Saw Omma of Sagaing

For other people named Saw Omma, see Saw Omma (disambiguation).
Saw Omma of Sagaing
စောဥမ္မာ
Queen of the Northern Palace of Ava
Tenure c. 1390s – April 1400
Predecessor Shin Saw Gyi of Sagaing
Successor Saw Khway of Ava
Queen of the Central Palace of Ava
Tenure 5 September 1367 – c. 1390s
Predecessor new office
Successor Saw Taw Oo of Sagaing
Born c. 1349
Sagaing
Died ?
Ava (Inwa)
Spouse Swasawke
Issue Saw Chantha[1] (daughter)
Kyawswa (son)
Father Thado Hsinhtein[note 1]
Mother Soe Min Kodawgyi
Religion Theravada Buddhism
In this Burmese name, Saw is an honorific.

Saw Omma (Burmese: စောဥမ္မာ, pronounced: [sɔ́ òʊɴmà]) was a queen consort of King Swasawke of Ava. She was a granddaughter of King Saw Yun, the founder of Sagaing Kingdom, and a sister of King Thado Minbya, 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]

Notes

  1. 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

  1. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 436
  2. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 404
  3. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 392

Bibliography

Saw Omma of Sagaing
Born: c. 1349 Died: c. 15th century
Royal titles
Preceded by
Shin Saw Gyi
Queen of the Northern Palace of Ava
c. 1390s–1400
Succeeded by
Saw Khway of Ava
New title Queen of the Central Palace of Ava
1367–c. 1390s
Succeeded by
Saw Taw Oo of Sagaing
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