2. Pan Hla 2005: 204

Bibliography

• Pan Hla, Nai (1968). Razadarit Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (8th printing, 2005 ed.). Yangon: Armanthit Sarpay.