Ket Chettharat

Ket Chettharat ( Thai : พญา เกส เชษฐราช , also Phaya Khet, Mueang Ketklao Thai : พระ เมือง เก ษ เกล้า or Phaya Ai; died 1545 ) was king of Lan Na in what is now northern Thailand between 1525 and 1538 and between 1543 and 1545 .

Ket Chettharat was a son of King Yot Chiang Rai (ruled 1485 to 1497) and initially worked as governor of Mueang Noi, so he had no political base in Chiang Mai when the nobles elected him the new king in 1525. In 1530 a fire broke out in the royal palace, presumably due to arson. Moen Soisamlan of the upper class of Lanna society brought a following behind him and finally revolted in 1535. He was repulsed, captured and executed.

In 1538 the nobles recalled King Ket Chettharat, he returned to Mueang Noi as governor. Instead, his son Thao Chai was put on the throne of Lan Na, who was murdered in 1543. Ket Chettharat was called again to be king and ruled for about two more years before he was murdered too.

The nobles of Lan Na entered a new round of struggle for influence in the kingdom. Saen Khrao, the leader of the faction in the capital Chiang Mai, offered the throne to the leader of Chiang Tung , but the latter refused. The leader of Mueang Nai accepted, but Saen Khrao himself was murdered before his protégé arrived. Other nobles stood up for the king of Lan Xang , Sai Setthathirath I , who set out for Chiang Mai from Vientiane . During this time Queen Chiraprapha led the kingdom.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ongsakul (2005), pp. 106f.

literature

• Sarawassadee Ongsakul: History of Lan Na . Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books 2005. ISBN 974-9-57584-9 .