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Princess Myat Phaya ( my, ထိပ်စုမြတ်ဖုရား; born in Madras at 7 March 1886 – 21 July 1962), was a Burmese royal princess and Head of the Royal House of Konbaung. She was the third daughter of the last ruling king of Burma, King Thibaw and his queen Supayalat.


Biography

Myat Phaya was born on 7 March 1886 at Madras, British India. She returned to Burma from Ratnagiri in 1915. Later, she had served as Patron of the King Thibaw Funeral Committee in 1949, and the association for Buddhism as the National Religion in 1958. Myat Phaya married her first husband, Prince Hteik Tin Kodawgyi, in 1921 and divorced him in 1930. He was the son of Maung Maung Thaung, by his wife Princess (Hteik Hteik Hkaung-tin) Aye, the Princess of War Nwe Gone, daughter of Crown prince
Kanaung Mintha Kanaung Mintha ( my, ကနောင်မင်းသား; 31 January 1820 – 2 August 1866) was crown prince of Burma and son of King Tharrawaddy and younger brother of King Mindon of Burma. Towards the end of the Second Anglo-Burmese War ...
. She gave birth to their only daughter, Phaya Rita, also known as Hteik Su Gyi Phaya who married her cousin Taw Phaya, a son of the Princess Myat Phaya Galay. Myat Phaya married her second husband, Mya U (who died during the Japanese occupation), a lawyer, on 25 June 1931. She died from cancer on 21 July 1962 at her home in
Maymyo Pyin Oo Lwin or Pyin U Lwin (, ; Shan: ), formerly and colloquially referred to as Maymyo (), is a scenic hill town in the Mandalay Region, Myanmar, some east of Mandalay, and at an elevation of . The town was estimated to have a population of ...
.


Gallery

Myat Phaya and Htake Tin Ko Taw Gyi.jpg, The wedding ceremony of Princess Myat Phaya and Prince Htake Tin Ko Taw Gyi


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A rare meeting with the last of Burma's royals
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taw Phaya 1886 births 1962 deaths Konbaung dynasty People from Mandalay Region Pretenders to the Burmese throne Burmese people of World War II Burmese expatriates in British India Deaths from cancer in Myanmar