Supayalay ( my, စုဖုရားလေး; 1863 – 25 June 1912) was a junior queen consort of the

Konbaung dynasty The Konbaung dynasty ( my, ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, ), also known as Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်) and formerly known as the Alompra dynasty (အလောင်းဘ ...

, and was married to her half-brother

Thibaw Min Thibaw Min, also Thebaw or Theebaw ( my, သီပေါ‌မင်း, ; 1 January 1859 – 19 December 1916) was the last king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) and also the last Burmese monarch in the country's history. His re ...

, the last monarch in the dynasty, in 1878. She was one of the three only queens of King Thibaw.

Early life

Supayalay, born in 1863 at the Royal Palace, in Mandalay as Hteik Supayalay, was the youngest of three daughters between King Mindon and

Hsinbyumashin Hsinbyumashin ( my, ဆင်ဖြူမရှင်; 22 November 1821 – 26 February 1900) was a senior queen of King Mindon Min during the Konbaung dynasty. She was the daughter of King Bagyidaw and his consort Nanmadaw Me Nu (Chief Queen of ...

. She was a full-blooded sister of Supayagyi and Supayalat. She received the appanage of

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and was therefore known as the Princess of Yamethin, with the royal title of Sri Suriya Singha Ratna Devi.

Exile

The royal family's reign lasted just seven years when Thibaw Min was defeated in the

Third Anglo-Burmese War The Third Anglo-Burmese War ( my, တတိယ အင်္ဂလိပ် – မြန်မာစစ်, Tatiya Anggalip–Mran cac), also known as the Third Burma War, took place during 7–29 November 1885, with sporadic resistance conti ...

and forced to abdicate by the

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in 1885. On 25 November 1885 they were taken away in a covered carriage, leaving Mandalay Palace by the southern gate of the walled city along the streets lined by British soldiers and their wailing subjects, to the River Irrawaddy where a steamboat called ''Thuriya'' (Sun) awaited. They were exiled to the remote coastal town of Ratnagiri in India, where they lived for over 30 years. Her sister Supayagyi and the queen mother were sent to

Tavoy Dawei (, ; mnw, ဓဝဲါ, ; th, ทวาย, RTGS: ''Thawai'', ; formerly known as Tavoy) is a city in south-eastern Myanmar and is the capital of the Tanintharyi Region, formerly known as the Tenasserim Division, on the northern bank of ...

(now Dawei). She died on 25 June 1912 at Ratnagiri, India.

References

{{Authority control Konbaung dynasty Burmese Buddhists Queens consort of Konbaung dynasty 1863 births 1912 deaths