Kyaswa of Sagaing
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Kyaswa of Sagaing was the fourth king of Sagaing
, who reigned from 1340 to 1350. Kyaswa, a middle son of King Sawyun
, came to the throne by killing Shwetaungtet
in 1340.
Sagaing Kingdom
The Sagaing Kingdom was a kingdom that ruled a part of central Burma from 1315 to 1364. The kingdom was the western half of the old Myinsaing Kingdom, which itself was one of many petty kingdoms that emerged after the fall of the Pagan Empire in 1287...
, who reigned from 1340 to 1350. Kyaswa, a middle son of King Sawyun
Sawyun
Athinhkaya Sawyun was the founder of the Sagaing Kingdom located in today's Sagaing Region, Burma . The eldest son of King Thihathu of Pinya, Sawyun, at age 15, set up a rival kingdom to his father's in 1315 after Thihathu appointed his adopted son Uzana I, son of the fallen king Kyawswa of Pagan...
, came to the throne by killing Shwetaungtet
Shwetaungtet
Shwetaungtet was the third king of Sagaing Kingdom, who reigned from 1336 to 1340. He seized the Sagaing throne by arresting his father King Tarabya I. Three years later, he was killed by Chief Minister Nandapangyan who wanted to place Kyaswa, the middle son of Sawyun, the founder of the kingdom,...
in 1340.