Sokkate of Toungoo
Sokkate စုက္ကတေး | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Toungoo | |
| In office 1379/80–1383 | |
| Monarch | Swa Saw Ke |
| Preceded by | Pyanchi II |
| Succeeded by | Phaungga |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1383 745 ME Toungoo (Taungoo) |
Sokkate of Toungoo (Burmese: စုက္ကတေး, [soʊʔ kə té]) governor of Toungoo from 1379/80 to 1383. He came to power by assassinating his brother-in-law Pyanchi II. Sokkate proved to be a tyrant, and lost his standing with Toungoo's overlord Ava. In 1383, he was assassinated by an Ava loyalist Phaungga.