Binnya Kyan was the 13th king of Hanthawaddy Pegu, who reigned from 1450 to 1453. Binnya Kyan, son of King Binnya Dhammaraza

Binnya Dhammaraza

Binnya Dhammaraza was the tenth king of Hanthawaddy Pegu who reigned for three tumultuous years between 1422 and 1426. Having ascended to the Hanthawaddy throne after his father Razadarit died in a hunting accident, Binnya Dhammaraza faced both internal rebellions by his brothers Binnya Ran I and...

, came to power after assassinating his cousin King Binnya Waru

Binnya Waru

Binnya Waru was the twelfth king of Hanthawaddy Kingdom who reigned from 1446 to 1450. He was a nephew and adopted son of King Binnya Ran I after whom he succeeded to the Hanthawaddy throne. The king was known for his strict disciplinary rule...

 in 1450. One notable project of his reign was the raising of the height of Shwedagon Pagoda to 92 meters (302 feet) from 20 meters (66 feet). The king himself was murdered in 1453 by his first cousin Leik Munhtaw

Leik Munhtaw

Leik Munhtaw was the 14th king of Hanthawaddy Pegu who reigned for seven months in 1453. He came to power by assassinating his first cousin King Binnya Kyan. Binnya Kyan himself had come to power in 1450 by murdering his cousin King Binnya Waru, and went on to kill off male descendants of King...

 who seized the throne. Despite his raising of the height of the Shwedagon, the king murdered so many of his rivals that by the time he himself was murdered, his killer Leik Munhtaw only one male descendant of King Razadarit was alive.