Burmese royal titles

Burmese royal titles are the royal styles that were in use by the Burmese monarchy until the disintegration of the last Burmese monarchy, the Konbaung dynasty, in 1885. These titles were exclusively used by those of royal lineage (မင်းမျိုးမင်းနွယ်; ထီးရိုးနန်းရိုး; ဆွေတော်မျိုးတော်), or more formally, Maha Zi Maha Thwei (မဟာဆီမဟာသွေး).

Kings in Burma assumed a distinctive regnal name and title, usually a combination of Pali and Sanskrit, upon ascending to the throne.

The King was known by a variety of titles, including the following:

In the early days of the Konbaung Dynasty, Kings had at most, three Senior Queens. Innovations of a fourth Senior Queen and four lesser queens dated to the last quarter of the 1700s.

Queens of first rank (Senior Queens) were called Nanya Mibaya (နန်းရ မိဖုရား, lit. 'Queens who Possess Palaces'). The expansion and ranKing of Senior Queens was an innovation during the reign of King Singu Min (1776-1782). In order of precedence, they were as follows:

Queens of second rank were known as Ahsaungya Mibaya (အဆောင်ရမိဖုရား, lit. 'Queens who Possess Royal Apartments'). These ranks were created during the reign of King Tharrawaddy Min (1837-1846). In order of precedence, they were as follows:

Queens of third rank were known as Shweye Hsaungya Mibaya (ရွှေရေးဆောင်ရ မိဖုရား, lit. 'Queens who Possess the Gilded Chambers'). These were innovations dating to the reign of King Bodawphaya. In order of precedence, they were as follows:

Queens of fourth rank were considered minor consorts:

Royal concubines were typically the daughters of officials and tributary princes. They received no rank and in order of precedence were as follows:

Consorts were granted titles based on rank, divided into two grades (queens and for concubines).

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