Thiri Thu Sandar Dewi, commonly known as Limban Mibaya ( my, လင်ပန်းမိဖုရား), was a
queen of the fourth rank of
King Mindon
Mindon Min ( my, မင်းတုန်းမင်း, ; 1808 – 1878), born Maung Lwin, was the penultimate King of Burma (Myanmar) from 1853 to 1878. He was one of the most popular and revered kings of Burma. Under his half brother King P ...
during the
Konbaung dynasty
The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...
.
Life and family
Limban Mibaya was born to Tharbyu (also Minyon), mayor of
Kanaung and
Myanaung
Myanaung is a town in the Ayeyarwady Division of south-west Burma. It is the seat of the Myanaung Township in the Hinthada District
Hinthada District ( my, ဟင်္သာတခရိုင်; formerly Henzada District) is a district of ...
and his second wife Thakhingyi. She was the elder sister of
Thetpan Mibaya.
Her father's first wife gave birth to
Khin The
Khin The ( my, ခင်သဲ, January 1814 – 3 May 1872), commonly known by her regnal title Thiri Maha Yadana Mingala Dewi ( my, သီရိမဟာရတနာမင်္ဂလာဒေဝီ; pi, Sirimahāratanamaṅgaladevī), was the ...
, and so Limban Mibaya and the Queen of the Northern Palace were half-sisters (shared same father).
When her father died, her mother married an officer of
Kyaukpadaung
Kyaukpadaung ( my, ကျောက်ပန်းတောင်းမြို့ ) is a town in Mandalay Region in Central Myanmar. It lies just south-west of Mount Popa. It is the administrative seat for Kyaukpadaung Township.
History
The nam ...
and gave birth to
Tharazein Mibaya, Maung Lay Nge, and Maung Thudaw. Thus, Limban Mibaya and Tharazein Mibaya were also half-sisters (shared same mother).
Life in palace
Limban Mibaya became a
kollotaw of Prince Mindon, at the age of 16. When King Mindon ascended the throne, she became a fourth-rank queen and received the appanage of Limban.
Limban Mibaya died in 1893, and buried at Wingabar mound of
Ngahtatgyi Buddha Temple
Ngahtatgyi Buddha Temple ( my, ငါးထပ်ကြီးဘုရားကြီး) is a Buddhist temple in Bahan Township, Yangon, Burma, located off Shwegondine Road. A distinct five-tiered pagoda houses the original high Buddha image was ...
.
Issues
King Mindon and Limban Mibaya had four sons and a daughter, but second and third sons did not survive– only
Salin Supaya
Thu Thiri Myatswa Ratana Devi ( my, သုသီရိမြတ်စွာရတနာဒေဝီ, pi, Susīrimratswāratanādevi), commonly known as the Princess of Salin ( my, စလင်းမင်းသမီး) or Salin Supaya ( my, ...
, Kyapin Prince and Thiri Thu Dhammaraja Yanaung Prince were alive.
Her eldest daughter, Salin Supaya, was the Tabindaing Princess (chief queen designate) during the reign of King Mindon.
As the saying goes "Son Kyapin, daughter Salin," children of Limban Mibaya were the favorites of King Mindon.
References
See also
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Konbaung dynasty
The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...
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List of Burmese consorts
This is a list of the queen consorts of the major kingdoms that existed in present-day Myanmar. Those with the rank of '' Nan Mibaya '' (senior queens) are listed.
Primer Rankings of consorts
Prior to the Konbaung period (1752–1885), the ...
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Konbaung dynasty
Burmese Buddhists
Queens consort of Konbaung dynasty
1893 deaths