LAN XANG

The Khun Lo Dynasty

GENEALOGY

1316 -             Samdach Brhat-Anya Suvarna Kamabangsa [Souvanna Kham-Phong], King of Rajadharani Sri Sudhana (vulgerised to Sawa). Styled Phagna Phong before his accession. He defeated and killed the Prince of Phouan and his three sons in 1306. Elected by the nobles after the death of King Praya Lang, presumably without issue, 1316. Crowned with the title of Samdach Brhat-Anya Suvarna Kamabangsa. m. several wives including, (a) Nang Kamnan, a Cambodian. m. (b) Nang Ok-Khong. m. (c) Nang Khom. He k. himself, refusing to engage his own grandson in battle, having had issue, five sons and four daughters, including:
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13xx - 1343     Samdach Brhat-Anya Phya Vath [Khun Phi Fa], King of Rajadharani Sri Sudhana, elder son of Samdach Brhat-Anya Suvarna Kamabangsa, King of Rajadharani Sri Sudhana, educ. privately. Driven out of Muang Sawa by his father because he had committed incest with one of his wives. Succeeded on the death of his father, 13xx. He d. 1343, having had issue, two sons and two daughters, including:
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1343 - 1353 Samdach Brhat-Anya Kham-Hiao, King of Rajadharani Sri Sudhana, younger son of Samdach Brhat-Anya Suvarna Kamabangsa, King of Rajadharani Sri Sudhana, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his brother, 1343. He k. himself and his wife, refusing to fight his nephew, 1353, having had issue, two daughters:
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1353 - – 1372  Samdach Brhat-Anya Fa Ladhuraniya Maharaj Sri Sadhana Kanayudha Maharaja Brhat Rajadharana Sri Chudhana Negara [Phagna Fa Ngum], King of Lan Xang. b. at Suva, 1316, youngest child of Samdach Brhat-Anya Phya Vath, King of Rajadharani Sri Sudhana, educ. by the revered Buddhist monk, Brhat Maha Pasman, at Angkor. Taken to Cambodia for his own safety in 1323 together with a retinue of nurses, attendants and servants. Returned with a Cambodian army to establish his claim to the throne in 1349, and succeeds in subduing the principalities of Muang Song, Muang Pha, Muang Mon, Muang Khwang, Champasak and Xieng Xouang in 1352. Defeated his uncle at the battle of Pak-Ming and proclaimed King of Lan Xang with the title of Brhat Rajadharana Sri Chudhana Negara, 5th January 1353. Crowned at Vientiane, June 1354. Defeated the Siamese and concluded a treaty with Annam. Convened a Buddhist Council in 1359 to revise the Tripitaka. Deposed for despotism and loose living, deported to Muang Nan, 1372. m. (first) at Nakorn Thom (Intapat), 1332, Queen Keava Ken Ya [Nang Kaew Kaeng Nya] (d. 1368), a fervant Buddhist who served as her husband’s regent during his many campaigns away from the capital, daughter of King Sri Chandraratta of Cambodia (according to Siamese sources), possibly Brhat Pada Samdach Sdach Brhat Rajangsa Brhat Parama Lambangsasa Rajadhiraja. m. (second) Queen Keava Rudhi Fa [Nang Keo Lot Fa] (m. second, 1393, her step-son, Samdach Brhat-Anya Samu Sena Daya Daya Buvana Natha Adipati Sri Sadhana Kanayudha [Sam Saen Thai], King of Lan Xang – see below), daughter of King Ramadipati of Ayudhaya. He d. at Nan, 1373 (receiving the posthumous name of Brhat Chao Fa Brhat Narindra), having had issue, two sons and one daughter by Queen Kaeng Kangya:
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1372 - 1417     Samdach Brhat-Anya Samu Sena Daya Daya Buvana Natha Adipati Sri Sadhana Kanayudha [Phra Chao La Sam Saen Thai Thray Phuvanath Thipat Sisadhana Kanayudha], King of Lan Xang. b. 1357, elder son of Samdach Brhat-Anya Fa Ladhuraniya Maharaj Sri Sadhana Kanayudha Maharaja Brhat Rajadharana Sri Chudhana Negara, King of Lan Xang, by his first wife, educ. privately. Exiled from court by his father, 1356. Proclaimed king on the deposition of his father, 1372. Crowned at Muang Sawa with the reign name of Samu Sena Daya (Three Hundred Thousand Thais), 1374 and adopted that of Samu Sena Daya Buvana Natha Adipati Sri Sadhana Kanayudha, in 1377. m. (first) his cousin, 1377, Queen (Mahadevi) Buvana Dhanipaya [Bua Then Fa], alias Princess (Sadu Chao Nying) Keava Nawi Anungahaya, daughter of his uncle, Samdach Brhat-Anya Kham-Hiao, King of Rajadharani Sri Sudhana. m. (second) Nang Nawiangsari [Noi-On-Sor], daughter of the King of Lan-Na. m. (third) 1393, in contravention of then existing laws, his step-mother, Queen Keava Rudhi Fa [Nang Keo Lot Fa], his cousin and widow of Samdach Brhat-Anya Fa Ladhuraniya Maharaj Sri Sadhana Kanayudha Maharaja Brhat Rajadharana Sri Chudhana Negara, King of Lan Xang, daughter of King Ramadipati of Ayudhaya. m. (fourth) Princess Nang Keava Sridha [Chao Nang Keo Sida], daughter of Chao Sidhakama [Sida Kham], Hsenwifa of Muang Lü [Chieng Hung]. m. (fifth) Princess Nang Keava Yudhi Fa [Nang Keo Yot Fa], his cousin, and a daughter of King Indraraja [Intharacha], King of Ayudhya. He d. aged 60 years, 1416, having had issue, at least seven sons and five daughters:
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1417 - 1428     Samdach Brhat-Anya Chao Lamakamadinga [Lam-Kham-deng], King of Lan Xang. b. 1387, second son of Samdach Brhat-Anya Samu Sena Daya Daya Buvana Natha Adipati Sri Sadhana Kanayudha [Sam Saen Thai], King of Lan Xang, by his first wife, Queen (Mahadevi) Buvana Dhanipaya [Bua Then Fa], educ. privately. Appointed as Heir Apparent in preference to his elder brother and invested with the title of with the title of Sen-Muang, when he came of age. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1417. m. Nang Kaeva Buma Fa [Keo Poum Fa], Mahadevi or Queen. He d. 1428, having had issue, three sons:
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1428 - 1429 Samdach Brhat-Anya Chao Brahma-kumara Bhumadaraja [Phommathath], King of Lan Xang. Succeeded on the death of his father, 1428. He was k. within ten months of his accession, on the orders of his aunt, at Phaparn, 1428, having had issue:
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1429 - 1430 Samdach Brhat-Anya Chao Yugandhara [Youkhon], King of Lan Xang. Succeeded his uncle. Reigned for eight months and then fled for his life. He was k. at Phadao, on the orders of his aunt.
 
1430 - 1432 Samdach Brhat-Anya Chao Kunikama [Konekham], King of Lan Xang. Appointed as Governor of Muang Xieng-Sa and granted the title of Brhat-Anya Jikama [Chikkham], when he came of age. Succeeded his brother. Reigned for one year and six months. He was k. at Kokrua, on the orders of his aunt.
 
1432 Samdach Brhat-Anya Chao Kama Dharmasara [Kham-Tam Sa], King of Lan Xang, son of Samdach Brhat-Anya Samu Sena Daya Daya Buvana Natha Adipati Sri Sadhana Kanayudha [Sam Saen Thai], King of Lan Xang, by his fourth wife Chao Nang Keava Sridha, educ. privately. Appointed as Governor of Muang Pak-Huei-Luang and granted the title of Brhat-Anya Pak-Huei-Luang [Pak-Huei-Luang], when he came of age. Reigned for five months, but fled to Pakhouei-Luang in fear of his life. He d. there, one year later, having had issue, a son
 
1432 - 1433     Samdach Brhat-Anya Chao Luvana Jaya Chakrapati Phen-Pheo [Lue-Sai], King of Lan Xang, eldest son of Samdach Brhat-Anya Samu Sena Daya Daya Buvana Natha Adipati Sri Sadhana Kanayudha [Sam Saen Thai], King of Lan Xang, by an unknown mother, educ. privately. Passed over as Heir Apparent by his father, in favour of his younger brother. Appointed as Governor of Muang Kabong and granted the title of Brhat Anya Munabana [Mun Ban], when he came of age. Succeeded his elder brother in 1432, but allowed to reign for only six months. He d. (committed suicide) in the palace gardens, 1433.
 
1433 - 1436 Samdach Brhat-Anya Chao Kaya Buvanabana [Khai Bua Ban], King of Lan Xang. Governor of Chiengkai before his accession. Reigned for three years. He was k. on the orders of Nang Keo Phim Fa, 1438.
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1436 - 1438 Samdach Brhat-Anya Chao Kama Kirti [Kham-Kert or Kham Keul], King of Lan Xang, son of Samdach Brhat-Anya Samu Sena Daya Daya Buvana Natha Adipati Sri Sadhana Kanayudha [Sam Saen Thai], King of Lan Xang, by a palace slave, educ. privately. He claimed to be a reincarnation of his own father and was raised to the throne by his elder half-sister, 1436. He d. from a fit, 1438.
 
1438 Samdach Brhat-Anya Sadu Chao Nying Kaeva Bhima Fa Mahadevi [Keo Phim Fa], Queen of Lan Xang. b. 1343, eldest child of Samdach Brhat-Anya Samu Sena Daya Daya Buvana Natha Adipati Sri Sadhana Kanayudha [Sam Saen Thai], King of Lan Xang, educ. privately. After having intrigued and connived as Kingmaker and breaker for the best part of a decade, she finally mounted the throne in 1438. The Council of Ministers and the senior nobility finaly tired of her intrigues, her cruelty and bloodshed and succeeded in finally deposing the old hag within a few months of her accession. m. Wiang Pha, Senapati Luang of Xieng Law [Sen-Luang-Xieng-Lo] (d. alongside his wife, at Pha-Dieo, 1438), apparently her own grandnephew. She d. from either thirst, starvation or eaten by wild animals, when left to her fate while bound together with her husband, and abandoned on on a rock, at Pha-Dieo, 1438.
 
1438 - 1441 Interregnum. The kingdom ruled by two monks and four learned men.
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1441 – 1479  Samdach Brhat-Anya Chao Sanaka Chakrapati Raja Phen-Phaeo Bhaya Jayadiya Kabuddha [Sai Tia Kaphut], King of Lan Xang. b. 1415, as Prince Wangsapuri [Vong Buri], youngest son of Samdach Brhat-Anya Samu Sena Daya Daya Buvana Natha Adipati Sri Sadhana Kanayudha [Sam Saen Thai], King of Lan Xang,by his wife, Nang Keava Yudhi Fa [Nang Keo Yot Fa], his cousin, and a daughter of King Indraraja [Intharacha], King of Ayudhya, educ. privately. Appointed as Governor of Vientiane and granted the title of Brhat-Anya Kunaprasakti [Khua-Pasak], when he came of age. Invited by his sister to ascend the throne in 1438, but refused. The Council of Ministers finally persuaded him to become King in 1441, after they had failed to find any other candidate. He still refused to be crowned and avoided the ceremony for many years. Finally bowing to custom in 1456, when he also assumed the reign name and title of Samdach Brhat-Anya Chao Sanaka Chakrapati Raja Phen-Phaeo Bhaya Jayadiya Kabuddha. Attacked by a large army from Annam in 1478, after her insulted the King by sending him a golden basket filled with elephant dung for affronting him by requesting the dispatch of a recently captured white-elephant. Soundly defeated by the Annamites when they destroyed his army of  2,000 elephants and 200,000 men on the Plain of Jars and commanded by his eldest son. Fled from the capital by river to Vientiane and later abdicated in favour of his eldest surviving son, 1479. He d. at Muang Sieng Khane, 1481, having had issue, nine sons, and seven daughters::
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