Taw Phaya

Taw Phaya
Prince Taw Phaya
Head of the Royal House of Konbaung
Tenure21 July 1962 –
12 January 2019
PredecessorMyat Phaya
SuccessorSoe Win
Born(1924-03-22)22 March 1924
Maymyo, British Burma
Died12 January 2019(2019-01-12) (aged 94)
Pyin U Lwin, Myanmar
Spouse
Phaya Rita
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(m. 1944; died 2019)​
Issue5 sons, 2 daughters:
  • Richard Taw Phaya Myat Gyi
  • David Taw Phaya Myat
  • Edward Taw Phaya Myat Nge
  • Joseph Taw Phaya Myat Aye
  • Paul Taw Phaya Myat Thaike
  • Ann-Marie Su Phaya Lay
  • Rose-Marie Su Phaya Naing
FatherKo Ko Naing
MotherMyat Phaya Galay

Prince Edward Taw Phaya (Burmese: တော်ဘုရား; also known as Tun Aung, 22 March 1924 – 12 January 2019) was the Pretender to the Throne of Burma (abolished in 1885). He was the second son of Princess Myat Phaya Galay, the fourth daughter of King Thibaw and Queen Supayalat.[1] Upon the death of his aunt Myat Phaya Lat in 1956, he became the Head of the Royal House of Konbaung.[2]

  1. ^ Kennedy, Phoebe, Burmese dictator lives like a king, laments the nation's last royal, published in The Independent, 12 March 2010
  2. ^ "Thai soap angers family of Myanmar's last king". Yahoo! News. 12 March 2017.