page_title: Supayagyi
section_title: Coronation
hierarchical_section_title: Supayagyi / Coronation
caption_attribution_description: English: King Thibaw, Queen Supayalat and her sister Princess Supayalay, made from a negative found in the Royal Palace, Mandalay.
context_page_description: Supayagyi, also spelt Suphayagyi, was the penultimate chief queen consort of the Konbaung dynasty, and was married to Thibaw Min, the last monarch in the dynasty.
context_section_description: The ambitious Hsinbyumashin, after placing Thibaw on the throne, offered her oldest daughter Hteik Supayagyi, to be his queen. During the royal aggamahesi coronation, Supayalat pushed in next to her sister to be anointed queen at the same time, breaking ancient custom. Her sister's marriage was never consummated, and Supayalat was said to have forced monogamy on a Burmese king for the first and the last time in history, even though Thibaw also subsequently married her youngest sister Hteik Supayalay, Princess of Yamethin.
caption: Queen Supayagyi next to Queen Supayalat and King Thibaw
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