This is a list of the individuals who were, at any given time, considered the next in line to succeed the Burmese monarch to inherit the throne of various Burmese kingdoms (849-1885). Those who actually succeeded at any future time are shown in bold.

Pagan Dynasty

Monarch	Heir	Status	Relationship to Monarch	Became heir; reason	Ceased to be heir; reason	Next in succession
Pyinbya	Tannet	Heir apparent	son	878? father succeeded	906 succeeded	Theinhko 934?-943
Sale Ngahkwe	Theinhko	Heir apparent	son	934? father succeeded	943 succeeded	Sokkate 1014?-1020
Kyiso	Sokkate	Heir presumptive	brother	1014? father succeeded	1020? succeeded	Sawlu 1044?-1077
Anawrahta	Sawlu	Heir apparent	son	1044? father succeeded	1077 succeeded	Alaungsithu 1084-1112, son of Kyanzittha
Kyanzittha	Alaungsithu	Heir apparent	son	1084 father succeeded	1112 succeeded	Min Shin Saw 1112?-?, son
Alaungsithu	Min Shin Saw	Heir apparent	son	1112? father succeeded	? exiled	Narathu ?-1167, brother
Alaungsithu	Narathu	Heir presumptive	son	116? brother exiled	1167 brother assassinated	Naratheinkha 1167-1170, son
Narathu	Naratheinkha	Heir apparent	son	1167 father succeeded	1170 succeeded	Narapatisithu 1170-1173, brother
Narathu	Narapatisithu	Heir presumptive	brother	1170 brother succeeded	1173 succeeded	Htilominlo ?-1210, son
Narapatisithu	Htilominlo	Heir apparent	son	? father succeeded	1210 succeeded	Kyaswa ?-1234, son
Htilominlo	Kyaswa	Heir apparent	son	? father succeeded	1234 succeeded	Uzana 1234-1250, son
Narathu	Uzana	Heir apparent	son	1234 father succeeded	1250 succeeded	Narathihapate 1254, son
Uzana	Narathihapate	Heir presumptive	son	1254 father succeeded	1254 succeeded	Uzana of Bassein ?-1287, son
Narathihapate	Uzana of Bassein	Heir presumptive	son	? father succeeded	1287 assassinated	End of Pagan Dynasty

Pinya Kingdom

Monarch	Heir	Status	Relationship to Monarch	Became heir; reason	Ceased to be heir; reason	Next in succession
Thihathu	Uzana I	Heir apparent	adopted son	1315 Formation of Pinya Kingdom	1324 succeeded	Kyawswa I 1324?-1343, half-brother
Uzana I	Kyawswa I	Heir apparent	half-brother	1324? brother succeeded	1343 succeeded	Kyawswa II 1343-1350, son
Kyawswa I	Kyawswa II	Heir apparent	son	1343 father succeeded	1350 succeeded	Narathu 1350-1359, brother
Kyawswa II	Narathu	Heir presumptive	brother	1343 brother succeeded	1350 succeeded	Uzana II 1364-1364, brother
Narathu	Uzana II	Heir presumptive	brother	1364 brother deposed	1364 succeeded	End of Pinya Kingdom

Sagaing Kingdom

Monarch	Heir	Status	Relationship to Monarch	Became heir; reason	Ceased to be heir; reason	Next in succession
Sawyun	Tarabya I	Heir presumptive	half-brother	1315 Formation of Sagaing Kingdom	1323 succeeded	Kyaswa 1323-1343, nephew
Tarabya I	Kyaswa	Heir apparent	uncle	1323 son of Sawyun	1336 usurped	Nawrahta Minye 1340?-1350, brother
Kyaswa	Nawrahta Minye	Heir apparent	brother	1340? brother succeeded	1350 succeeded	Tarabya II 1350-1350, brother
Nawrahta Minye	Tarabya II	Heir apparent	brother	1350 brother succeeded	1350 succeeded	Minbyauk Thihapate 1350-1352, brother-in-law
Tarabya II	Minbyauk Thihapate	Heir presumptive	brother-in-law	1350 brother-in-law succeeded	1352 succeeded	End of Sagaing Kingdom

Ava Kingdom

Monarch	Heir	Status	Relationship to Monarch	Became heir; reason	Ceased to be heir; reason	Next in succession
Swasawke	Tarabya	Heir apparent	son	13?? father elected king	February 1401 succeeded	Kale Kyetaungnyo 1401, son
Tarabya	Kale Kyetaungnyo	Heir presumptive	son	February 1401 father succeeded	September 1401 uncle succeeded	Theiddat 1401, uncle
Minkhaung I	Theiddat	Heir presumptive	brother	September 1401 brother succeeded	February 1407 nephew anointed	Minyekyawswa 1407-1417, nephew
	Minyekyawswa	Heir apparent	son	February 1407 anointed	13 March 1417 killed in action	Thihathu 1417-1422, brother
	Thihathu	Heir apparent	son	March 1417? brother died	February 1422 succeeded	Minhlange February 1426, son
Thihathu	Minhlange	Heir presumptive	son	February 1422? father succeeded	February 1426 succeeded	Minyekyawswa of Ava 1427-1440
Mohnyin Thado	Minyekyawswa of Ava	Heir apparent	son	May 1427 father succeeded	February 1440 succeeded	Narapati 1440-1443, brother
Minyekyawswa of Ava	Narapati	Heir presumptive	brother	February 1440 brother succeeded	January 1443 succeeded	Thihathura 14??-1469, son
Narapati of Ava	Thihathura	Heir apparent	son	January 1443? father succeeded	February 1469 succeeded	Minkhaung II 1469-1482, son
Thihathura	Minkhaung II	Heir apparent	son	February 1469 father succeeded	1481 succeeded	Thihathura II 1482-??, son
Minkhaung II	Thihathura II	Joint-king	son	1482? father succeeded	1497? died	Shwenankyawshin 1497?-1502, brother
Minkhaung II	Shwenankyawshin	Heir apparent	son	1497? brother died	April 1502 succeeded	Mobye Narapati 1543-1546
Hkonmaing	Mobye Narapati	Heir apparent	son	1543 father elected	1546 succeeded

Hanthawaddy Kingdom

Monarch	Heir	Status	Relationship to Monarch	Became heir; reason	Ceased to be heir; reason	Next in succession
Wareru	Hkun Law	Heir presumptive	brother	1287 brother founded dynasty	1306 succeeded	Yan Maw La Mon 1306-1310, brother
Hkun Law	Yan Maw La Mon	Heir presumptive	brother	1306 brother succeeded	1310? killed in action	Saw Zein 13??-1324, nephew
Saw O	Saw Zein	Heir apparent	brother	13?? brother succeeded	1324 succeeded	Binnya U 13??-1348, son
Binnya E Law	Binnya U	Heir apparent	nephew	13?? uncle succeeded	1348 succeeded	Bawnganmon 1370s?-1383, son
Binnya U	Bawnganmon	Heir apparent	son	1370s? father succeeded	1383 brother succeeded	Bawlawkyantaw 1383-1390, nephew
Razadarit	Bawlawkyantaw	Heir presumptive	son	1383? father succeeded	1390 executed	Binnya Dhammaraza 14??-1422, brother
Razadarit	Binnya Dhammaraza	Heir apparent	son	14?? brother died	1422 succeeded	Binnya Ran I 1422-1426, brother
Binnya Dhammaraza	Binnya Ran I	Heir apparent	brother	1422 brother succeeded	1426 succeeded	Binnya Waru 14??-1446, nephew
Binnya Ran I	Binnya Waru	Heir apparent	nephew adopted son	14?? uncle succeeded	1446 succeeded	Dhammazedi 1460-1472, brother-in-law
Shin Sawbu	Dhammazedi	Heir apparent	son-in-law	1460 mother-in-law succeeded	1472 succeeded	Binnya Ran II 1472-1492, son
Dhammazedi	Binnya Ran II	Heir apparent	son	1472 father succeeded	1492 succeeded	Takayutpi 15??-1526, son
Binnya Ran II	Takayutpi	Heir apparent	son	15?? father succeeded	1526 succeeded

Toungoo Dynasty

Monarch	Heir	Status	Relationship to Monarch	Became heir; reason	Ceased to be heir; reason	Next in succession
Mingyinyo	Tabinshwehti	Heir apparent	son	1516 Only son	January 1531 succeeded	Bayinnaung 1531-1550, brother-in-law
Tabinshwehti	Bayinnaung	Heir presumptive	brother-in-law	January 1531 brother-in-law succeeded	May 1550 succeeded	Nanda 1551-1581, son
Bayinnaung	Nanda	Heir apparent	son	January 1551 father succeeded	November 1581 succeeded	Mingyi Swa 1581-1593, son
Nanda	Mingyi Swa	Heir apparent	son	November 1581 father succeeded	January 1593 killed in action	Minyekyawswa I 1593-1599, brother
Nanda	Minyekyawswa I	Heir apparent	son	January 1593 brother died	December 1599 father deposed	Anaukpetlun 1599-1606, cousin
Nyaungyan	Anaukpetlun	Heir apparent	son	December 1599 father succeeded	February 1606 succeeded	Thalun 1606-1628, brother
Anaukpetlun	Thalun	Heir apparent	brother	February 1606 father succeeded	May 1628 nephew succeeded	Minyekyawswa II 1629-1647, brother
Thalun	Minyekyawswa II	Heir apparent	brother	September 1629 father succeeded	1647 died	Pindale 1647-1648, nephew
Thalun	Pindale	Heir apparent	son	1647 uncle died	1648 succeeded	Pye 1648-1661
Pindale	Pye	Heir presumptive	brother	1648 father succeeded	May 1661 succeeded	Narawara 1661-1672, son
Pye	Narawara	Heir apparent	son	May 1661 father succeeded	1672 succeeded	Sanay 1673-1698, nephew
Minyekyawdin	Sanay	Heir apparent	son	1673? father succeeded	1698 succeeded	Taninganway 1698-1714, son
Sanay	Taninganway	Heir apparent	son	1698? father succeeded	1714 succeeded	Mahadhammaraza Dipadi 1733, son
Taninganway	Mahadhammaraza Dipadi	Heir presumptive	son	November 1733 elected	23 November 1733 succeeded	End of Toungoo Dynasty

Konbaung Dynasty

Monarch	Heir	Status	Relationship to Monarch	Became heir; reason	Ceased to be heir; reason	Next in succession
Alaungpaya	Naungdawgyi	Heir apparent	son	21 March 1752 Formation of Konbaung Dynasty	11 May 1760 succeeded	Hsinbyushin 1760–1763, brother
Naungdawgyi	Hsinbyushin	Heir presumptive	brother	11 May 1760 brother succeeded	28 November 1763 succeeded	Singu 1763-1776, son
Hsinbyushin	Singu	Heir apparent	brother	28 November 1763 father succeeded	10 June 1776 succeeded	Pyinsi 1776-1782, son
Singu	Pyinsi	Heir presumptive	son	10 June 1776 father succeeded	6 February 1782 killed	Thado Minsaw 1783-1808, first cousin
Bodawpaya	Thado Minsaw	Heir apparent	son	13 July 1783 father succeeded	9 April 1808 died	Bagyidaw 1808–1819, son
Bodawpaya	Bagyidaw	Heir apparent	son	17 April 1808 father died	5 June 1819 succeeded	Tharrawaddy 1819–1837, younger brother
Bagyidaw	Tharrawaddy	Heir apparent	brother	5 June 1819 brother succeeded	15 April 1837 succeeded	Pagan 1842-1846, son
Tharrawaddy	Pagan	Heir apparent	son	August 1842 father succeeded	17 November 1846 succeeded	Mindon 1846-1852, younger brother
Pagan	Mindon	Heir presumptive	brother	17 November 1846 brother succeeded	18 February 1853 succeeded	Kanaung 1852-1866, younger brother
Mindon	Kanaung	Heir apparent	brother	18 February 1853 brother succeeded	2 August 1866 assassinated	Thibaw 1878, nephew
Mindon	Thibaw	Heir apparent	son	19 September 1878 elected	1 October 1878 succeeded	End of Konbaung Dynasty End of Burmese monarchy

Thibaw Min was deposed and exiled in 1885. He died in exile in India in 1916. He was succeeded as head of the family by his daughters Myat Paya Lat (1916 - 1956) and Myat Phaya (1956 - 1962). Since 1962 the claimant to the throne has been Taw Phaya, the second son of Princess Myat Phaya.

References

External sources

Maung Htin Aung, A History of Burma, Cambridge University Press, New York and London, 1967
Harvey, G.E., History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824, London, 1925
Phayre, Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur P., History of Burma, London, 2nd Edition, 1967
Royal Ark by Christopher Buyers [1]

v t e Burmese monarchs
Pagan dynasty 849–1297	Pyinbya Tannet Sale Theinhko Nyaung-u Sawrahan Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu Kyiso Sokkate Anawrahta Saw Lu Kyansittha Sithu I Narathu Naratheinkha Sithu II Htilominlo Naratheinga Uzana¹ Kyaswa Uzana Narathihapate Kyawswa²
Myinsaing and Pinya Kingdoms 1297–1364	Athinkhaya¹, Yazathingyan¹ and Thihathu¹ Thihathu Uzana I Sithu¹ Kyawswa I Kyawswa II Narathu Uzana II
Sagaing Kingdom 1315–1364	Saw Yun Tarabya I Anawrahta I Kyaswa Anawrahta II Tarabya II Minbyauk Thihapate
Kingdom of Ava 1364–1555	Thado Minbya Swa Saw Ke Tarabya Minkhaung I Thihathu Min Hla Kale Kye-Taung Nyo Mohnyin Thado Minye Kyawswa I Narapati I Thihathura Minkhaung II and Thihathura II Narapati II Sawlon³ and Thohanbwa³ Hkonmaing³ Narapati III³ Narapati IV³
Hanthawaddy Kingdom 1287–1539, 1550–1552	Wareru Hkun Law Saw O Saw Zein Zein Pun Saw E Binnya E Law Binnya U Maha Dewi¹ Razadarit Binnya Dhammaraza Binnya Ran I Binnya Waru Binnya Kyan Leik Munhtaw Shin Sawbu Dhammazedi Binnya Ran II Takayutpi Smim Sawhtut⁴ Smim Htaw⁴
Mrauk U Kingdom 1429–1785	Saw Mon Khayi Ba Saw Phyu Dawlya Ba Saw Nyo Ran Aung Salingathu Raza Gazapati Saw O Thazata Minkhaung Min Bin Dikkha Saw Hla Sekkya Phalaung Razagyi Khamaung Thiri Thudhamma Sanay Narapati Thado Sanda Thudhamma Thiri Thuriya Wara Dhammaraza Muni Thudhammaraza Sanda Thuriya I Nawrahta Mayuppiya Kalamandat Naradipati Sanda Wimala I Sanda Thuriya II Sanda Wizaya Sanda Thuriya III Naradipati II Narapawara Sanda Wizala Madarit Nara Apaya Thirithu Sanda Parama Apaya Sanda Thumana Sanda Wimala II Sanda Thaditha Maha Thammada
Prome Kingdom 1482–1542	Thado Minsaw Bayin Htwe Narapati⁵ Minkhaung⁵
Toungoo dynasty 1510–1752	Mingyi Nyo Tabinshwehti Bayinnaung Nanda Nyaungyan Anaukpetlun Minye Deibba Thalun Pindale Pye Narawara Minye Kyawhtin Sanay Min Taninganway Min Mahadhammaraza Dipadi
Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom 1740–1757	Smim Htaw Buddhaketi Binnya Dala
Konbaung dynasty 1752–1885	Alaungpaya Naungdawgyi Hsinbyushin Singu Phaungka Bodawpaya Bagyidaw Tharrawaddy Pagan Mindon Thibaw
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