Taw Phaya

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Edward Taw Phaya
Native name	တော်ဘုရား
Born	22 March 1924 (1924-03-22) (age 89) Maymyo, British Burma
Residence	Pyin U Lwin, Myanmar
Nationality	Burmese
Other names	Htun Aung
Known for	Pretender to the Throne of Burma
Spouse(s)	Phaya Rita (m. 1944)
Children	Richard Taw Phaya Myat Gyi David Taw Phaya Myat Edward Taw Phaya Myat Nge Joseph Taw Phaya Myat Aye Paul Taw Phaya Myat Thaike Ann-Marie Su Phaya Lay Rose-Marie Su Phaya Naing
Parents	Myat Phaya

Prince Edward Taw Phaya (Burmese: တော်ဘုရား, born 22 March 1924, also known as Tun Aung) is the Pretender to the Throne of Burma (abolished in 1885). He was born the second son of Princess Myat Phaya Galay, his older brother being assassinated by Communist insurgents in 1948.^[1] Upon the death of his aunt in 1956,^[2] he became the Head of the Royal House of Konbaung.

On 4 May 1944, he married his first cousin,Princess Phaya Rita, daughter of Prince Kodawgyi Naing and Princess Myat Phaya, who was the daughter of Burma's last king, Thibaw Min.^[2]

Family

He has issue, five sons and two daughters:^[2]

Richard Taw Phaya Myat Gyi (born 14 May 1945), Heir and second in line to the throne.
David Taw Phaya Myat (born 1 April 1947)
Edward Taw Phaya Myat Nge (born 27 April 1948, died 14 November 1955)
Joseph Taw Phaya Myat Aye (born 19 March 1950)
Paul Taw Phaya Myat Thaike (b. 19 February 1954)
Ann-Marie Su Phaya Lay (10 September 1952)
Rose-Marie Su Phaya Naing (born 21 April 1956)^[2]

Quotes

"I'd be mad to want to become a king now. With these chaps, I don't think I'd get very far." - In an interview in 2008, he stated he was now the only surviving grandson of King Thibaw Min; Regarding his prospects for regaining the throne.^[3]

"I don't understand politics. It's such a cheating game. I want to stay out of it."^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Kennedy, Phoebe, Burmese dictator lives like a king, laments the nation's last royal, published in The Independent, 12 March 2010
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "The Konbaung Dynasty (part 19)". Royal Ark. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
↑ Burma's Last Royal Laments a Crumbling Nation, Reuters March 10, 2008

External links

A rare meeting with the last of Burma's royals

Royal titles
Taw Phaya Konbaung Dynasty Born: 22 March 1924
Preceded by Myat Paya Lat	Heir to the Burmese Throne 1962 – Present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Taw Phaya
Alternative names
Short description	Pretender to the Throne of Burma
Date of birth	22 March 1924
Place of birth	Burma
Date of death
Place of death

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