Setthathirath II

Sai Setthathirath II (birth name: Sai Ong Hue, full throne name Somdet Brhat Chao Maha Sri Jaya Setha Adiraja Dharmikaraja Chandrapuri Sri Sadhana Kanayudhi; * 1685 in Hue, Annam, † 1730 in Vientiane) was 1698-1706 King of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang. After its split into three sub- kingdoms he received the throne in the Kingdom of Vientiane.

Sai Ong Hue was the eldest son of Prince ( Sadu Chaofa ) Somaputra ( Somphu ) and his second wife, Princess Sumngala Kumari, a daughter of King Sulingvongse of Lan Xang (reigned 1638-1690 ). His family fled with him to Annam after the usurper Tian Thala had usurped the throne. From the Vietnamese, he was placed at the head of an army that would put him as the new king of Lan Xang, but under the sovereignty of Annam. 1698 reached Sai Ong Hue his goal of conquering the capital Vientiane, where he was proclaimed the new king later, and killed the meantime come on the throne usurper Nan Tharat.

The cousins ​​of Sai Setthathirath resided in Luang Phrabang and refused to acknowledge him as king. They established a territory in the north of Lan Xang and beat the Viceroy from Vientiane back. The Siamese King Phrachao Suea tried 1706/7 bring about a peaceful settlement. Agreement was reached on the division of the kingdom of Lan Xang in two new kingdoms: Vientiane and Luang Phrabang.

Sai Setthathirath was married with a daughter from the Trinh clan in Hue. He died in 1730 in his palace in Vientiane and left three sons and one daughter: