Myat Phaya Lat

Myat Phaya Lat
H.R.H. Princess Ashin Hteik Suhpaya Mayat Phaya Lat
Head of the Royal House of Konbaung
Tenure19 December 1916 –
4 April 1956
PredecessorThibaw Min
SuccessorMyat Phaya
Born4 October 1883
Royal Palace, Burma
Died4 April 1956 (1956-04-05) (aged 72)
Kalimpong, West Bengal, India
Spouse
(m. 1917; died 1955)
IssueMaung Lu Gyi (adopted son)
FatherThibaw Min
MotherSupayalat
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Princess Myat Phaya Lat (Burmese: မြတ်ဘုရားလတ်, pronounced [mjaʔ pʰəjá laʔ]; 4 October 1883 – 4 April 1956) was a Burmese royal princess and most senior member of the Royal House of Konbaung. She was the Royal Householder after the death of her father, King Thibaw while in exile in 1916.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "The "Second Princess", daughter of King Thibaw". Lost Foot Steps (in Burmese). Thant Myint-U.
  2. ^ The Glass Palace. Penguin Books India. 2008. ISBN 978-0-670-08220-9.
  3. ^ Myint-U, Thant (3 February 2011). The River of Lost Footsteps. Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-26606-7.