Myauk Pyinthe (, ; lit. "Queen of the Northern Palace") was the second Queen of the Northern Palace of King Sithu II of the Pagan Dynasty of

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

(Burma). The name Myauk Pyinthe was the name of the office, meaning "Queen of the Northern Palace". Royal chronicles do not agree on who succeeded the first North Queen Saw Lat. ''

Yazawin Thit ''Maha Yazawin Thit'' (, ; ; also known as ''Myanmar Yazawin Thit'' or ''Yazawin Thit'') is a national chronicle of Burma (Myanmar). Completed in 1798, the chronicle was the first attempt by the Konbaung court to update and check the accuracy o ...

'' (1798) states that the second North Queen was a great-granddaughter of Gen.

Nyaung-U Hpi Gen. Nyaung-U Hpi (, ; also spelt as Nyong Oo Phee or Nyaung U Bhi), also known as Nga Phee, was a leading general in King Anawrahta's Royal Army. He was well known as a great swimmer, and later became famous as one of the Four Paladins of Anawra ...

, a friend and comrade of King

Kyansittha Kyansittha (, ; also spelt as Kyanzittha or Hti-Hlaing Min; 21 July 1030 – 1112/13) was king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1084 to 1112/13, and is considered one of the greatest Burmese monarchs. He continued the social, econom ...

,Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 133 who according to ''

Maha Yazawin The ''Maha Yazawin'', fully the ''Maha Yazawindawgyi'' (, , Pali : Mahārājavaṃsa) and formerly romanized as the ,. is the first national chronicle of Burma/Myanmar. Completed in 1724 by U Kala, a historian at the Toungoo court, it was the ...

'' (1724) and ''

Hmannan Yazawin ''Hmannan Maha Yazawindawgyi'' (, ; commonly, ''Hmannan Yazawin''; known in English as the ''Glass Palace Chronicle'') is the first Burmese chronicle, official chronicle of Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). It was compiled by the Royal Histori ...

'' (1832) was the Queen of the Southern Palace.Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 212Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 317 Instead ''Maha Yazawin'' and ''Hmannan'' list Pan Yin as the second ranked (North) queen. ''Yazawin Thit'' lists Pan Yin as the fourth ranked (West) queen. All three chronicles agree that the great-granddaughter of Nyaung-U Hpi had three sons, and that Pan Yin had a son.

References

Bibliography

* * * * {{Queens consort of Pagan Queens consort of Pagan 13th-century Burmese women 12th-century Burmese women