Saw Pale of Nyaungyan

For other people named Saw Pale, see Saw Pale (disambiguation).

Saw Pale (Burmese: စောပုလဲ, pronounced [sɔ́ pəlɛ́]) was the mother of King Mohnyin Thado of Ava.^[1] She was a great-granddaughter of King Kyawswa I of Pinya from her father's side.^[2] Her descendants became kings of Ava down to 1527.^[3] She was also a nine-times great-grandmother of King Alaungpaya of the Konbaung dynasty.^[4]

Saw Pale စောပုလဲ
Duchess of Nyaungyan
Born	c. 1360s Nyaungyan
Died	?
Spouse	Saw Diga of Mye-Ne
Issue	Mohnyin Thado Nawrahta I of Myedu Shin Myat Hla of Pakhan
Father	Saw Mun-Hnit of Nyaungyan
Mother	unnamed
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

In this Burmese name, Saw is an honorific, not a given name.

References

1. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61–62
2. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 380
3. Htin Aung 1967: 337
4. Letwe Nawrahta 1961: 12

Bibliography

• Htin Aung, Maung (1967). A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University Press.
• Letwe Nawrahta and Twinthin Taikwun (c. 1770). Hla Thamein (ed.). Alaungpaya Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (1961 ed.). Ministry of Culture, Union of Burma.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.

Saw Pale of Nyaungyan Ava Kingdom Born: c. 1360s Died:  ?
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Preceded by	Duchess of Nyaungyan	Succeeded by