How to Pronounce Bodawpaya
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Mar 11, 1745 Shwebo, Sagaing Region, Myanmar Died on 05 Jun 1819 (aged 74)
1745-1819, sixth king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma.
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About Bodawpaya
- Bodawpaya (Burmese: ?????????????, pronounced [bód?` p??já]; Thai: ????; 11 March 1745 – 5 June 1819) was the sixth king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma.
- Born Maung Shwe Waing and later Badon Min, he was the fourth son of Alaungpaya, founder of the dynasty and the Third Burmese Empire.
- He was proclaimed king after deposing his nephew Phaungkaza Maung Maung, son of his oldest brother Naungdawgyi, at Ava.
- Bodawpaya moved the royal capital back to Amarapura in 1782.
- He was titled Hsinbyumyashin (Lord of the White Elephants), although he became known to posterity as Bodawpaya in relation to his successor, his grandson Bagyidaw (Royal Elder Uncle), who in turn was given this name in relation to his nephew Mindon Min.
- He fathered 62 sons and 58 daughters by about 200 consorts.
