Bodawpaya

Bodawpaya (March 11, 1745 – June 15, 1819) is the sixth king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma.

Born Maung Shwe Waing and later Badon Min, he is the fourth son of Alaungpaya, founder of the dynasty and the Third Burmese Empire.

He is proclaimed king after deposing his nephew Phaungkaza Maung Maung, son of his oldest brother Naungdawgyi, at Ava.

Bodawpaya moves the royal capital back to Amarapura in 1782.

He is titled Hsinbyumyashin (Lord of the White Elephants), although he becomes known to posterity as Bodawpaya in relation to his successor, his grandson Bagyidaw (Royal Elder Uncle), who in turn is given this name in relation to his nephew Mindon Min.

He fathers sixty-two sons and fifty-eight daughters by about two hundred consorts.

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