Hteik Su Phaya Gyi

Princess
Hteik Su Phaya Gyi
Hteik Su Phaya Gyi and her husband Maung Maung Khin
Native name ထိပ်စုဘုရားကြီး
Born (1923-04-05) 5 April 1923
Rangoon, British Burma
(now Yangon)
Residence Yangon, Myanmar
Other names Su Su Khin, Pwar May
Known for granddaughter of King Thibaw
Spouse(s)
Maung Maung Khin
(m. 1943; d. 1984)
Parent(s) Ko Ko Naing
Myat Phaya Galay
Relatives

Princess Hteik Su Phaya Gyi (Burmese: ထိပ်စုဘုရားကြီး; born 5 April 1923, also known as Su Su Khin, Pwar May) is a Princess of Burma and one of the senior member of the Royal House of Konbaung. She is the daughter of Princess Myat Phaya Galay and granddaughter of the last king of Burma Thibaw Min and Supayalat.[1][2]

Biography

Hteik Su Phaya Gyi was born on 5 April 1923 in Rangoon, British Burma to parents, Mon royal descendant Ko Ko Naing and Princess Myat Phaya Galay who was the fourth daughter of King Thibaw and Queen Supayalat.[3][4]

She spent her elementary school years at Catholic School in Moulmein. She employed at the US and Australian embassies in Rangoon, and later served as private school teacher.[5][6]

In 1936, Hteik Su Phaya Gyi was engaged offer by Crown prince of Thailand Ananda Mahidol, brother of Bhumibol Adulyadej. But World War II has started at that time. That time Hteik Su Phaya Gyi was figuratively known "Queen of Thailand".[7]

In 1943, she was married to Maung Maung Khin, brother of Khin Kyi, a wife of Taw Phaya Gyi. Maung Maung Khin died at Rangoon in 1984. She has three sons and two daughters.

Family

She has three sons and two daughters:

  • Win Khin. birth at Rangoon, 1945.
  • Kyaw Khin. birth at Rangoon, 1948.
  • Aung Khin. birth at Rangoon, 1953. Artist. He d. from a cerebral haemorrhage, October 2008.
  • Cho Cho Khin. birth at Rangoon, 1943.
  • Devi Khin. birth at Rangoon, 1951.[5]

Ancestry

References

  1. Kelly Macnamara (25 November 2013). "Lost Kingdom: The forgotten Royal family". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. "Lost kingdom: Myanmar's forgotten royals". The Star (Malaysia). 8 November 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  3. Jared Downing (19 April 2016). "Dinner with the princess of Burma". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  4. Ben Dunant (2 December 2017). "Myanmar's living royals reclaim their past". The Nikkei. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  5. 1 2 "The Konbaung Dynasty (part 19)". Royal Ark. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  6. "Interview with Hteik Su Phar Gyi". MM Cities YouTube Channel.
  7. "သီပေါမင်းအလွန် ထိုင်း မြန်မာအနွယ် တော်ဝင်မိသားစုကြား ရွှေလမ်းငွေလမ်းခရီး". Kumudra. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.


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