Ashin Hteik Su Myat Phaya Galay Princess Ashin teik Su Myat Phaya Galay (Burmese Ashin Hteik Su Myat Phaya Galay ) (25 April 1887 – 3 March 1936), was a Burmese princess and senior member of the Royal House of Konbaung. She was the fourth daughter of the last ruling king of Burma,King Thibaw and Queen Supayalat.[1] Biography The princess was called "Rebel Princess" by the British as she wrote a manifesto demanding her father kingdom and the royal gems and jewellery taken on the annexation of the country.[She returned to Burma fromRatnagiri in 1915, and ordered to reside in Moulmein in 1932. She married Ko Ko Naing, a former monk in Rangoon on 1 July 1920. She died at her mansion on West Cantonment Road, Moulmein on 3 March 1936 and her husband died in Rangoon in 1959.[1] Her tomb is located near Kyaik Than Lan Pagoda, Moulmein (present day Mawlamyine). Family She has four sons and two daughters: • Taw Phaya Gyi. birth at Rangoon, 6 May 1922 – died 9 April 1948. • Taw Phaya. birth at Rangoon, 22 March 1924. • Taw Phaya Nge. birth at Rangoon, 17 July 1925 – died 21 April 1995. • Taw Phaya Galay. birth at Rangoon, 30 July 1926 – died 18 June 2006. • Hteik Su Phaya Gyi. birth at Rangoon, 5 April 1923. • Hteik Su Phaya Htwe. birth at Rangoon, 20 August 1927 – died 21 June 2003.[1] •

BURMA The Konbaung Dynasty GENEALOGY continued from the previous page. Copyright© Christopher Buyers Copyright© Christopher BuyersCopyright© 1878 - 1885 H.M. Athet-u-san-paing-than-ashin Hpondawgyi Hla-thaw Hpaya Shwe Nanshin Hpaya Hsinbyushin Sri Pawara Aditya Lanka Vijaya Nandaratta Tilaka Adipati Pandita Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja [Thiri Pawara Ditya Lanka Wizara Nanda Yatha Tilawkadhipati Pandita Maha Dhamma Razadhiraza] [Thibaw Min Thaya Gyi], King of Burma. b. at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, 1st January 1859, as Maung Pu, forty-first son of H.M. Sri Pawara Vijaya Nandaratta Pandita Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Mindon Min Thaya Gyi, King of Burma, by his wife, H.M. Queen Sri Maha Mangala Suriya Prabha Devi, Laungshe Myosa Mibura, daughter of General H.R.H. Prince Maung Mey, Sri Suriya Maha Dharmaraja, Prince of Thibaw, Governor-General of the Shan States, educ. SPG Royal Sch., Mandalay. Granted Thibaw in fief and raised to the title of Suriya Sri Dharmaraja in his youth. Appointed as Heir Apparent with the titles of Maha Uparaja Anaudrapa Ainshe Min and Sri Pawara Maha Suriya Dharmaraja, 19th September 1878. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1st October 1878. Crowned at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, 6th November 1878 and again 23rd May 1880. Declared war against Great Britain, 7th November 1885. Defeated, captured and deposed, 29th November 1885. Exiled to India 10th December 1885, thenceforth styled His Highness the Ex-King Thibaw. m. (first) at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, 6th November 1878, his half-sister, H.M. Queen (Nammadaw Mibura Hkaung Gyi) Suriya Sri Ratna Mangala Devi (b. at the Royal Palace, Amarapura, Mandalay, 1854; d. at Myingun), previously styled H.R.H. Princess (Hteik Suhpaya Gyi) raised to the rank and title of Nammadaw Mibura Hkaung Gyi Suriya Sri Ratna Mangala Devi and crowned at the Royal Palace, Amarapura, Mandalay, 18th November 1878, became a nun after being displaced by Suhpaya as Chief Queen, the eldest daughter of H.M. Sri Pawara Vijaya Nandaratta Pandita Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Mindon Min Thaya Gyi, King of Burma, by his wife, H.M. Queen (Ale-nandaw Hsinbyumashin Mibura Gyi) Sri Tilaka Sri Maha Dharmaraja, third daughter of H.M. Sri Pawara Vijaya Nanda Jatha Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Yanadapura Sattokhta Myoti Min Thaya Gyi [Bagyidaw], King of Burma. m. (second) at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, 6th November 1878, his half-sister, H.M. Queen (Myauk-nandaw Mibura) Sri Prabha Ratna Devi (b. at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, 13th December 1859; d. at Rangoon, 24th November 1925, bur. there), raised to the rank and title of Myauk-nandaw Mibura Hkaung Gyi Sri Pawara Tilaka Mangala Maha Ratna Devi and crowned at the Royal Palace, Amarapura, Mandalay, 18th November 1878, née H.R.H. Princess Suhpaya Lat, Princess of Mya Daung (Myadaung Minthami), second daughter of H.M. Sri Pawara Vijaya Nandaratta Pandita Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Mindon Min Thaya Gyi, King of Burma, by his wife, H.M. Queen (Ale-nandaw Hsinbyumashin Mibura Gyi) Sri Tilaka Sri Maha Dharmaraja, third daughter of H.M. Sri Pawara Vijaya Nanda Jatha Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Yanadapura Sattokhta Myoti Min Thaya Gyi [Bagyidaw], King of Burma. m. (third) at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, August 1880, his half-sister, H.R.H. Princess (Hteik Hkaung-tin) Min Myo Yee, Sri Suriya Mangala Devi, Princess of Maingnaung (Maingnaung Minthami) (b. at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, 1857), daughter of H.M. Sri Pawara Vijaya Nandaratta Pandita Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Mindon Min Thaya Gyi, King of Burma, by his wife, Shin Ley, Megeebensauk Myosa Mibura. m. (fourth) at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, August 1880, his half-sister, H.R.H. Princess (Hteik Suhpaya Gale) Sri Suriya Singha Ratna Devi (b. at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, 1863; d.s.p. at Ratnagiri, Bombay, India, 25th June 1912, bur. there) daughter of H.M. Sri Pawara Vijaya Nandaratta Pandita Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Mindon Min Thaya Gyi, King of Burma, by his wife, H.M. Queen (Ale-nandaw Hsinbyumashin Mibura Gyi) Sri Tilaka Sri Maha Dharmaraja, third daughter of H.M. Sri Pawara Vijaya Nanda Jatha Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja Yanadapura Sattokhta Myoti Min Thaya Gyi [Bagyidaw], King of Burma. m. (fifth) at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, 1881, H.M. Queen (Myauk-saungdaw Mibura) (b. 1864; k. by order of Queen Supaya Lat, at Mandalay, April 1882), née Mi Hkin Gyi, daughter of the Kanne Atwinwun, and granddaughter of the Hkampan Wungyi He d. at Ratnagiri, Bombay, India, 15th December 1916 (bur. there), having had issue, two sons and six daughters: 1) H.R.H. Prince (Shwe Kodaw-gyi) Maung ... b. at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, 9th September 1879 (s/o Suhpaya Lat). He d. there, from smallpox, 17th March 1880. Copyright© Christopher Buyers 2) H.R.H. Prince (Shwe Kodaw-gyi) Maung ... b. at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, November 1885 (s/o Queen Suhpaya Gale). He d. young. 1) H.R.H. Princess (Ashin Hteik Suhpaya) ... b. at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, 5th September 1880 (d/o Suhpaya Lat). She d. from smallpox, at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, 24th March 1884. 2) H.R.H. Princess (Ashin Hteik Suhpaya) ... b. at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, 11th August 1881 (d/o Suhpaya Lat). She d. from smallpox, at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, 29h March 1884. 3) H.R.H. Princess (Ashin Hteik Suhpaya) Myat Mibura Gyi [Ashin Hteik Su Myat Phaya Gyi]. b. at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, 27th October 1882 (d/o Suhpaya Lat), educ. privately. Went to Burma in late 1918, but returned again to Ratnagiri in June 1920. m. at Ratnagiri, Bombay, India, 1905 (common law), Shrimant Gopal Bhaurao Savant Shivrekar (d. at Ratnagiri, 1972), sometime Gatekeeper Havildar at Ratnagiri, Bombay, India. She d. at Ratnagiri, Bombay, India, 3rd June 1947, having had issue, one son and two daughters: a) A stillborn son, at Rangoon, February 1919. Copyright© Christopher Buyers a) Tu Tu Savant [S.A.S. Baisubai Shankar Pawar]. b. at Ratnagiri, Bombay, India, 26th November 1906. m. at Ratnagiri, 1930, Shankar Yeshwant Pawar (b. 1902; d. there, 1976), a garage mechanic. She d. at Ratnagiri, 24th October 2000 (a few months after being evicted from her residence by the Indian authorities), having had issue, five sons and two daughters: i) Digambar Pawar. ii) Srikant Pawar. iii) Narayan Pawar. iv) Suresh Pawar. v) Chandrakant Pawar [Chandu]. i) Pramila. ii) Malti.Copyright© Christopher Buyers S.A.S. Baisubai and her husband Shankar Yeshwant Pawar, also adopted two further sons and two daughters: vi) Rajkumar Pawar. vii) Babloo Pawar. iii) Chandra. iv) Tara. m. Sulabha Gijbale. Copyright© Christopher Buyers b) A daughter. b. 24th February and d. 31st March 1918. 4) H.R.H. Princess (Ashin Hteik Suhpaya) Myat Phaya Lat. b. at the Royal Palace, Ratnapura, Mandalay, 4th October 1883 (d/o Suhpaya Lat), educ. privately. m. at the Collector’s Bungalow, Ratnagiri, Bombay, India, 20th February 1917 (eloped 11th October 1916), Khin Maung Lat [Burma Raja Sahib] (b. at Mandalay, 1887; d.s.p. at ‘Panorama’, Kalimpong, India, 10th January 1955, cremated at Tirpai), sometime Officer in the Indian Police (dismissed for insubordination), Private Sec to Ex-King Thibaw 1914-1916, a nephew of King Thibaw and son of the ‘Duke and Duchess’ of Ngape and Ngape and Mindat (Khin Maung Lat was apparently the son of a former Minister for Munitions or Head of the Artillery (Mandalay), by his wife, Hmantha Gyi Ywasar, sometime Maid of Honour to Queen Supayalat). She d.s.p. while en route to Burma, at the Presidency General Hospital, Calcutta, Bengal, India, 4th April 1956, having adopted the son of her Nepalese maidservant, Satyamaya and her husband Jaiman: a) Maung Lu Gyi [Alaungyi]. b. at Kalimpong, India, 8th January 1932, as Prem Lall. Clerk at the Burmese Consulate-General at Calcutta 1960-1988. m. at Calcutta, Bina Devi, from Kalimpong. He d.s.p. peacefully in his sleep, at Calcutta, Bengal, 18th December 2008. 5) H.R.H. Princess (Ashin Hteik Suhpaya) Myat Phaya. b. at Madras, 7th March 1886 (d/o Suhpaya Lat), educ. privately. Returned to Burma 1915. Patron King Thibaw Funeral Cttee 1949, and the Assoc for Buddhism as the National Religion 1958. m. (first) 1921(div. 1930) H.H. Prince (Kodaw-gyi) Naing (b. 1903; m. second, Daw Mama Gyi, and d. at Rangoon, 22nd October 1954 or at Mandalay, 11th November 1954), son of Maung Maung Thaung, by his wife, Princess (Hteik Hteik Hkaung-tin) Aye, the Princess of War Nwe Gone, daughter of H.R.H. Maha Uparaja Anaudrapa Ainshe Min Maung Kauk, Sri Pawara Maha Suriya Dharmaraja, Prince of Pagan, Debiyeen, Taungwingyi, Sale and Pinyala [the Kanaung Crown Prince]. m. (second) ca 25th June 1931, U Mya U [Maung Mya U] (b. at Henzada, 1876; d. at Sagaing, July 1943, aged 67 years), educ. Lincon’s Inn, London, Barr-at-Law 26/1/1910, Mandalay, Spokesman for The Separation League 1922-1937, Delegate Burma Reforms Cttee 1922 and Indian Statutory Cmsn 1929-1930, MLC for Mandalay, author of “Lecture on Procedure in Buddhism”, “Wall Paintings of the Abeyadana Temple” (ASIAR, 1930-31), “Exploration in Burma” , “Some Hitherto Unknown Burmese Coins” , and “Note on the Buddha’s Foot-prints in Burma” (all ASIAR, 1930-34), FRGS 1910, Founder Mbr The People’s Party (Pyi Thu Pyi Thar) 1927-1936, Mbr International Buddhist Soc 1905, Buddhist Soc of GB & Ireland, Burma Soc (London), Young Mens Buddhist Assoc (YMBA) 1917, General Council of YMBAs 1911-1919, General Council of Burmese Assocs (GCBA) 1919, etc, son of U Hpo, of Sandoway, Hon Magistrate, merchant and money lender. She d. from cancer at Maymyo, 21st July 1962, having had issue, one daughter by her first husband – see above. 6) H.R.H. Princess (Ashin Hteik Suhpaya) Mayat Phaya Galay. b. at Ratnagiri, Bombay, India, 25th April 1887 (d/o Suhpaya Lat), educ. privately. Returned to Burma 1915, and ordered to reside in Moulmein 1932. Author of “Private affairs by H.R.H. the fourth Princess, daughter of the late H.M. King Thi Baw and his crowned Queen of Burma whose inner facts are unknown to the public” (1931). m. at Rangoon, Burma, 1st July 1920, U Ko Ko Naing (b. at Shapinhla, Magwe district, 22nd July 1890; d. at Rangoon, 2nd September 1959), a former monk, ordered to reside in Moulmein 1932. She d. at her home on West Cantonment Road, Moulmein, 3rd March 1936 (bur. there), having had issue, four sons and two daughters: a) George Taw Phaya Gyi. b. at Rangoon, 6th May 1922, educ. St Patrick’s High Sch, Moulmein, St Paul’s Sch, and Rangoon Univ (BA 1945). Petrol Rationing Officer with Dept of Civil Supplies 1948. m. Rangoon, April 1945, Daw Khin Kyi [Susan] (m. second, U Sein Hlaing, and d. 1995, leaving a further son and two daughters), sister of Maung Maung Khin. He was k. by communist insurgents who mistook him for a police officer, at Tatkon, Central Burma, 9th April 1948, having had issue, two sons: i) U Soe Win [Maha Chandra Kumara ]. b. 1948. Joined Burmese Foreign Service, First Sec Washington DC 1989-1990, Ambassador Extr & Plen to Japan 1999, Pakistan 1999-2003, and Australia 2003-2005, Deputy Dir-Gen of Protocol 2006-2008, Vice-Chair of Myanmar-China Friendship Assoc, Dir of International Affairs with Myanmar Football Fed. m. Daw Tin Lay Wai. ii) U Myo Naing [Sula Chandra Kumara]. b. 1949. Copyright© Christopher Buyers b) Edward Taw Phaya [U Tun Aung]. b. at Rangoon, 22nd March 1924, educ. St Patrick’s High Sch, Moulmein, and St Paul’s Sch, Rangoon. Dir Thibaw Commercial Syndicate (TCS) Co Ltd 1951-1962. Vice-Presdt Assoc for Buddhism as the National Religion 1958. Mbr National Sports Assoc, Maha Bodhi Soc of India, etc. m. at Rangoon, 4th May 1944, Princess (Hteik Su) Gyi Phaya [Princess Rita] [Mra Taw Phaya] (b. 20th May 1924; d. from thrombosis, at Rangoon, 27th November 2002), daughter of H.R.H. Prince (Kodaw-gyi) Naing [Thakin Hteik Tin Kadow Gyi], sometime Presdt Dobama Exec Cttee, by his wife, H.R.H. Princess Myat Phaya, third daughter of H.M Hpondawgyi Hla-thaw Hpaya Shwe Nanshin Hpaya Hsinbyushin Sri Pawara Aditya Lawka Vijaya Nandaratta Tilaka Adipati Pandita Maha Dharma Rajadhiraja [Thibaw Min Thaya Gyi], King of Burma. He had issue, five sons and two daughters: i) Richard Taw Phaya Myat Gyi. b. 14th May 1945. m. (first) at Rangoon, May 1962, Hteik Su Margaret Phaya Htwe (b. at Rangoon, 20th August 1927; d. from a brain haemorrhage, at Maymyo, 21st June, 2003), his paternal aunt, younger daughter of U Ko Ko Naing, by his wife, H.R.H. Princess (Ashin Hteik Suhpaya) Mayat Phaya Galay. m. (second) at Rangoon, 1993, Myint Myint Aye. He had issue, one son by his first wife: (1) Maung Aung Khine. b. at Rangoon, 1964. Copyright© Christopher Buyers ii) David Taw Phaya Myat. b. 1st April 1947. Copyright© Christopher Buyers iii) Edward Taw Phaya Myat Nge. b. 27th April 1948. He d. 14th November 1955. iv) Joseph Taw Phaya Myat Aye. b. 19th March 1950. v) Paul Taw Phaya Myat Thaike. b. 19th February 1954. i) Ann-Marie Su Phaya Lay. b. 10th September 1952. ii) Rose-Marie Su Phaya Naing. b. 21st April 1956. iii) Another daughter who d. young.Copyright© Christopher Buyers c) Terence Taw Phaya Nge. b. at Rangoon, 17th July 1925, educ. St Patrick’s High Sch, Moulmein, St Paul’s Sch, and Rangoon Univ (BA, LLB). Served with Burma Defence Army during the Japanese occupation, a novice monk 1946-1948, Deputy Dir of Religious Affairs Govt of Burma 1948, sometime English teacher, re-took holy orders at Moulmein December 1994. m. (first) 1955 (div. 1963) Ma Khin Su. m. (second) 1964, Ma Khin Zaw, from Moulmein. He d. at a Buddhist monastery near Moulemein, 21st April 1995, having had issue, one son and three daughters: i) Maung Min Thu Aung (s/o Ma Khin Zaw). He d. young due to “slovenly neglect” by his mother, 1962. i) Ma Akeyi (d/o Ma Khin Su). ii) Ma Kalaya (d/o Ma Khin Su). iii) Ma Thitra (d/o Ma Khin Zaw). d) Frederick Taw Phaya Galay [U Aung Zay] [U Thant Zin]. b. at Rangoon, 30th July 1926, educ. Burma Buddhist Sch, and St Patrick’s High Sch, Moulmein, St Paul’s Sch, and Myoma Kyaung, Rangoon. Chair & MD Thibaw Commercial Syndicate (TCS) Co Ltd 1951-1962, Union of Burma Exporters Oriental Corp 1950-1962 (both nationalised by Ne Win), and National International Commercial Enterprise (NICE) 1993-1998. Sec King Thibaw Funeral Cttee 1949. Sec-Gen the Assoc for Buddhism as the National Religion 1958. Organizer Burma Trade Union Conress (TUCB) 1955-1957. Mbr Central Cttee of Internal Peace League, the World Peace Congress (Burma), Afro-Asian Solidarity Assoc, Union of Burma Exports Fed, U Ottama Memorial Cttee, National Ctte Against the Kuomintang Invasion and Imperialism, Chinese-Myanmar Friendship Club, GOB Trade Mission to China 1960 and North Korea 1961. Treasurer Asia-Africa Consolidation Directorate. Admin Mngr MIEC 1964-1965. Placed under detention by the military authorities 1968-1970 and 1989-1992. Patron A Myo Thar Naing Ngan Yay Tat Paung Su (Ma-Ma-Ta National Political Front) 1988-1989. Compiler of “Thibaw Min-set atwin-yeihmu” m. at Rangoon, 1945, Daw Khin May (b. 3rd November 1927). m. Khun May. He d. at the Japan General Hospital, Rangoon, 18th June 2006, having had issue, an only daughter: i) Devi Thant Zin. b. at Rangoon, 1947. Conservationist and environmental campaigner. Presdt Myanmar Green Network (MGN) since 2011. Editor “3G” magazine and “Aung Pin Lae“ since 2012. m. and had issue, four sons. a) Hteik Su Tessie Phaya Gyi [Daw Su Su Khin]. b. at Rangoon, 5th April 1923, educ. Catholic Sch, Mawlamyine. Employed at the US and Australian embassies in Rangoon, sometime school teacher. m. 1943, Maung Maung Khin (d. at Rangoon, 1984), brother of Daw Khin Kyi [Susan]. She d. 1943, having had issue, three sons and two daughters: i) Maung Win Khin. b. at Rangoon, 1945. ii) Maung Khyaw Khin. b. at Rangoon, 1948. iii) Maung Aung Khin. b. at Rangoon, 1953. Artist. He d. from a cerebral haemorrhage, October 2008. i) Ma Cho Cho Khin. b. at Rangoon, 1943. ii) Ma Devi Khin. b. at Rangoon, 1951. b) Hteik Su Margaret Phaya Htwe. b. at Rangoon, 20th August 1927. m. at Rangoon, May 1962, as his first wife, Richard Taw Phaya Myat Gyi (b. 14th May 1945), eldest son of her nephew, Edward Taw Phaya [U Tun Aung], by his wife, Princess (Hteik Su) Gyi Phaya Rita [Mra Taw Phaya], daughter of H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Kodaw Gyi Naing. She d. from a brain haemorrhage, at Maymyo, 21st June, 2003, having had issue, a son - see above.