Chiraprapha ( th, จิรประภา; nod, ᨾᩉᩣᨴᩮᩅᩦ ᨧᩥᩁᨸᩕᨽᩣ) was a
queen regnant
A queen regnant (plural: queens regnant) is a female monarch, equivalent in rank and title to a king, who reigns '' suo jure'' (in her own right) over a realm known as a "kingdom"; as opposed to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigni ...
of the
Kingdom of Lan Na. She was the 12th monarch of Lan Na. She was the grandmother of King
Setthathirath
Setthathirath ( lo, ເສດຖາທິຣາດ; 24 January 1534 – 1571) or Xaysettha ( lo, ໄຊເສດຖາ; th, ไชยเชษฐาธิราช, , ) is considered one of the great leaders in Lao history. Throughout the 1560s ...
of
Lan Xang
existed as a unified kingdom from 1353 to 1707.
For three and a half centuries, Lan Xang was one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. The meaning of the kingdom's name alludes to the power of the kingship and formidable war machine of the ea ...
. Chiraprapha was the daughter of Phra Chao Setarat and Phra Nang Pathumkhappha, king and queen of Setanakhon.
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{{Kings of Lan Na
Rulers of Chiang Mai
People from Luang Prabang
Queens regnant
16th-century women rulers