Soi Sisamut

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Soi Sisamut Phuthangkun (full throne name Somdet Brhat Chao Jaya Sri Samudra Buddhangkura , birth name Nokasad ; * 1693 in the mountains of Pusangor Horkam, Laos ; † 1738 in Khorat , Thailand ) was the first king of the Kingdom of Champasak and ruled between 1713 and 1738.

Soi Sisamut was born Prince ( Chao ) Nakasatra Sungaya (Nokasat Song) in 1693 and was the youngest son of Princess Sumangala Kumari, daughter of Sulinyavongsa (ruled 1638 to 1690), King van Lan Xang . He was proclaimed King of Champasak in 1713 by the charismatic monk Phra Khru Phon Samet, who until then had served as the de facto ruler. During his reign, Buddhism was strengthened in much of Champasak . Around 1709 he married a daughter of Somdet Brhat Jaya Parama Surendra Rajadhiraja Rama (Jaya Jatha IV.), King of Cambodia. Soi Sisamut created a sizable empire within a short time, including the placesDon Khong , Attapeu (which he had both rebuilt), Muong Manh ( Saravane Province ), Muong Sri-Nakorn-Taow (today in the Thai province of Si Sa Ket ), Muong Thong (Thai province of Roi Et ) and Chiang Taeng (today Stung Treng in Cambodia) included; in the individual places he appointed governors . In addition to the south of what is now Laos, the kingdom also included substantial parts of what is now Isan, which is now Thailand, and northern Cambodia. It was a multi-ethnic community in which Lao , Khmer , " Kha " and Kui mixed, with the Lao initially being a minority.

In 1725 Soi Sisamut ceded his executive power to his eldest son, Prince Sayakuman . King Soi Sisamut died in Khorat (Nakhon Ratchasima) in 1738, leaving four sons.

  1. Prince ( Chao ) Jaya Kumara ( Pothi ), succeeded his father on the throne of Champasak
  2. Prince ( Chao ) Tammatevo Pudisatkhattinarat , Viceroy of Champasak
  3. Prince ( Brhat Chao Angka Luang ) Budhisara (Pothisane)
  4. Prince ( Anga Sadet Chafa Jaya ) Raja Varman Suringha (Sourinhô), had a son, Somdet Brhat Chao Bhumi Maha Nawi ( Phom Ma Noi ), later King of Champasak

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Other transcriptions of the name used in the literature include: a. Soi Sisamouth, Soi Sisamout, Soi Si Samout, Soysisamout; Phouthangkoun and Phouthong Koun.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volker Grabowsky : The Isan up to its Integration into the Siamese State. In: Regions and National Integration in Thailand, 1892–1992. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 1995, pp. 112-113.
  2. ^ Grabowsky: Brief history of Thailand. CH Beck, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-60129-3 , p. 113.
  3. ^ Grabowsky: Brief history of Thailand. 2010, pp. 89-90.
personal data
SURNAME Soi Sisamut
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Soi Sisamouth; Soi Sisamout Phouthong Koun; Soi Si Samout Phouthong Koun; Soysisamout; Soi Srisamuth-Phouthangkoun; Somdet Brhat Chao Jaya Sri Samudra Buddhangkura
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of the Kingdom of Champasak
DATE OF BIRTH 1693
PLACE OF BIRTH near Pusangor Horkam, Laos
DATE OF DEATH 1738
Place of death Khorat , Thailand