Type: | heir-presumptive |
Binnya E Laung ဗညားအဲလောင် | |
Reign: | 1330 – 1340s |
Succession: | Heir Presumptive of Martaban |
Predecessor: | Saw Zein |
Successor: | Binnya U |
Suc-Type: | Successor |
House: | Wareru |
Father: | Binnya E Law |
Mother: | unknown |
Birth Date: | 1320s |
Birth Place: | Pegu (Bago)?, Martaban Kingdom |
Death Date: | 1340s |
Death Place: | Martaban (Mottama), Martaban Kingdom |
Religion: | Theravada Buddhism |
Binnya E Laung (my|ဗညားအဲလောင်, in Burmese pronounced as /bəɲá ʔɛ́ làʊ̯ɴ/) was heir-presumptive of Martaban from 1330 to the 1340s. The only known son of King Binnya E Law had a rival in his half-cousin Binnya U to be heir-apparent. He died of smallpox, and did not succeed his father as king.
Binnya E Laung was born to Prince Binnya E Law and a concubine in the 1320s. E Laung was probably born in Pegu (or less probably in Sittaung), the towns where his father was governor.[1] He was a still a young child when his father brought him to the capital Martaban (Mottama).[2] His father had been summoned by Queen Sanda Min Hla to take over the throne. But E Law did not bring E Laung's mother, a concubine, to Martaban.[3]
As a result, E Laung grew up without his biological mother. He was raised by a nanny named Hnin An May Han.[2] Although he was the only son of E Law, the prince was not officially appointed as heir-apparent. E Laung had a rival in his half-cousin Binnya U, son of Sanda Min Hla. The king was careful not to antagonize his chief queen, and never officially announced who his heir was. The ambiguity disturbed E Laung. One day, he organized an attack on U's camp. The two princes fought on elephant-back, and E Laung was defeated. The king finally chose sides, and arrested U.[4] The king freed U only after intense protestations by queens Sanda Min Hla and Tala Shin Saw Bok, mother and aunt of U.[5]
At any rate, E Laung died shortly after from smallpox.[6]