Ruler · 1685 – 1730

Setthathirath II

Lived 1685 – 1730. King of Lan Xang (Lan Xang), 1698 – 1707; also in the line of Kingdom of Vientiane.

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Lived: 1685 – 1730; 45 years
In office: 23 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

King of Lan Xang

Lan Xang · the 33rd of 33 dated reigns · 1353 – 1707

29 before

Sourigna Vongsa1638 – 1694

Tian Thala1694 – 1696

Nan Tharat1695 – 1698

Setthathirath II1698 – 1707

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1698 – 1707 · 9 years · came to it aged 13

Came to it: seized power
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1707; they died in 1730

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 Luang Prabang to Vientiane.

Also in the line of Kingdom of Vientiane (1st of 6).

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