Saw Nyein Oo ( my, စောငြိမ်းဦး, ) was the mother of King
Alaungpaya
Alaungpaya ( my, အလောင်းဘုရား, ; also spelled Alaunghpaya or Alaung-Phra; 11 May 1760) was the founder of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). By the time of his death from illness during his campaign in Siam, this f ...
, the founder of the
Konbaung Dynasty
The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...
of
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
(Myanmar). She was awarded the
royal title
Traditional rank amongst European royalty, peers, and nobility is rooted in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Although they vary over time and among geographic regions (for example, one region's prince might be equal to another's grand duke ...
"Maha Dewi" after her second son became king.
[Letwe Nawrahta 1961: 13]
References
Bibliography
* {{cite book , author=Letwe Nawrahta and Twinthin Taikwun , title=
Alaungpaya Ayedawbon
''Alaungpaya Ayedawbon'' ( my, အလောင်းဘုရား အရေးတော်ပုံ), also known as ''Alaung Mintayagyi Ayedawbon'' ( my, အလောင်း မင်းတရားကြီး အရေးတော်ပု ...
, editor=Hla Thamein , year=c. 1770 , publisher=Ministry of Culture, Union of Burma , edition=1961 , language=Burmese
Konbaung dynasty