H.R.H. Princess Myat Phaya was born at Madras on 7th March 1886. She was a daughter of the last ruling king of Burma, King Thibaw. She succeeded her older sister Myat Paya Lat as head of the royal household in 1956. She married (first) in 1922 (divorced 1929) H.H. Prince (Hteik Tin) Kodaw Gyi Naing (died at Rangoon, 22nd October 1954 or 11th November 1954), a grandson of H.R.H. Sri Pawara Maha Suriya Dharmaraja Maha Uparaja Anaudrapa Ainshe Min, Mindat Min. She married (second) U Mya U (died during the Japanese occupation), a lawyer. She died from cancer at Maymyo, 21st July 1962.
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