Burmese royal titles

Kings in Burma assumed a distinctive regnal name and title, usually a combination of Pali and Sanskrit, upon ascending to the throne.

The expansion and ranking of Senior Queens was an innovation during the reign of King Singu Min (1776-1782).

This position was created only during the reign of a king who had many queens, such as Bodawpaya and Mindon Min.

[7] In order of precedence, they were as follows: Royal Queens of third rank were known as Shweye Hsaungya Mibaya (ရွှေရေးဆောင်ရ မိဖုရား, lit.

These ranks in order of precedence were as follows: The Crown Princess in line to become chief queen, specially designated to wed the Crown Prince was known as the Tabindaing Minthami (တစ်ပင်တိုင် မင်းသမီး) or as the Einshe Hteik Hta Mibaya (အိမ်ရှေ့ထိပ်ထား မိဖုရား).