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Sanda Dewi Mwei Zeik (Burmese: စန္ဒာဒေဝီ မွေ့ဇိပ်[sàɴdàdèwìmwḛzeiʔ];) was a principal queen consort of King Binnya U of Martaban–Hanthawaddy.
Born Mwei Zeik, she was the third daughter of Minister Than-Bon of the Martaban court. She and her elder two sisters Mwei It and Mwei Kaw became queens of Binnya U soon after his accession.[1] Their youngest sister Mwei Daw later became a wife of Binnya U about five years later.[2]
Her royal title was Sanda Dewi.[2] She had a daughter named Tala Mi Daw (also spelled Tala May Daw), the first wife of King Razadarit.
Mwei It, the future queen was the eldest daughter of Minister Than-Bon of the Martaban court. She and her two younger sisters Mwei Kaw and MweiZeik became...
consort. Born Mwei Kaw, she was the second daughter of Minister Than-Bon of the Martaban court. She and her two sisters Mwei It and MweiZeik became queens...
1348–≈1353) Saw E 1303–1330 r. 1330 Mwei It Chief queen Mwei Kaw Chief queen Binnya U 1323–1384 r. 1348–1384 MweiZeikMwei Daw ≈1330s–1368 Tala Mi Daw ≈1368–1390...
Saw E (r. 1330) and May Hnin Aw-Kanya; and three paternal half-siblings, Mwei Ne, Princess-Regent Maha Dewi (r. 1383–1384) and King Binnya U (r. 1348–1384)...
nephew and adopted son Binnya Nwe raised a rebellion in 1383, Chief Minister Zeik-Bye secretly sided with Nwe. Her ailing brother formally handed her power...
de facto power, as part of the problem. He had been persuaded by Minister Zeik-Bye that his adoptive mother was planning to put her lover (and Nwe's brother-in-law)...
of the founder of the dynasty King Wareru. He had two elder sisters Mwei Ne and Mwei Na although the eldest sister Ne died young. He also had two younger...
(Burmese: စောဇိတ်, Burmese pronunciation: [sɔ́ zeiʔ]; also known as Saw Zeik and Binnya Ran De; 1303–1330) was king of Martaban from 1323 to 1330. He...
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