Mwei Auk

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| name = Lawka Dewi Mwei Auk
{{lang|my|လောကဒေဝီ မွေ့အောက်}}

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| reign = {{circa}} April 1392 – {{circa}} 1421

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| succession = Queen of the Northern Palace of Hanthawaddy

| predecessor = Tala Mi Daw

| successor = unknown

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| spouse = Razadarit

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| house = Hanthawaddy Pegu

| father = Saw Ye-Bein

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| religion = Theravada Buddhism

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{{Burmese name|Mwei}}

Lawka Dewi Mwei Auk ({{langx|my|လောကဒေဝီ မွေ့အောက်}}, {{IPA|my|lɔ́ka̰ dèwì mwḛ ʔauʔ|pron}}) was a principal queen consort of King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1392 to 1421.

Brief

According to the Razadarit Ayedawbon chronicle, the queen was the middle daughter of Saw Ye-Bein, a senior minister at the Hanthawaddy court. Her personal name was Mwei Auk (မွေ့အောက်). She had an elder sister Mwei Ohn-Naung and a younger sister Mi U-SiPan Hla 2005: 203 In April 1392, she became a senior queen of King Razadarit, with the title of Lawka Dewi ({{langx|pi|Lokadevī}}). Her two sisters were also raised as queens at the same ceremony.

She and her sisters were first cousins once removed of the king. Their father was a first cousin of Razadarit. Their paternal grandfather Binnya Thein was a noble from Chiang Mai who after a disagreement with the king of Chiang Mai had sought refuge at the court of King Binnya U. Their paternal grandmother was Tala Saw Lun, a daughter of King Saw Zein.Pan Hla 2005: 204

Ancestry

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|1= 1. Mwei Auk

|2= 2. Saw Ye-Bein

|3= 3. unnamed

|4= 4. Binnya Thein of Chiang Mai

|5= 5. Tala Saw Lun

|6= 6. unnamed

|7= 7. unnamed

|8= 8. unnamed

|9= 9. unnamed

|10= 10. Saw Zein

|11= 11. unnamed

|12= 12. unnamed

|13= 13. unnamed

|14= 14. unnamed

|15= 15. unnamed

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Notes

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References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book | last=Pan Hla | first=Nai | title=Razadarit Ayedawbon | language=Burmese | year=1968 | edition=8th printing, 2005 | location=Yangon | publisher=Armanthit Sarpay}}

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Category:Queens consort of Hanthawaddy