Setthathirath II (Jyesthadhiraj, died 1735), also called Ong Lo and Sai Ong Hue (also spelled Xai Ong Ve; ), grandson of the great ruler Suliyavongsa, was the king of the Lao Kingdom of Lān Xāng. In Vietnamese records, he was called Triều Phúc (朝福). He spent most of his early years as a prince of the royal house in exile at

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(now in Vietnam). His father Prince Som Phou fled to

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upon the placement by the nobles of his younger brother (Setthathirath II's uncle) Suliyavongsa was king of

Lan Xang Lan Xang () or Lancang was a Lao people, Lao kingdom that held the area of present-day Laos from 1353 to 1707. For three and a half centuries, Lan Xang was one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. The kingdom is the basis for Laos's nat ...

. Upon the 1694 death of King Suliyavongsa, a noble named Tian Thala ascended to the throne. Within six months, Tian Thala was deposed. In 1698 Setthathirath II attacked

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, the capital of Lan Xang. In 1699,

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became ruler and with the aid of Vietnamese forces, Setthathirath II ousted King Nan Tharat and secured the city. In 1700 he declared himself king under the name Sethathirat II, and in 1705 he moved the Prabang Buddha, the sacred religious statue and symbol of royalty, from

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to Vientiane. Setthathirath II then sent his brother to take the northern city of Loung Prabang from his cousin Prince

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(or Kitsarath), a grandson of King Suliyavongsa, who refused to recognize his authority. Kitsarat asks for assistance from the Siamese King and was granted independence from Lan Xang, creating the

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and converting Lan Xang into the

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. In 1713, another grandson of Suliyavongsa, Prince Nokasat Song or

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, saw the opportunity to break away from Lan Xang to the South, and was also granted independence from Siam to form the

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, which further divided the Lao Kingdom.

Issue

King Sethathirat II had issue: three sons and one daughter. # Prince (''Sadet Chao Fa Anga'') Lankaya ng-Long who succeeded as H.M. ''Samdach Brhat Chao Dharma Adi Varman Maha Sri Ungalankaya Chandrapuri Sri Sadhana Kanayudha'', King of Lang-Xang Vientiane. # Prince (''Sadet Chao Fa Anga'') Bunya ng-Bun who succeeded as H.M. ''Samdach Brhat Chao Maha Sri Bunyasena Jaya Setha Adiraja Chandrapuri Sri Sadhana Kanayudha''

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King of Lang-Xang Vientiane. # Prince (''Sadet Chao Fa Jaya'') Guangnaya huang-Na Appointed as Viceroy with the title of ''Samdach Brhat Chao Maha Uparaja'' 1730. # Phra Krad Nang Kalyani. m. 1699, King Suriyenthrathibodi, King of Ayudhya 1703-1708, son of

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, King of Ayudhya 1688–1703.

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* http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9064762/Sai-Ong-Hue

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