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KOKANG

The Yang Dynasty

GENEALOGY

Yang Gao Sho. b. at Nanking, China, 1622, from a military family in Liu Shui Wan, Da Shi Ban Chau. A succesful wu ju ren and military officer, he followed the last Ming Emperor into Yunnan in Southern China, after the advent of the Manchus. Settled in Shunling, 1657. m. at Dali, 1658, a daughter of a Tea merchant. He d. at Shunling, 1697, having had issue:

1) Yang Zhen.
2) Yang Ying b. 1662. Emigrated from Shunling due to the Manchu persecution of Ming loyalists. Settled at Hung Shito Ho, in Kho Kan Shan (Kokang). m. at Shunling, China, 1682, a daughter of Yang Shu. He d. 1726 (bur. Ho Shao Kyai), having had issue:
- a) Yang Fu Tsai (Cai).
- b) Yang Shien Tsai (Cai), Chief of Shin Da Hu - see below.
- c) Yang Gao Tsai (Cai).

1739 - 1758 Yang Shien Tsai (Cai), Chief of Shin Da Hu. b. at Shunling, 1685, son of Yang Ying, by his wife, a daughter of Yang Shu, educ. privately. Settled at Shin Da Hu (now Ta Shwe Htan). Established his rule over the surrounding area in 1739, after ridding the local people from badits. Introduced the first principles of law and government in the area. Established his capital at Kya Tzi Shu (Satishu) He d. at the Yamen, at Kya Tzi Shu, 1758 (bur. Lao Han-Ai), having had issue five sons:

1) Yang Wei Shin [Xing], 2^nd Chief of Kho Kan Shan. - see below.
2) Yang Wei Ren.
3) Yang Wei Hsin.
4) Yang Wei Xin.
5) Yang Wei Lin.

1758 - 1795 Yang Wei Shin [Xing], Chief of Kho Kan Shan, eldest son of Yang Shien Tsai (Cai), Chief of Shin Da Hu, educ. privatey. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1758. Expanded his domains tenfold, from those he inherited from his father. He d.1795 (bur. Lao Han-Ai), having had issue, two sons:

1) Yang Yon Gen, Heng of Kokang - see below.
2) Yang Yang Yon Phan. Conquered and annexed Kyin Ju Ling, together with his nephew, in 1804.

1795 - 1840 Yang Yon Gen, Heng of Kokang. b. 1770, elder son of Yang Wei Shin [Xing], Chief of Kho Kan Shan, educ. privately. Cdr. of the militia during his father's reign. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1795. Changed the name of his territory to Kokang and assumed the title of Heng. He d. 1840, having had issue:

1) Yang Guo Hwa, Heng of Kokang - see below.
2) Yang Guo Chang.
3) Yang Guo Mon.
4) Yang Yang Guo Mei.
5) Yang Guo Fan.
6) Yang Guo Zhen [Hkun Lu Kwan], Heng of Kokang - see below.

1840 - 1874 Yang Guo Hwa, Heng of Kokang. b. 1814, eldest son of Yang Yon Gen, Heng of Kokang, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1840. He d. at Kya Tzi Shu, Kokang, 1874, having had issue, an only son:

1) Yang Chun Yon [Rong], Heng of Kokang - see below.

1874 - 1916 Yang Guo Zhen [Hkun Lu Kwan], Heng of Kokang, ATM (22.6.1897). b. 1840, youngest son of Yang Yon Gen, Heng of Kokang, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother, 1874. Came under British protection after China relinquished any jurisdiction over Kokang, 4^th February 1897. Became blind and resigned in favour of his nephew, 1916. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar medals (1903 and 1911). m. (first) … m. (second) Lui Shi Siao Pin. He d. at Kya Tzi Shu, Kokang, 1919, having had issue, ten sons:

1) Yang Chuan Da. He d. 1922, having had issue:
- a) Yang Wen Huan, of Mon Hon.
2) Yang Chuan …
3) Yang Chuan Yong. He d. young, in the small-pox epidemic of 1879.
4) Yang Chuan …
5) Yang Chuan …
6) Yang Chuan …
7) Yang Chuan …
8) Yang Chuan Pei alias Par Lao Yeh. Exiled to Kutkai for intriguing against Sao Yang Wen Pin.
9) Yang Chuan Kyin alias Khun Gui Lao Yeh. b. 1894 (s/o Lui Shi Siao Pin). Exiled to Kutkai by his cousin. He d. at Lashio, 1978.
10) Yang Chuan Pin (s/o Lui Shi Siao Pin).

1916 - 1927 Yang Chun Yon alias Yang Shwin Yong Tzu Ye [Cha-Tan-Shu] [Lao Lai], Myosa of Kokang, TDM (1.1.1921). b. at Kya Tzi Shu, Kokang, 1878, only son of Yang Guo Hwa, Heng of Kokang, educ. privately. Assisted his uncle in the administration of the state before his accession. Succeeded on his resignation, in accordance with the agreement with his father, 1916. Raised to the hereditary title of Myosa. m. several wives. He d. at the Yamen, Kya Diling, Kokang, 17^th January 1927, having had issue, four sons and seven daughters:

1) Yang Wen Pin, Myosa of Kokang - see below.
2) Yang Wen Tsan [Can]. b. 1904. Cdr Kokang Self Defence Force 1942-1943, Acting Myosa during the absence of his brother in India1943-1945. m. three times, including a lady from Malipa. He d. 1997, having had issue, one son and one daughter by his first, three sons and two daughters by his second, and one son and seven daughters by his third wife, including:
- a) Yang Kyein Shein. b. 1923, educ. Tali Military Sch, China.
- b) Yang Kyein Yui. b. 1931, educ. Tsu Shong Middle Sch.
- c) Colonel Yang Kyein Gyi. b. 1937, educ. Guardian Angel's Convent, Lashio. Joined Kokang Revolutionary Force 1964, later Col and cdr at Tan Wo. He was k. in action against the Burmese army, 1979.
3) Yang Wen Ying. He d. aged three years. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
4) Yang Wen Shon [Xian] [Charlie Yang]. b. 1920, educ. Shan Chief's Sch., Taungyyi. m. Yang Sung Kying (b. 1920; d. 2006) of Pao Shan. He d. 1999.
1) A daughter. m. ...
2) A daughter. m. ...
3) A daughter. m. Peng Lao Yeh.
4) A daughter. m. the second son of the Myosa of Mongwun.
5) A daughter. m. Kambawasa Sri Mahavamsa Dharmaraja Sao Shwe , Saopha of Mongpan (b. February 1921), eldest son of Kambawasa Sri Mahavamsa Dharmaraja Sao Hkun On, Saopha of Mongpan, KSM, by his first wife, Sao Nang Yon, Mahadevi. She had issue - see Burma (Mongpan).
6) A daughter. m. second son of Kambawasa Sri Mahavamsa Dharmaraja Sao Hkun On, Saopha of Mongpan, KSM. She had issue - see Burma (Mongpan).

1927 - 1949 Colonel Sao Yang Wen Pin, Saopha of Kokang, OBE (c. 1.1.1946), TDM (1.1.1936). b. 1897, eldest son of Yang Shwin Yong Tzu Ye [Cha-Tan-Shu] [Lao Lai], Myosa of Kokang, TDM, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father as Myosa of Kokang, 17^th January 1927. Installed at Kokang, 1929. Served in WW2 behind enemy lines 1941-1943 (rcvd: MID), deposed, arrested and imprisoned by the Kuomintang 1943-1944, later released and taken to India, where he worked with the Burmese government in exile 1944-1945. Returned to Kokang and resumed direct rule, October 1945. The State of Kokang was recognised as independent of Hsenwi North, 12^th August 1947, thereafter assumed the hereditary title of Saopha, 25^th August 1947. Col Kokang Self Defence Force 1942. Hon Col Chinese Army. Rcvd: Silver Jubilee medal (1935), Coron medal (1937), MID, 39/45 and Burma stars, British War and Defence (1945) medals, etc. m. (first) Chiang Chu Min, the Myosa Kadaw (b. at Zhenkhan, and m. the Myosa when she was aged fourteen). m. (second) Chiang Pi Ju. He d. 1949, having had issue, nine sons and six daughters:

1) Yang Kyein Yuan (s/o Chiang Chu Min), educ. Anglo-Vernacular Sch., Lashio. He d. young from food poisoning, at Laisho, 1930.
2) Yang Kyein Sai [Edward Yang], Saopha of Kokang - see below.
3) Yang Kyein Sein [Jimmy Yang]. b. at Kya Tzi Shu, Kokang, 14^th April 1922 (s/o Chiang Pi Ju), educ. Anglo-Vernacular Sch, Lashio, Shan Chief's Sch, Taungyyi, Rangoon Univ, and Chiaotung Univ, Chungking, China. Cmsnd. Capt. Chinese Army 1943, served in WW2 at HQ Supreme Army cmnd 1945-1946, COS Kokang Defence Force 1946-1948, Chief Minister of Kokang 1948-1950, Attaché and Foreign Service Officer Union of Burma govt service 1950-1951, Union MP (Kokang) 1952-1962, Chair East Burma Bank Ltd, Mbr Opium Cmsn, founder of the Kokang Revolutionary Force in 1964, Mbr Shan State War Council 1966, Cdr Eastern Cmnd Burmese Resistance Force 1968, Mgr Rincome Hotel, Chiengmai, Thailand 1969-1971, an exile in France 1971-1980, returned to Burma under an amnesty in 1980. m. 1946, Chou Guo Fan [Jean Yang] (b. Kunming, China). He d. at Rangoon, 1985, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
- a) Yang Kya Gui [John Yang]. b. 1950, educ. English Methodist High Sch, Rangoon, and the New York Sch of Design, Parsons, New York, USA. Designer with Calvin Klein, Chief Designer for Jack Mulqueen, and MD John Yang Design.
- b) Yang Kya Wa [David Yang]. b. 1952, educ. English Methodist High Sch, Rangoon.
- a) Yang Nern Chan [Veda Yang], educ. English Methodist High Sch, Rangoon.
4) Yang Kyein Hsiang b. 1925. He was k. at Fu Guo Yin, 1^st October 1942.
5) Yang Kyein Hui [Ah'vu]. b. 1931. m. 1949, Chiang Su Fang (b. at Mongpan), daughter of Kambawasa Sri Mahavamsa Dharmaraja Sao Shwe Kyi, Saopha of Mongpan, by his wife, a daughter of Yang Chun Yon, Myosa of Kokang, TDM. He d. 2003, having had issue, a son:
- a) Yang Kya … b. 1953.
6) Yang Kyein Shuen [Ah'pao] [Francis Yang]. b. at Kya Di Ling, Kokang, 1937, educ. Guardian Angels Convent, Lashio, St Albert's High Sch, Maymyo, and Rangoon Univ. Anaesthetist in Manchester since 1979. m. 1969, Sao Lao Kham [Maggie].
7) Yang Kyein Lei [Ah'shi] [Kenneth Yang]. b. 1940, educ. Rangoon Univ. Mathematician. He d. 1981.
8) Yang Kyin … Copyright© Christopher Buyers
9) Yang Kyin …
1) Yang Kyin Mei. b. 1923. m. at Kokang, 1947, Hsin Shiu Tang Man. She d. 1995, having had issue, six sons and two daughters, including:
- a) Francisca Mie Mie Åkerström, educ. Guardian Angels Convent, Lashio, and the Arts and Science Univ, Rangoon (B.Sc.), and Univ of Örebro, Sweden. m. (first) (div.) … Åkerström, a Swedish national. m. (second) Dr. Folke Johansson, MD, educ. Göteborg Univ, chief of clinic in Göteborg. She had issue, one son and two daughters by her first husband:
  - i) Erik Åkerström.
  - i) Helen Åkerström.
  - ii) Louise Åkerström.
2) Yang Lyin Hsui [Olive Yang]. b. 1927, educ. Guardian Angel's Conv., Lashio. Took control of Kokang in 1960. Imprisoned by the Burmese authorities at Mandalay 1952-1957 and Insein 1962-1968. m. 1948 (div. 1950) Twan Sao Wen, son of a Tamuying Chief. She had issue one son:
- a) Jipu. b. 1950.
3) Yang Kyin …She d. young.
4) Yang Kyin Pin [Jane]. b. 1939 (d/o Chiang Chu Min). m. 1959, U Thin Pen. She had issue, one son and one daughter.
5) Yang Kyin Mun [Judy]. b. 1942. m. 1963, U Win Kyi. She had issue, one son and one daughter.
6) Yang Kyin …

1949 - 1959 Sao Edward Yang Kyein Sai, Saopha of Kokang. b. at the Yamen, Kya Diling, Kokang, 1918, second and eldest surviving son of Colonel Sao Yang Wen Pin, Saopha of Kokang, OBE, TDM, educ. Anglo-Vernacular Sch, Lashio, Shan Chief's Sch, Taungyyi, and Rangoon Univ. Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Ying Kwan, 1941. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1949. MHR Parliament of the Union of Burma 1947-1948, Minister for Finance of Shan State 1948, Mbr Union of Burma Chamber of Nationalities (Upper House) 1948-1950, Mbr Union of Burma Chamber of Deputies 1950, Burmese Delegate to the UN General Assembly in New York, 1950. Refused to surrender his powers to the Shan State and abdicated in favour of the people of Kokang instead, 17^th May 1959. Retired to Lashio. Confined under house arrest by the military government of Burma 1963-1971. m. at Chanling, Yunan, 1941, Lu Shwin Kyin, Mahadevi (b. 1925; d. at Mayangon, Rangoon, 25^th October 2007, bur. there at the Yayway Cemetery), styled Ying Tai 1941-1949, fifth daughter of Lu Shao Shin, sometime Sec of the Finance Ministry, Yunan Province, China, by his wife, Chang Ou Shin. He d. from cancer, at Lashio, 1971, having had issue, two sons and six daughters:

1) Yang Kya Ying [Oscar Yang]. unm.
2) Yang Kya Min [Ernest Yang]. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
1) Yang Li [Jackie Yang Rettie]. b. at Kokang, 1946, educ. St John's Convent High Sch, and the Arts & Science Univ, Rangoon (MA), and the Australian National Univ (ANU), Canberra, ACT, Australia. Mbr Burmese Pro-Democracy Movement. Author of “The House of Yang, guardians of an unknown frontier” (1997). m. David Rettie, and Australian citizen employed with UNO. She has issue, one son and one daughter:

a) Lee Yang Rettie.
a) Meiling Rettie.

2) Yang Mon Shon [Laura Yang]. m. Tom Hsin, son of Hsin Shiu Tang Man, by his wife, Yang Kyin Mei, daughter of Colonel Sao Yang Wen Pin, Saopha of Kokang, OBE, TDM. She had issue, one daughter:

3) Yang Khuen [Lena Yang]. unm.
4) Yang Hui [Helen Yang]. unm.
5) Yang Mei [Mrs Faith Yang-Wolf], educ. Inst of Economics (B.Econ. 1978), Rangoon. m. at Rangoon, 31^st October 1984, Dr Guenther Ernst Wolf. She has issue, one son and two daughters:

a) Marcus Yang Wolf. b. at Hong Kong, 10^th July 1996.
b) Ming Yang Wolf. b. at Hong Kong, 3^rd January 1995.

6) Yang Fei [Elfreda Yang-Goodroe]. b. 1958. m. James W. Goodroe, Jnr (b. 1959), from Virginia, USA. She had issue, three sons and one daughter:

a) E. James Goodroe.
b) John Goodroe.
c) Ronnie Goodroe.
a) Cathy Goodroe.

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