Singyan Thakhin ( my, ဆင်ကြန်သခင်), also known by her title Kinwun Mingyi Gadaw ( my, ကင်းဝန်မင်းကြီးကတော်; 1793 — 1862), was Burmese court official who served as the ''
Amaydawkhan Gadawgyi'' (အမေးတော်ခံကတော်ကြီး) in the royal court of King Mindon. She was the first wife of
Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung. She was granted the appanage of Singyan and was therefore known as Singyan Thakhinma (lit. 'mistress of Singyan').
Biography
According to the royal chronicles, she was a
lady-in-waiting
A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom sh ...
during the reign of King
Bagyidaw. Some historians claims that the Singyan Princess was a minor queen consort of
King Pangan.
[Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 398] As a queen of the fourth rank, she was granted the appanage of
Thanlyin.
In another account, she was said to be married a royal justice U Bo who was granted the title of ''Minhla Thiri Kyawhtin'' during the reign of King Tharawaddy. She became a widow when U Bo died.
In 1851, Prince Mindon ordered to the 59-year-old widow, Singyan Thakin, to married a 30-year-old the Clerk of the Royal Treasury (ရွှေတိုက်စာရေး), Maung Kaung, and they served together at the royal court.
There was no issue by their marriage. Kinwun adopted the two sons of the brother of his second wife,
Shwe Me.
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1793 births
People of the Third Anglo-Burmese War
Government ministers of Myanmar
Konbaung dynasty
Year of death missing