Saw Omma of Sagaing
| Saw Omma of Sagaing စောဥမ္မာ | |
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| Queen Consort of Ava | |
| Reign | 5 September 1367 – April 1400 |
| Spouse | Swasawke |
| Issue |
Saw Chantha[1] (daughter) Kyawswa (son) |
| Father | Thado Hsinhtein[note 1] |
| Mother | Soe Min Kodawgyi |
| Born |
c. 1349 Sagaing |
| Died |
? Ava (Inwa) |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
- In this Burmese name, Saw is an honorific.
For other people named Saw Omma, see Saw Omma (disambiguation).
Saw Omma (Burmese: စောဥမ္မာ, pronounced: [sɔ́ òʊɴmà]) was a queen consort of King Swasawke of Ava. She was a granddaughter of King Sawyun, the founder of Sagaing Kingdom, and a sister of King Thadominbya, the founder of Ava Kingdom. When Swasawke became king, Omma was first given the title of Queen of the Middle Palace and Sagaing in fief. When her elder sister Shin Saw Gyi became the chief queen, Omma succeeded her sister as the Queen of the Northern Palace.[2]
Ancestry
The following is her ancestry according to Hmannan. She was descended from Pagan and Pinya royalty. Her paternal side is unreported except that her father was of the Tagaung royal line.[3]
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| 2. Thado Hsinhtein of Tagaung | ||||||||||||||||
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| 12. Thihathu | ||||||||||||||||
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| 13. Yadanabon of Pinya | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. Soe Min Kodawgyi | ||||||||||||||||
| 14. Kyawswa of Pagan | ||||||||||||||||
| 7. Saw Hnaung of Sagaing | ||||||||||||||||
| 15. Saw Soe of Pagan | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ Chronicles (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 392) say that her father's title was Thado Hsinhtein. According to an inscription dedicated on 26 June 1398 (Wednesday, 12th waxing of Waso 760 ME) per (Taw, Frorchhammer 1899: 164), her father's name is Athincha, Governor of Sagaing.
References
Bibliography
- Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese) 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
- Taw, Sein Ko; Emanuel Forchhammer (1899). Inscriptions of Pagan, Pinya and Ava: Translation, with Notes. Archaeological Survey of India.
| Saw Omma of Sagaing Born: c. 1349 Died: c. 1400s | ||
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| Preceded by Shin Saw Gyi |
Queen Consort of Ava 1367–1400 |
Succeeded by Saw Taw Oo |