Yadanabon of Pinya

Yadanabon of Pinya
ရတနာပုံ
Queen of the Northern Palace of Pinya
Tenure7 February 1313 – c. February 1325
Predecessornew office
Successorunknown
Queen of the Northern Palace of Pinle
Tenure1300s – 7 February 1313
Predecessornew office
Successordisestablished
Bornc. 1280s
Linyin
DiedPinya
Spouseunnamed
Thihathu
IssueTarabya I
Saw Yun
Saw Pale
HousePinya
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Yadanabon (Burmese: ရတနာပုံ, pronounced [jədənàbòʊɴ]) was one of the two queens consort of King Thihathu of Pinya. She was also the mother of kings Saw Yun and Tarabya I of Sagaing.

The queen was a commoner from a small village called Linyin, located somewhere in the north. She may have been an ethnic Shan.[note 1] In 1298, she was a widow with a 1-year-old child travelling south when she met Thihathu, who was on a hunting trip. Thihathu, who had just founded the Myinsaing Kingdom with his two elder brothers, took her as a concubine. She gave birth to his first male child, Saw Yun, a year later. She remained a concubine until after she gave birth to a daughter, Saw Pale. She was raised to be the Queen of the Northern Palace.[1]

The queen's descendants include kings of Sagaing from Saw Yun to Tarabya II, as well as King Thado Minbya, the founder of Ava Kingdom.[note 2] Furthermore, chief queens consorts of Ava Shin Bo-Me and Shin Myat Hla were her descendants.[1]


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  1. ^ a b Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 371–372