Saw Pale ( my, စောပုလဲ, ) was duchess of
Yamethin
Yamethin Township is a township of Yamethin District in the Mandalay Region of Burma (Myanmar). The administrative seat and principal city is Yamethin, which is also the major rail stop in the township, and it has a population of 258,091.
Commun ...
1351 to 1395/96. She was the eldest younger sister of King
Swa Saw Ke
Mingyi Swa Saw Ke ( my, မင်းကြီး စွာစော်ကဲ, ; also spelled စွာစောကဲ, Minkyiswasawke or Swasawke; 1330–1400) was king of Ava from 1367 to 1400. He reestablished central authority in Upper Mya ...
of
Ava,
[Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 403] the mother of Queen
Min Hla Myat of Ava
Min Hla Myat ( my, မင်းလှမြတ်, ) was the chief queen consort of her first cousin King Tarabya of Ava. She married Tarabya in 1385.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 416 The queen was the mother of King Min Nyo (r. 1425–26) of Ava. Her ...
,
[Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 437] and the maternal grandmother of King
Kale Kye-Taung Nyo
Kale Kye-Taung Nyo ( my, ကလေး ကျေးတောင် ညို, ; also spelled Kale Kyetaungnyo or Kalekyetaungnyo;The name ကလေး ကျေးတောင် ညို literally means Nyo of Kale Kye-Taung. (Harvey 1925: 96) ...
of Ava.
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Ancestry
Saw Pale was descended from the Pagan
Paganism (from classical Latin ''pāgānus'' "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism. ...
royalty from both sides, and was a grandniece of King Thihathu
Thihathu ( my, သီဟသူ, ; 1265–1325) was a co-founder of the Myinsaing Kingdom, and the founder of the Pinya Kingdom in today's central Burma (Myanmar).Coedès 1968: 209 Thihathu was the youngest and most ambitious of the three brother ...
of Pinya
Pinya ( my, ပင်းယ), or Vijayapura, was the capital of the Kingdom of Pinya, located near Ava, Mandalay Region, Myanmar. It was the residence of the Pinya dynasty who ruled this part of central Myanmar from 1313 to 1365.Hmannan Vol. 1 20 ...
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Pinya dynasty
Ava dynasty