[1] Myat Phaya was born on 7 March 1886 at Madras, British India.

Later, she had served as Patron of the King Thibaw Funeral Committee in 1949, and the association for Buddhism as the National Religion in 1958.

[2] Myat Phaya married her first husband, Prince Hteik Tin Kodawgyi, in 1921 and divorced him in 1930.

[3] He was the son of Maung Maung Thaung, by his wife Princess (Hteik Hteik Hkaung-tin) Aye, the Princess of War Nwe Gone, daughter of Crown prince Kanaung Mintha.

[1][4][5] Myat Phaya married her second husband, Mya U (who died during the Japanese occupation), a lawyer, on 25 June 1931.