Setkya Dewi

Setkya Dewi (Burmese: စကြာဒေဝီ; Sanskrit: Cakrádévī; 22 December 1813 – 12 November 1876), commonly known by her regnal title Thiri Pavara Mahayazeinda Yadana Dewi (Burmese: သီရိပဝရ မဟာရာဇိန္ဒာ ရတနာဒေဝီ; Pali: Siripavaramahārajindaratanadevī), was the empress consort and chief wife of King Mindon Min during the Konbaung dynasty. She had strong influence with her husband and was renowned for her knowledge of modern science and astrology. She was popular with the British, who described her as a well-educated woman (a "bluestocking"), and visitors would often bring her gifts related to her astrological interests. She was also known for her extraordinary kindness.

Setkya Dewi

Setkya Dewi (Burmese: စကြာဒေဝီ; Sanskrit: Cakrádévī; 22 December 1813 – 12 November 1876), commonly known by her regnal title Thiri Pavara Mahayazeinda Yadana Dewi (Burmese: သီရိပဝရ မဟာရာဇိန္ဒာ ရတနာဒေဝီ; Pali: Siripavaramahārajindaratanadevī), was the empress consort and chief wife of King Mindon Min during the Konbaung dynasty. She had strong influence with her husband and was renowned for her knowledge of modern science and astrology. She was popular with the British, who described her as a well-educated woman (a "bluestocking"), and visitors would often bring her gifts related to her astrological interests. She was also known for her extraordinary kindness.