Yadanabon II of Pagan

Yadanabon II
ရတနာပုံ
Chief queen consort of Burma
Tenure1256–1262
CoronationNovember 1256
PredecessorThonlula
SuccessorSaw Hla Wun
Born1230s
Died1262
Pagan (Bagan)
SpouseNarathihapate
HousePagan
FatherThray[1]
MotherMin Mi
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Yadanabon (Burmese: ရတနာပုံ, pronounced [jədənàbòʊɴ]) was the first chief queen consort of King Narathihapate of Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). She was a granddaughter of King Kyaswa and Queen Saw Mon Hla, and a niece of Queen Thonlula.[2] Note that the royal chronicles do not mention her as a queen at all; instead, they mention her sister Saw Hla Wun, who later became famous as Pwa Saw, as the only chief queen.[3] But inscriptional evidence shows that Yadanabon was the first chief queen, and that Hla Wun became the chief queen only in 1262, following Yadanabon's death.[2]

  1. ^ Ba Shin 1982: 47
  2. ^ a b Ba Shin 1982: 37
  3. ^ Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 338