Yadanabon II of Pagan

Yadanabon II ရတနာပုံ
Chief queen consort of Burma
Tenure	1256–1262
Coronation	November 1256
Predecessor	Thonlula
Successor	Saw Hla Wun
Born	1230s
Died	1262 Pagan (Bagan)
Spouse	Narathihapate
House	Pagan
Father	Thray[1]
Mother	Min Mi
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Yadanabon (Burmese: ရတနာပုံ, pronounced: [jədənàbòʊɴ]) was the first chief queen consort of King Narathihapate of Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). She was a granddaughter of King Kyaswa and Queen Saw Mon Hla, and a niece of Queen Thonlula.^[2] Note that the royal chronicles do not mention her as a queen at all; instead, they mention her sister Saw Hla Wun, who later became famous as Pwa Saw, as the only chief queen.^[3] But inscriptional evidence shows that Yadanabon was the first chief queen, and that Hla Wun became the chief queen only in 1262, following Yadanabon's death.^[2]

References

1. Ba Shin 1982: 47
2. Ba Shin 1982: 37
3. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 338

Bibliography

• Ba Shin, Bo-Hmu (1966). "The Pwa Saws of Bagan" (PDF). Burma Historical Research Department Silver Jubilee publication (in Burmese) (1982 ed.). Yangon: Historical Research Department.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.