Samsenethai () also called Oun Huan () was the second 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 ...

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. He succeeded his father,

Fa Ngum Somdetch Brhat-Anya Fa Ladhuraniya Sri Sadhana Kanayudha Maharaja Brhat Rajadharana Sri Chudhana Negara (), better known as Fa Ngum ( Laotian: ຟ້າງູ່ມ ; 1316 – 1393, born in Muang Sua, died in Nan), established the Lao kin ...

. 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:

*Mother: Queen Keo Kang Ya - (from Khmer Empire) (d. 1368) *Consorts and their respective issues: # Queen Buvana Dhanipaya (Bua Then Fa), Princess Keava Nawi Anungahaya - a daughter of his uncle (m.1377) ## Prince Lamakamadinga Lan Kham Deng, King of Lan Xang (r.1416-1428) # Nang Nawiangsari (Noi On Sor) - daughter of the King of

Lan Na The Lan Na kingdom or the Kingdom of Lanna (, , "Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields"; , , ), also known as Lannathai, was an Indianized state centered in present-day Northern Thailand from the 13th to the 18th centuries. The cultural developmen ...

## Prince Gunikama (Konekham) (Khon Kham) - King of Lan Xang (r.1430–1432) # Queen Keava Rudhi Fa (Nang Keo Lot Fa) - his cousin, widow of his father, and daughter of King Ramadipati of Ayudhaya (m.1393) # Princess Nang Keava Sridha (Chao Nang Keo Sida) - daughter of Chao Sidhakama (Sida Kham), "Hsenwifa" of Muang Lü (Chieng Hung) ## Prince Kama Dharmasara (Kham Tam Sa) - King of Lan Xang (r.1432) # Princess Nang Keava Yudhi Fa (Nang Keo Yot Fa) - his cousin, and a daughter of King Intharacha of Ayutthaya ## Prince Wangsapuri (Vong Buri), (Sai Tia Kaphut), King of Lan Xang (r.1442-1480) ## Princess Mahakani (Maha Kay) - died before 1408, aged five. # ''a slave'' ## Kham Keul or Kham-Kert - King of Lan Xang (1436-1438) # ''by unknown women'' ## Prince Luvanajaya (Thao Lue-Sai), King of Lan Xang, r.1432-1433 ## ''Thao Somphon'' ## Princess Anusha (Anocha). ## Princess Manura (Manora). ## Princess Supadhatri (Supatthat).

References

Kings of Lan Xang 14th-century births 1416 deaths 14th-century Laotian people 15th-century Laotian people 14th-century monarchs in Asia 15th-century monarchs in Asia Laotian Theravada Buddhists Year of birth unknown {{laos-hist-stub