Bodawpaya

King of Konbaung, Prince of Badon, Badon King, Royal Grandfather

Bodawpaya ဘိုးတော်ဘုရား
King of Konbaung, Prince of Badon, Badon King, Royal Grandfather
Statute of Bodawpaya at Mandalay Palace
King of Burma
Reign	11 February 1782 – 5 June 1819[citation needed]
Predecessor	Phaungka
Successor	Bagyidaw
Born	Maung Waing မောင်ဝိုင်း (1745-03-11)11 March 1745 Moksobo
Died	5 June 1819(1819-06-05) (aged 74) Amarapura
Burial	Amarapura
Consort	Me Lun Me 207 queens in total
Issue	62 sons, 58 daughters including: Thado Minsaw
Regnal name Siripavaratilokapaṇdita Mahādhammarājadhirāja (သီရိပဝရ တိလောကပဏ္ဍိတ မဟာဓမ္မရာဇာဓိရာဇာ)
House	Konbaung
Father	Alaungpaya
Mother	Yun San
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

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Bodawpaya (Burmese: ဘိုးတော်ဘုရား, pronounced [bódɔ̀ pʰəjá]; Thai: ปดุง; 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 eldest brother Naungdawgyi, at Ava. Bodawpaya moved the royal capital back to Amarapura in 1782. He was titled Hsinbyumyashin (lit. 'Lord of the White Elephants'), not to be confused with his older brother Hsinbyushin. However, he became known to posterity as Bodawpaya (Grandsire) 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 70 sons and 67 daughters by about 54 consorts.^[1]