ตามรอยเจ้าอนุวงศ์ - ເຈົ້າອານຸວົງສ໌ - Chao Anouvong - Lao/Thai

• published: 14 Jan 2015
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History of Chao Anouvong by Thai Chao Anouvong (Lao: ເຈົ້າອານຸວົງສ໌; Thai: เจ้าอนุวงศ์; RTGS: Chao Anuwong), or regnal name Xaiya Setthathirath V (Lao: ໄຊຍະເສດຖາທິຣາຊທີ່ຫ້າ; Thai: ไชยเชษฐาธิราชที่ห้า; RTGS: Chaiya Chetthathirat Thi Ha), (1767 – 1829), led the Laotian Rebellion (1826 – 1829) as the last monarch of the Lao Kingdom of Vientiane. Anouvong succeeded to the throne in 1805 upon the death his brother, Chao Inthavong (Lao: ເຈົ້າອິນທະວົງສ໌; เจ้าอินทวงศ์), Xaiya Setthathirath IV, who had succeeded their father, Phrachao Siribounyasan (Lao: ພຣະເຈົ້າສິຣິບຸນຍະສາຣ; พระเจ้าสิริบุญสาร) Xaiya Setthathirath III. Anou was known by his father's regnal number until recently discovered records disclosed that his father and brother had the same regnal name. From the time of the first Burmese–Siamese War (1548–49), the upper Mekhong region had been subject to both Burmese and Siamese imposition of corvée labour, slave raids and the forced migration of entire communities as they sought to replenish their manpower. This caused a frequent shifting of alliances as rulers and people sought their best advantage. Pra Chao Siribounyasan sought a middle ground in the conflicts between Burma and Siam, but he only succeeded in angering King Taksin of Thonburi. In 1778 Somdet Chao Phraya Mahakasatseuk (later Rama I) was ordered to subdue the Lao states. He drove Siribounyasan into exile and ordered the destruction of Vientiane's provisions, orchards and fields to prevent his return, holding hostage his three sons, Nanthasèn, Inthavong and Anouvong. In 1782, King Rama I ordered Prince Nanthasèn to take his father's place, and he ruled until 1793. Two years later, he rebelled, was defeated and was imprisoned in Bangkok. He was replaced by Prince Inthavong, who was then titled Phrachao Xaiyasetthathirath, with Anouvong as his assistant. On the death of his older brother in 1805, Anouvong ascended the Vientiane throne as Xaiya Setthathirath IV.[1] In Thailand nationalists have erected monuments to Lady Mo (Thao Suranari) and General Sing. The government also named schools and a museum in honour of the victorious general. Modern Lao nationalist movements, on the other hand, have turned Anouvong into a hero, even though his rebellion caused the end of the kingdom of Lan Xang Vientiane (Million Elephants,) the destruction of Vientiane, and a permanent division of the Lao people between the country of Laos and the Lao-speaking provinces of northeastern Thailand. His actions however is the point of Lao nationality and identity that persisted and has been given credit for the current Lao state, which may have otherwise been easily incorporated into Thailand as did the kingdom of Lanna. Anouvong had ordered the building of Wat Si Saket in Vientiane. An elephant howdah that belonged to him is now on display in the Lao National Museum in Vientiane. In 2010, to coincide with the 450th Anniversary celebrations of Vientiane, the Lao PDR government created Chao Anouvong Park, complete with a large bronze statue of the locally revered King. https://www.facebook.com/LaoLGBTQ lao, laos, สปป.ลาว, สปป ลาว, thai, ລາວ, ລາວ, ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, ເມືອງລາວ, ປະເທດລາວ, ສປປ ລາວ, ສປປ.ລາວ,