Saw Hnaung of Sagaing

Kodawgyi Saw Hnaung ကိုယ်တော်ကြီး စောနှောင်း
Chief queen consort of Sagaing
Tenure	16 May 1315 – 1335/36
Predecessor	new office
Successor	unknown
Born	c. 1296 Pagan (Bagan)
Died	? Sagaing
Spouse	Saw Yun Tarabya I
Issue	Kyaswa Nawrahta Minye Tarabya II Soe Min Kodawgyi
House	Sagaing
Father	Kyawswa of Pagan
Mother	Saw Soe of Pagan
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Saw Hnaung (Burmese: စောနှောင်း, pronounced [sɔ́ n̥áʊɴ]; also known as Kodawgyi^[1]) was the Chief queen consort of kings Saw Yun and Tarabya I of Sagaing.^[2] She was the mother of three kings of Sagaing: Kyaswa, Nawrahta Minye and Tarabya II, and the maternal grandmother of King Thado Minbya, the founder of Ava.^[3] She was also a paternal aunt of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava.

Ancestry

The following is her ancestry as reported by the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle.^[2] She was a daughter of King Kyawswa of Pagan and Queen Saw Soe.

Ancestry of Queen Saw Hnaung
8. Uzana of Pagan 4. Narathihapate 9. Su Le Htone of Pagan 2. Kyawswa of Pagan 10. unnamed 5. Shin Hpa of Pagan 11. unnamed 1. Kodawgyi Saw Hnaung 12. unnamed 6. Yazathingyan of Pagan 13. unnamed 3. Saw Soe of Pagan 14. Kyaswa of Pagan 7. Saw Khin Htut of Pagan 15. Yaza Dewi of Pagan

References

1. Than Tun 1959: 126
2. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 360
3. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 388

Bibliography

• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
• Than Tun (December 1959). "History of Burma: A.D. 1300–1400". Journal of Burma Research Society. XLII (II).

Saw Hnaung of Sagaing Sagaing Kingdom Born: c. 1296
Royal titles
New title	Chief queen consort of Sagaing 1315–1335/36	Succeeded by unknown