Samsenethai

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{{Infobox royalty

| name =Samsenthai

| title =King of Lan Xang

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| succession ={{hlist |Monarchs of Lan Xang}}

| reign =1374–1416

| coronation =1374

| predecessor =Fa Ngum

| successor =Lan Kham Deng

| spouse ={{unbulleted list}}

Queen Keo Lot Fa (Ayutthaya)
Queen Bua Then Fa (Muang Sua)
Queen Noi On Sor (Lan Na)
Queen Keo Yot Fa (Ayutthaya)
Queen Keo Sida (Sip Song Panna)

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Prince Lusai
Prince Lan Kham Deng
Prince Kham Tam Sa
Prince Khon Kham
Prince Vang Buri
Princess Keo Kumari
Princess Anocha
Princess Manora
Princess Suphatthat
Princess Mahakai

| dynasty =Khun Lo

| father =Fa Ngum

| mother =Keo Kang Ya

| religion =Therevada Buddhism

| birth_name =Oun Heuan

| birth_date =1357

| birth_place =Muang Sua, Lan Xang

| death_date =1416

| death_place =Muang Sua, Lan Xang

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| regnal name =Samdach Brhat-Anya Samu Sena Daya Daya Buvana Natha Adipati Sri Sadhana Kanayudha ({{langx|lo|ສົມເດັຈພຣະຍາ ສາມແສນໄທ ໄຕຣ໌ພູວະນາທອາທິປັຕ ສຼີສັຕນາຄະນາຫຸທ}})

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Samsenethai ({{langx|lo|ສາມແສນໄທ}}) also called Oun Huan ({{langx|lo|ອຸ່ນເຮືອນ}}) was the second king of Lan Xang in Laos. He succeeded his father, Fa Ngum.{{cn|date=August 2020}}

He ruled from 1372 until 1417.

Wat Manorom, Wat Oubôsôt, and Wat Xiang Kham were built in Samsenethai's reign. He was succeeded by his son Lan Kham Deng.

Family

  • Father: Fa Ngum
  • Mother: Queen Keo Kang Ya - (from Khmer Empire) (d. 1368)
  • Consorts and their respective issues:
  1. Queen Buvana Dhanipaya (Bua Then Fa), Princess Keava Nawi Anungahaya - a daughter of his uncle (m.1377)
  2. Prince Lamakamadinga Lan Kham Deng, King of Lan Xang (r.1416-1428)
  3. Nang Nawiangsari (Noi On Sor) - daughter of the King of Lan Na
  4. Prince Gunikama (Konekham) (Khon Kham) - King of Lan Xang (r.1430–1432)
  5. Queen Keava Rudhi Fa (Nang Keo Lot Fa) - his cousin, widow of his father, and daughter of King Ramadipati of Ayudhaya (m.1393)
  6. Princess Nang Keava Sridha (Chao Nang Keo Sida) - daughter of Chao Sidhakama (Sida Kham), "Hsenwifa" of Muang Lü (Chieng Hung)
  7. Prince Kama Dharmasara (Kham Tam Sa) - King of Lan Xang (r.1432)
  8. Princess Nang Keava Yudhi Fa (Nang Keo Yot Fa) - his cousin, and a daughter of King Intharacha of Ayutthaya
  9. Prince Wangsapuri (Vong Buri), (Sai Tia Kaphut), King of Lan Xang (r.1442-1480)
  10. Princess Mahakani (Maha Kay) - died before 1408, aged five.
  11. a slave
  12. Kham Keul or Kham-Kert - King of Lan Xang (1436-1438)
  13. by unknown women
  14. Prince Luvanajaya (Thao Lue-Sai), King of Lan Xang, r.1432-1433
  15. Thao Somphon
  16. Princess Anusha (Anocha).
  17. Princess Manura (Manora).
  18. Princess Supadhatri (Supatthat).

References