Princess Myat Phaya ( my, ထိပ်စုမြတ်ဖုရား; born in

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at 7 March 1886 – 21 July 1962), was a Burmese royal princess and Head of the Royal House of Konbaung. She is the third daughter of the last ruling king of Burma, King Thibaw and his queen

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Biography

Myat Phaya was born on 7 March 1886 at

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. She returned to Burma from

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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 is 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 Min, Tharrawaddy and younger brother of King Mindon Min, Mindon of Burma. Towards the end of t ...

. She gave birth to their only daughter, Phaya Rita, also known as Hteik Su Gyi Phaya, she married her cousin

Taw Phaya Prince Edward Taw Phaya ( my, တော်ဘုရား; also known as Tun Aung, 22 March 1924 – 12 January 2019) was the Pretender to the Throne of Burma (abolished in 1885). He was the second son of Princess Myat Phaya Galay, the fourth daugh ...

, a son of the Princess

Myat Phaya Galay Princess Myat Phaya Galay ( my, မြတ်ဖုရားကလေး; 25 April 1887 – 3 March 1936) was a Burmese royal princess and senior member of the Royal House of Konbaung. She was the fourth daughter of the last ruling king of Burma, ...

. Myat Phaya married her second husband, Mya U (who died during the Japanese occupation), a lawyer on 25 June 1931. She died from

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on 21 July 1962 at her home in

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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 people in British India