Native name တော်ဘုရား Name Taw Phaya Nationality Burmese Parents Myat Phaya | Other names Htun Aung Spouse(s) Phaya Rita (m. 1944) | |
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Children Richard Taw Phaya Myat GyiDavid Taw Phaya MyatEdward Taw Phaya Myat NgeJoseph Taw Phaya Myat AyePaul Taw Phaya Myat ThaikeAnn-Marie Su Phaya LayRose-Marie Su Phaya Naing People also search for Myat Phaya, Supayalat, Thibaw Min | ||
Grandparents Supayalat, Thibaw Min | ||
Prince Edward Taw Phaya (Burmese: တော်ဘုရား, born 22 March 1924, also known as Tun Aung) is the Pretender to the Throne of Burma (abolished in 1885), the second son of Princess Myat Phaya Galay, his older brother being assassinated by Communist insurgents in 1948. Upon the death of his aunt in 1956, he became the Head of the Royal House of Konbaung.
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His father was U Ko Ko Naing, a former monk.
On 4 May 1944, he married his first cousin, Princess Phaya Rita, daughter of Prince Kodawgyi Naing and Princess Myat Phaya, who was the daughter of Burma's last king, Thibaw Min and the sister of his mother, Princess Mayat Phaya Galay.
Family
He has issue, five sons and two daughters:
Quotes
"I'd be mad to want to become a king now. With these chaps, I don't think I'd get very far." - In an interview in 2008, he stated he was now the only surviving grandson of King Thibaw Min; Regarding his prospects for regaining the throne.
"I don't understand politics. It's such a cheating game. I want to stay out of it."