Shwe Einthi

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| type = Princess

| name = Shwe Einthi
{{lang|my|ရွှေအိမ်သည်}}

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| reign = c.1084

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| succession = Princess of Pagan

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| spouse = Saw Yun of Pagan

| issue = Soe Saing
Alaungsithu

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| house = Pagan

| father = Kyansittha

| mother = Apeyadana

| birth_date = Early 1070s

| birth_place = Pagan (Bagan)

| death_date = ?

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| religion = Theravada Buddhism

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Shwe Einthi ({{langx|my|ရွှေအိမ်သည်}}, {{IPA|my|ʃwè ʔèiɰ̃ðɛ̀|pron}}; also Shwe Einsi, {{IPA|my|ʃwè ʔèiɰ̃zì|}}) was a princess of Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar).{{Cite book |last=Taṅ (Ūḥ) |first=Phe Moṅ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6TZuAAAAMAAJ&q=Shwe+Einthi |title=The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma |date=1960 |publisher=Rangoon University Press |isbn=978-0-598-62817-6 |language=en}} She was the only daughter of King Kyansittha (r. 1084–1113), and the mother of King Alaungsithu.Harvey 1925: 39{{cite book|last= Coedès|first= George|author-link= George Coedès|editor= Walter F. Vella|others= trans.Susan Brown Cowing|title= The Indianized States of Southeast Asia|year= 1968|publisher= University of Hawaii Press|isbn= 978-0-8248-0368-1}}{{rp|156}}

The princess is best remembered in Burmese history for her failed love affair with the prince of Pateikkaya, a kingdom, believed to be in East Bengal or in eastern Chin Hills.Harvey 1925: 39, 329 Soon after her father became king in 1084, she fell in love the prince who was visiting Pagan. But her father forbade her to marry a foreigner, and instead married her off to Prince Saw Yun, the son of the late King Saw Lu. The primate of Pagan Shin Arahan broke the news to the prince, who subsequently committed suicide.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 279–280

The princess had two children with Saw Yun: Soe Saing, and Sithu, who succeeded Kyansittha.

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References

  • {{cite book | last=Harvey| first=G. E.| title=History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824 | publisher=Frank Cass & Co. Ltd | year = 1925 | location = London}}
  • {{cite book | author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title=Hmannan Yazawin | volume=1–3 | year=1832 | location=Yangon | language=Burmese | edition=2003 | publisher=Ministry of Information, Myanmar}}

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