Alaungpaya

Alaungpaya အလောင်းဘုရား
Statue of Alaungpaya in front of the National Museum, Yangon
King of Burma
Reign	29 February 1752 – 11 May 1760[1][2]
Coronation	17 April 1752
Predecessor	Mahadhammaraza Dipadi
Successor	Naungdawgyi
Born	24 August [O.S. 13 August] 1714 Friday, 1st waning of Tawthalin 1076 ME[3] Moksobo
Died	11 May 1760(1760-05-11) (aged 45) Sunday, 12th waning of Kason 1122 ME[3] Kinywa, Martaban
Burial	May 1760 Shwebo
Spouse	Yun San
Issue among others...	Naungdawgyi Hsinbyushin Bodawpaya
Names Sīri Pavara Vijaya Nanda Jatha Mahādhammarāja သီရိ ပဝရ ဝိဇယ နန္ဒ ဇဌ မဟာ ဓမ္မရာဇ
House	Konbaung
Father	Min Nyo San
Mother	Saw Nyein Oo
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

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Alaungpaya (Burmese: အလောင်းဘုရား, pronounced [ʔəláʊɰ̃ pʰəjá]; also spelled Alaunghpaya or Alaung-Phra; 24 August [O.S. 13 August] 1714 – 11 May 1760) was the founder and first emperor of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). By the time of his death from illness during his campaign in Siam, this former chief of a small village in Upper Burma had unified Burma, subdued Manipur, conquered Lan Na and launched successful attacks against the French and British East India companies who had given help to the Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom. He added settlements around Dagon, and called the enlarged town Yangon.^[4]

He is considered one of the three greatest monarchs of Burma alongside Anawrahta and Bayinnaung for unifying Burma for the third time in Burmese history.