Phrachao Siribounyasan (; ; died November 1781), also known as Ong Boun (), Bunsan or Xaiya Setthathirath III, was the 3rd king of the
Kingdom of Vientiane
The Kingdom of Vientiane was formed in 1707 as a result of the split of the Lan Xang, Kingdom of Lan Xang. The kingdom was a Konbaung Dynasty, Burmese vassal from 1765 to 1779. It then became a Rattanakosin Kingdom, Siamese vassal until 1828 whe ...
(r. 1767 to 1781).
Ong Boun was the second son of
Setthathirath II. He was appointed the governor of
Xiangkhouang in 1735. In 1767, his elder brother
Ong Long died without heir. With the help of
Phra Vo, Ong Boun crowned the new Vientiane king.
At that time, Vientiane was a vassal state of
Burma
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...
.
The Burmese King considered Lao kingdoms as his base to expand further east. So, King
Taksin
King Taksin the Great (, , ) or the King of Thonburi (, ; ; Teochew: Dên Chao; 17 April 1734 – 7 April 1782) was the only king of the Thonburi Kingdom that ruled Thailand from 1767 to 1782. He had been an aristocrat in the Ayutthaya Kingdom ...
of
Siam
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decided to invade Lao kingdoms. In 1778, a Siamese army under Somdej Chao Phya Mahakasatsuek (later
Rama I
Phutthayotfa Chulalok (born Thongduang; 20 March 1737 – 7 September 1809), also known by his regnal name Rama I, was the founder of the Rattanakosin Kingdom (now Thailand) and the first King of Siam from the reigning Chakri dynasty. He asc ...
) invaded Vientiane. After a siege of four months, the capital was captured by Siam.
[Wyatt, p. 143]
Ong Boun fled into jungle, finally, he decided to submit to the Siamese. Since then, Vientiane became Siamese dependency.
[ Most of his children were taken to ]Thonburi
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as hostages, including Nanthasen, Inthavong
Chao Inthavong (; ; died 7 February 1805), or known as his regnal name Xaiya Setthathirath IV, was the 5th king of the Kingdom of Vientiane (r. 1795 to 1805).
Inthavong was the second son of King Ong Boun. In 1778, he was taken as hostage by Siame ...
, Anouvong
Chao Anouvong (; ; ), or regnal name Xaiya Setthathirath V (; ; ), (1767 – 1829), led the Lao rebellion (1826–28) against Siam as the last monarch of the Kingdom of Vientiane. Anouvong succeeded the throne in 1805 upon the death of his ...
and Khamwaen
Princess Khamwaen or Concubine Waen (), sometimes called Khieu Khom was a daughter of King Bunsan of Vientiane and a concubine (''Chao Chom'') to King Rama I of Rattanakosin. She was known for her prominent role in the Siamese court as a favorite c ...
. Khamwaen later became a concubine of Rama I.[คึกฤทธิ์ ปราโมช, ม.ร.ว.. โครงกระดูกในตู้. กรุงเทพฯ : สำนักพิมพ์สยามรัฐ, พิมพ์ครั้งที่ 8 พ.ศ. 2547.]
However, Ong Boun revolted against Siam in 1780, he killed the Siamese appointed governor Phraya Supho
The Thai nobility was a social class comprising titled officials (''khunnang'', ) in the service of the monarchy. They formed part of a hierarchical social system which developed from the time of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (14th century – 1767), thro ...
. In November 1781, he was captured by Siamese, and executed.
References
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Kings of Vientiane
1781 deaths
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18th-century monarchs in Asia
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