 They selected a disenfranchised prince of the house of Alaungpaya, also known as the Limbin prince to be their representative.However, the formation of the confederacy was still in its infancy when Mandalay had fallen to the British.Nevertheless, the immediate confrontation of the Limbin Confederacy was not with the British but with the chiefs against the recalcitrant Sawbas to Kengtung.