Surinyavong II (also spelled Surinyavongsa; ; died 1791 in Bangkok) was the king of

Luang Phrabang Luang Prabang ( Lao: ຫຼວງພະບາງ, pronounced ), historically known as Xieng Thong (ຊຽງທອງ) and alternatively spelled Luang Phabang or Louangphabang, is the capital of Luang Prabang Province in north-central Laos. I ...

from 1771 to 1788. Surinyavong was the ninth son of Inthasom. In March 1765, Luang Phrabang was conquered by

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and became the latter's vassal. Surinyavong was taken as hostage in Burma. In 1768, Surinyavong escaped from Burma and fled to

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. He raised an army there and seized the Luang Phrabang throne in 1771. He deeply hated

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, the king of

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, whom he blamed for instigating the Burmese army attack on Luang Phrabang of 1765. To take revenge, his army besieged Vientiane in the same year, but was defeated by Vientiane's ally, Burma. Surinyavong was forced to accept Burmese suzerainty. The

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ese king

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seized

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in 1776, now Luang Phrabang was able to shake off Burmese suzerainty. In 1778, Surinyavong informed that a Siamese army under Chao Phraya Chakri (later

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) was sent to invade Vientiane. Surinyavong accepted Siamese suzerainty, bringing his men to join the Siamese army in besieging

. Since then, Luang Phrabang was forced to pay tribute, an annual ''

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''. In May 1788, Surinyavong was summoned to

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and taken as hostage by the order of

. During the absence of the royal family, Luang Phrabang was ruled by Siamese officials. Luang Phrabang was occupied by Siam until 1792.

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