The Konbaung dynasty, formerly known as the Alompra dynasty, or Alaungpaya dynasty, rules Burma/Myanmar from 1752 to 1885

It creates the second-largest empire in Burmese history and continues the administrative reforms begun by the Toungoo dynasty, laying the foundations of the modern state of Burma.

The reforms, however, prove insufficient to stem the advance of the British, who defeat the Burmese in all three Anglo-Burmese wars over a six-decade span (1824–1885) and end he millennium-old Burmese monarchy in 1885.

An expansionist dynasty, the Konbaung kings wage campaigns against Manipur, Arakan, Assam, the Mon kingdom of Pegu and the Siamese kingdom of Ayutthaya, thus establishing the Third Burmese Empire.

Subject to later wars and treaties with the British, the modern state of Burma can trace its current borders to these ev

ents.Throughout the Konbaung dynasty, the capital is relocated several times for religious, political and strategic reasons.