Kyawswa II of Pinya
| Kyawswa II of Pinya လေးစီးရှင် ကျော်စွာ |
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| King of Pinya | |
| Reign | 12 December 1350 – 19 March 1359 |
| Predecessor | Kyawswa I |
| Successor | Narathu |
| Chief Minister | Maha Petteik |
| Born |
c. early 1328 Wednesday, late 689 ME Pinle |
| Died | 19 March 1359 (aged 31) Tuesday, 6th waning of Late Tagu 720 ME Pinya |
| Burial | 19 March 1359 (Cave Pagoda), Pinya |
| Consort |
Saw Omma Shin Saw Gyi |
| Issue | none |
| House | Myinsaing |
| Father | Kyawswa I |
| Mother | Atula Sanda Dewi |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Kyawswa II of Pinya (Burmese: လေးစီးရှင် ကျော်စွာ, pronounced: [lézíʃɪ̀ɴ tɕɔ̀zwà]; lit. "Lord of Four White Elephants"; 1328–1359) was king of Pinya from 1350 to 1359. He had little effective control over his southern vassals but agreed to an alliance with Pinya's longtime rival Sagaing to face off the northern Shan state of Mong Mao. In 1358–59, while he tried to help Sagaing in the north, his home region of Kyaukse came under attack first by his erstwhile vassal Toungoo, and later by Mong Mao Shans. He died during the Shan raids.
His royal decree dated 12 March 1359 is the earliest known land survey (sittan) in Burmese history.
The future king was born to Princess Nan Lon Me of Pagan and Viceroy Kyawswa of Pinle,c. early 1328. A grandson of King Thihathu of Myinsaing–Pinya and King Kyawswa of Pagan, he hailed from both Myinsaing and Pagan royal lines. He had five full siblings and at least two half-siblings. He grew up in Pinle but moved to Pinya in 1344 when his father became the undisputed ruler of Pinya Kingdom. Although he was only the second eldest son, the younger Kyawswa was made the heir-apparent; his elder brother Uzana who had weak/paralyzed legs was passed over. The appointment apparently did not go well with Kyawswa I's brother Nawrahta, who defected to Sagaing in 1349.
He succeeded his father on 12 December 1350, following his father's death. At his coronation, he took the title Thiri Tri Bhawanaditya Pawara Dhamma Yaza and Saw Omma of Thayet as his chief queen. The king was popularly known as Lay-zi Shin ("Lord of Four White Elephants") for the four white elephants inherited from his father. Like the Pinya rulers before him, Kyawswa II's effective authority never really extended beyond the core Kyaukse granary. He never attempted to impose tighter control over his southernmost vassals Prome (Pyay) and Toungoo (Taungoo), which were practically independent. Soon after his accession, at least one key governor, Swa Saw Ke of Yamethin, defected to Sagaing, the kingdom immediately north of Pinya. But no wars broke out between Pinya and Sagaing, which at been at odds since 1315. Neither capital had much control its vassals, and were in no position to start external wars. When Princess Soe Min of Sagaing and her husband Thado Hsinhtein of Tagaung, acting as emissaries for King Tarabya II of Sagaing, proposed a truce in 1351, Kyawswa II readily agreed to it.
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