Kingdom of Vientiane

The Kingdom of Vientiane was a Laotian kingdom in the area of present-day Vientiane. It was formed in 1707 due to continuing disputes about the succession and in the course of subsequent splitting of the Kingdom of Lan Xang, the Siamese Phrachao Suea mediated. The kingdom ended in 1828 with the incorporation into Siam.

First ruler was King Sai Setthathirath II, who had previously ruled Lan Xang in Vientiane from. The geopolitical situation between Siam and Annam (Vietnam) made ​​it not simply the realm. From 1779 it was a vassal principality of Siam. Shortly after the accession to the throne of King Rama III. (reigned 1824-1851 ) Siam was drawn into the conflict between Britain and Burma, which Anuvong king of Vientiane (reigned 1805-1828 ) led to an uprising. Under the pretense Siam to come with his troops to help, he marched on Bangkok and came to Saraburi, where he was repulsed. The superior Siamese knocked down the rebellion and General Bodindecha brought Anuvong 1828 to Bangkok before the king, where he was publicly tortured and executed. Then lost Vientiane, unlike the other two Laotian States, any autonomy. 1893 Vientiane Siam ceded to France and it became a province of the colony of French Indochina.

Kings of Vientiane (1707-1828)

It was Siam, the powerful neighbor to the south, tribute.