Naungdawgyi


Naungdawgyi was king of Konbaung Dynasty of Burma from 1760 to 1763. He was a top military commander in his father Alaungpayas reunification campaigns of the country. As king, he spent much of his short reign suppressing multiple rebellions across the newly founded kingdom from Ava and Toungoo to Martaban and Chiang Mai. The king suddenly died less than a year after he had successfully suppressed the rebellions. He was succeeded by his younger brother Hsinbyushin.

Naungdawgyi was born Maung Lauk to Yun San and Aung Zeya onAugust 1734 in a small village of Moksobo, about 60 miles northwest of Ava . He was the eldest child of the couples nine children. In 1736, his father became the chief of Moksobo, and the deputy chief of the Mu valley, their home region.

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