, image = , caption = , reign = January 1376 – 1379/80 , coronation = , succession = Viceroy of Toungoo , predecessor = Ma Sein (as vassal of Pegu) , successor =

Sokkate Sokkate ( my, စုက္ကတေး, ; 29 March 1001 – 11 August 1044) was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1038 to 1044. The king lost his life in a single combat with Anawrahta, who succeeded him and went on to found the Pag ...

, suc-type = Successor , reg-type = Monarch , regent = Swa Saw Ke , spouse = , issue = , issue-link = , issue-pipe = , full name = , house = , father = Pyanchi I , mother = , birth_date = 1360s , birth_place =

Toungoo Taungoo (, ''Tauñngu myoú''; ; also spelled Toungoo) is a district-level city in the Bago Region of Myanmar, 220 km from Yangon, towards the north-eastern end of the division, with mountain ranges to the east and west. The main industry ...

(Taungoo) , death_date = 1379/80
741 ME , death_place = Toungoo , date of burial = , place of burial = , religion =

Theravada Buddhism ''Theravāda'' () ( si, ථේරවාදය, my, ထေရဝါဒ, th, เถรวาท, km, ថេរវាទ, lo, ເຖຣະວາດ, pi, , ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school' ...

, signature = Pyanchi II ( my, ပျံချီငယ်, ) was viceroy of Toungoo (Taungoo) from 1376 to 1379/80. He came to power three months after his father Pyanchi I was assassinated near

Prome Pyay (, ; mnw, ပြန် , ; also known as Prome and Pyè) is principal town of Pyay Township in the Bago Region in Myanmar. Pyay is located on the bank of the Irrawaddy River, north-west of Yangon. It is an important trade center for the Aye ...

(Pyay) by the pro- Ava forces in 1375. In the ensuing power struggle at Toungoo, in which the Hanthawaddy army led by Ma Sein had seized the city of Toungoo, he and brother-in-law

managed to oust Ma Sein. The younger Pyanchi became viceroy but the young viceroy did not govern at all. He is said to have spent much of his time as a playboy. He was assassinated in 1379/80 by Sokkate, who seized the office.Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 24Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 164Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 335

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