Yadanabon I of Pagan

Yadanabon I ရတနာပုံ
Chief queen consort of Burma
Tenure	1112 – c. 1150s
Predecessor	Thanbula
Successor	Ti Lawka Sanda Dewi
Born	c. 1090s Pagan (Bagan)
Died	c. 1150s Pagan
Spouse	Sithu I
Issue	Min Shin Saw Narathu
House	Pagan
Father	Dhamma Kyin
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Yadanabon (Burmese: ရတနာပုံ, pronounced: [jədənàbòʊɴ]) was the first chief queen consort of King Sithu I of Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). The queen was a daughter of Dhamma Kyin, a minister at King Kyansittha's court,^[1] and was the mother of Crown Prince Min Shin Saw and King Narathu.^[2] She was still alive in 1151/52 (513 ME)^[3] when she successfully persuaded her husband to change the prison sentence for Min Shin Saw to an exile.^[4] The queen apparently did not outlive her husband; according to the royal chronicles, she was succeeded as chief queen (Usaukpan) by Ti Lawka Sanda Dewi.^[2]

References

1. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 304
2. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 120–121
3. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 119
4. Pe, Luce 1960: 127

Bibliography

• Maha Sithu (1798). Myint Swe (1st ed.); Kyaw Win, Ph.D. and Thein Hlaing (2nd ed.), eds. Yazawin Thit (in Burmese). 1–3 (2012, 2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Pe, Maung Tin; G.H. Luce. The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma (1960 ed.). Yangon: Rangoon University Press.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.