Leik Munhtaw was the 14th king of Hanthawaddy Pegu who reigned for seven months in 1453. He came to power by assassinating his first cousin King Binnya Kyan

Binnya Kyan

Binnya Kyan was the 13th king of Hanthawaddy Pegu, who reigned from 1450 to 1453. Binnya Kyan, son of King Binnya Dhammaraza, came to power after assassinating his cousin King Binnya Waru in 1450. One notable project of his reign was the raising of the height of Shwedagon Pagoda to 92 meters from...

. Binnya Kyan himself had come to power in 1450 by murdering his cousin King Binnya Waru

Binnya Waru

Binnya Waru was the twelfth king of Hanthawaddy Kingdom who reigned from 1446 to 1450. He was a nephew and adopted son of King Binnya Ran I after whom he succeeded to the Hanthawaddy throne. The king was known for his strict disciplinary rule...

, and went on to kill off male descendants of King Razadarit. Leik Munhtaw, son of King Binnya Ran I

Binnya Ran I

Binnya Ran I was the eleventh king of Hanthawaddy Pegu who reigned from 1426 to 1446. As crown prince, he ended the Forty Years' War with the rival Ava Kingdom in 1423. He came to the throne after poisoning his brother King Binnya Dhammaraza in 1426...

 and a grandson of Razadarit, got to Binnya Kyan, also a grandson of Razadarit, first. Leik Munhtaw went on to kill more rivals. In late 1453, palace ministers killed Leik Munhtaw, leaving no male heir of Razadarit's line. The ministers chose his daughter Shin Sawbu

Shin Sawbu

Shin Sawbu was the queen of Hanthawaddy from 1453 to 1472. Queen Shin Sawbu was also known as Binnya Thau or Old Queen in Mon. Queen Shin Sawbu and Queen Jamadevi of Haripunjaya are the two most famous queens among the small number of queens who ruled in mainland Southeast Asia...

to be the next ruler of Hanthawaddy.