# List of heirs to the Burmese thrones

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 Kingdom

| Monarch | Heir | Status | Relationship to Monarch | Became heir; reason | Ceased to be heir; reason | Next in succession |
| Pyinbya | Tannet | Heir apparent | son | 859? father succeeded | 904 succeeded | Theinhko 934?–943 |
| Sale Ngahkwe | Theinhko | Heir apparent | son | 934? father succeeded | 956 succeeded | Sokkate 1021?–1038 |
| Kyiso | Sokkate | Heir presumptive | brother | 1021? father succeeded | 1038 succeeded | Saw Lu 1049?–1077 |
| Anawrahta | Saw Lu | Heir apparent | son | 1049? father succeeded | 11 April 1077 succeeded | Sithu I 1090–1112/13, grandson |
| Kyansittha | Sithu I | Heir apparent | grandson | 17 January 1090 grandfather succeeded | 1112/1113 succeeded | Min Shin Saw 1112/1113?–?, son |
| Alaungsithu | Min Shin Saw | Heir apparent | son | 1112/13? father succeeded | ? exiled | Narathu ?–1167, brother |
| Alaungsithu | Narathu | Heir presumptive | son | 116? brother exiled | 1167 brother assassinated | Naratheinkha 1167–1171, son |
| Narathu | Naratheinkha | Heir apparent | son | 1167 father succeeded | 1171 succeeded | Sithu II 1171–1174, brother |
| Naratheinkha | Sithu II | Heir presumptive | brother | 1171 brother succeeded | 1174 succeeded | Htilominlo ?–1211, son |
| Sithu II | Htilominlo | Heir apparent | son | ? father succeeded | 18 August 1211 succeeded | Kyaswa ?–1235, son |
| Htilominlo | Naratheinga Uzana | Heir apparent | son | ? father succeeded | 1235 died | Kyaswa 1231–1235, brother |
| Htilominlo | Kyaswa | Heir apparent | son | ? father succeeded | 19 July 1235 brother died | Uzana 1235–1251, son |
| Narathu | Uzana | Heir apparent | son | 1235 father succeeded | 1251 succeeded | Narathihapate 1256, son |
| Uzana | Thihathu | Heir apparent | son | 1251 father succeeded | May 1256 assassinated | Uzana of Bassein ?–1287, nephew |
| Narathihapate | Uzana of Bassein | Heir presumptive | son | ? father succeeded | 1 July 1287 assassinated | Theingapati 1289–1297, nephew |
| Kyawswa | Theingapati | Heir apparent | son | 30 May 1289 father succeeded | 17 December 1297 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 | 7 February 1313 Formation of Pinya Kingdom | c. February 1325 succeeded | Kyawswa I 1325–1343, half-brother |
| Uzana I | Kyawswa I | Heir apparent | half-brother | c. February 1325 brother succeeded | 29 March 1344 succeeded | Kyawswa II 1343–1350, son |
| Kyawswa I | Kyawswa II | Heir apparent | son | 29 March 1344 father succeeded | 12 December 1350 succeeded | Narathu 1350–1359, brother |
| Kyawswa II | Narathu | Heir presumptive | brother | 12 December 1350 brother succeeded | 19 March 1359 succeeded | Uzana II 1364, brother |
| Narathu | Uzana II | Heir presumptive | brother | June 1364 brother deposed | June 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 |
| Saw Yun | Tarabya I | Heir presumptive | half-brother | 16 May 1315 Formation of Sagaing Kingdom | 7 February 1327 succeeded | Kyaswa 1327–1335, nephew |
| Tarabya I | Kyaswa | Heir apparent | uncle | 7 February 1327 son of Saw Yun | 1335 usurped | Nawrahta Minye 1339–1348, brother |
| Kyaswa | Nawrahta Minye | Heir apparent | brother | 1339 brother succeeded | 1348 succeeded | Tarabya II 1350, brother |
| Nawrahta Minye | Tarabya II | Heir apparent | brother | 1348 brother succeeded | c. March 1350 succeeded | Minbyauk Thihapate 1350–1352, brother-in-law |
| Tarabya II | Minbyauk Thihapate | Heir presumptive | brother-in-law | c. March 1350 brother-in-law succeeded | 23 February 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 |
| Swa Saw Ke | Tarabya | Heir apparent | son | c. April 1385 father elected king | April 1400 succeeded | Kale Kye-Taung Nyo April 1400, son |
| Tarabya | Kale Kye-Taung Nyo | Heir presumptive | son | April 1400 father succeeded | 25 November 1400 uncle succeeded | Theiddat 1400–1406, uncle |
| Minkhaung I | Theiddat | Heir presumptive | brother | 25 November 1400 brother succeeded | c. December 1406 nephew anointed | Minye Kyawswa 1406–1415, nephew |
| Minkhaung I | Minye Kyawswa | Heir apparent | son | 1406 anointed | 15 March 1415 killed in action | Thihathu 1419–1421, brother |
| Minkhaung I | Thihathu | Heir apparent | son | 1419 brother died | c. October 1421 succeeded | Min Hla 1425, son |
| Thihathu | Min Hla | Heir presumptive | son | c. October 1421 father succeeded | August 1425 succeeded | Minye Kyawswa I 1426–1439 |
| Mohnyin Thado | Minye Kyawswa I | Heir apparent | son | 20 May 1426 father succeeded | by 26 April 1439 succeeded | Narapati I 1442–1442, brother |
| Minye Kyawswa I | Narapati I | Heir presumptive | brother | January 1442? brother succeeded | by 11 March 1442 succeeded | Thihathura 14??–1468, son |
| Narapati I | Thihathura | Heir apparent | son | 11 March 1442 father succeeded | 24 July 1468 succeeded | Minkhaung II 1468–1480, son |
| Thihathura | Minkhaung II | Heir apparent | son | 24 July 1468 father succeeded | c. August 1480 succeeded | Thihathura II 1480–1501, son |
| Minkhaung II | Thihathura II | Heir apparent | son | c. August 1480 father succeeded | 1485 became joint-king | Narapati II 1501, brother |
| Minkhaung II | Narapati II | Heir apparent | son | 4 March 1501 brother died | 7 April 1501 succeeded | Mingyi Nyo of Ava 1519–1527 |
| Narapati II | Mingyi Nyo of Ava | Heir apparent | son | 1519 father succeeded | 14 March 1527 father overthrown | Narapati III 1542–1545 |
| Hkonmaing | Narapati III | Heir apparent | son | June 1542 father elected | September 1545 succeeded | |

## Ramanya

| Monarch | Heir | Status | Relationship to Monarch | Became heir; reason | Ceased to be heir; reason | Next in succession |
| Wareru | Hkun Law | Heir presumptive | brother | 30 January 1287 brother founded dynasty | c. 14 January 1307 succeeded | Saw Zein 13??–1323, nephew |
| Saw O | Saw Zein | Heir apparent | brother | 13?? brother succeeded | September 1323 succeeded | Binnya E Laung 1330–1340s, nephew |
| Binnya E Law | Binnya E Laung | Heir presumptive | son | c. May 1330 father succeeded | 1340s died | Binnya U 1340s–1348, cousin |
| Binnya E Law | Binnya U | Heir presumptive | nephew | 1340s cousin died | 1348 succeeded | Baw Ngan-Mohn 1382–1384, nephew |
| Binnya U | Baw Ngan-Mohn | Heir apparent | son | by 1382 father succeeded | 2 January 1384 brother succeeded | Baw Law Kyan Daw 1384–1390, nephew |
| Razadarit | Baw Law Kyan Daw | Heir presumptive | son | 4 January 1384 father succeeded | c. April 1390 executed | Binnya Dhammaraza 1410s–1421, brother |
| Razadarit | Binnya Dhammaraza | Heir apparent | son | 1410s brother died | 1421 succeeded | Binnya Ran I 1421–1424, brother |
| Binnya Dhammaraza | Binnya Ran I | Heir apparent | brother | 1421 brother succeeded | 1424 succeeded | Binnya Waru 14??–1446, nephew |
| Binnya Ran I | Binnya Waru | Heir apparent | nephew adopted son | 14?? uncle succeeded | 1446 succeeded | Dhammazedi 1460–1471, brother-in-law |
| Shin Sawbu | Dhammazedi | Heir apparent | son-in-law | 1460 mother-in-law succeeded | 1471 succeeded | Binnya Ran II 1471–1492, son |
| Dhammazedi | Binnya Ran II | Heir apparent | son | 1483 father succeeded | 1492 succeeded | Yazadipadi 15??–1526, son |
| Binnya Ran II | Yazadipadi | Heir apparent | son | 15?? father succeeded | 1526 died on day of accession | |

## Prome Kingdom

| Monarch | Heir | Status | Relationship to Monarch | Became heir; reason | Ceased to be heir; reason | Next in succession |
| Thado Minsaw | Bayin Htwe | Heir apparent | son | ? father founded kingdom | 1526 brother succeeded | Narapati 1526–1532, son |
| Bayin Htwe | Narapati | Heir apparent | son | 1526 father dethroned | c. December 1532 succeeded | Minkhaung 1532–1539, brother |
| Narapati | Minkhaung | Heir presumptive | brother | c. December 1532 uncle succeeded | c. February 1539 succeeded | |

## Toungoo Dynasty

The dates after 1582 are according to the Gregorian calendar.
| Monarch | Heir | Status | Relationship to Monarch | Became heir; reason | Ceased to be heir; reason | Next in succession |
| Mingyi Nyo | Tabinshwehti | Heir apparent | son | 16 April 1516 Only son | 24 November 1530 succeeded | Bayinnaung 1542–1550, brother-in-law |
| Tabinshwehti | Bayinnaung | Heir presumptive | brother-in-law | April 1542 anointed | 30 April 1550 succeeded | Nanda 1551–1581, son |
| Bayinnaung | Nanda | Heir apparent | son | 11 January 1551 father succeeded | 10 October 1581 succeeded | Mingyi Swa 1581–1593, son |
| Nanda | Mingyi Swa | Heir apparent | son | 15 October 1581 father succeeded | 8 February 1593 killed in action | Minye Kyawswa II 1593–1599, brother |
| Nanda | Minye Kyawswa II | Heir apparent | son | 29 December 1593 brother died | December 1599 defected | Anaukpetlun 1603–1605, cousin |
| Nyaungyan | Anaukpetlun | Heir apparent | son | 11 August 1603 father succeeded | 5 November 1605 succeeded | Thalun 1605–1628, brother |
| Anaukpetlun | Thalun | Heir apparent | brother | 5 November 1605 father succeeded | 9 July 1628 nephew succeeded | Minye Kyawswa III 1635–1647, brother |
| Thalun | Minye Kyawswa | Heir apparent | brother | 2 June 1635 brother succeeded | 18 August 1647 died | Pindale 1647–1648, nephew |
| Thalun | Pindale | Heir apparent | son | 18 August 1647 uncle died | 27 August 1648 succeeded | Minye Thihathu 1648–1653 |
| Pindale | Minye Thihathu | Heir apparent | brother | 5 September 1648 brother succeeded | 25 December 1653 died | Narazeya 1654–1661, brother |
| Pindale | Narazeya | Heir apparent | son | 30 January 1654 uncle died | 3 June 1661 father deposed | Narawara 1664–1672, cousin |
| Pye | Narawara | Heir apparent | son | 1 June 1664 father succeeded | 13 April 1672 succeeded | Sanay 1688–1698, nephew |
| Minye Kyawhtin | Sanay | Heir apparent | son | 8 September 1688 father succeeded | 4 May 1698 succeeded | Taninganway 1711–1714, son |
| Sanay | Taninganway | Heir apparent | son | 1 November 1711 father succeeded | 12 September 1714 succeeded | Mahadhammaraza Dipadi 1727–1733, son |
| Taninganway | Mahadhammaraza Dipadi | Heir apparent | son | 6 May 1727 elder brothers died | 12 December 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 | 29 February 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 | Setkya Mintha 1819–1837, son |
| Bagyidaw | Setkya Prince | Heir apparent | son | 1819 father succeeded | 4 April 1838 executed | Tharrawaddy 1837–1842, uncle |
| Tharrawaddy | Pagan | Heir presumptive | son | August 1842 father succeeded | 17 November 1846 succeeded | Mindon 1846–1852, younger brother |
| Pagan | Mindon | Heir apparent | 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 daughter Myat Phaya (1925–1956). From 1956 to 2019, the claimant to the throne was Taw Phaya, her nephew and the second son of Princess Myat Phaya Galay. After Taw Phaya's death in 2019, it remains unclear if his son Richard Taw Phaya Myat Gyi or his cousin Soe Win is the claimant to the throne.