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Setthathirath ((ラーオ語:ເສດຖາທິຣາດ); 1534–1572) is considered one of the great leaders in Lao history. Throughout the 1560s until his death, he successfully defended his kingdom of Lan Xang against military campaigns of Burmese conqueror Bayinnaung, who had already subdued Xieng Mai (Chiang Mai) in 1558 and Ayutthaya in 1564. Setthathirath was a prolific builder and erected many Buddhist monuments including Wat Xieng Thong in Louang Phrabang and the That Luang in Vientiane. ==King of Chiangmai== Also known as Chaiyachettha or Chaiyaset or Jayajestha, he was crowned King of Lanna after the death of his grandfather, the previous King Ketklao, who died without a male heir to the throne, when his grandmother Queen Chiraprabha abdicated in favor of him. His daughter Princess Yotkamtip was Chao Settathirath's Mother, which through succession made Prince Settathirath the Heir to the throne of Chiang Mai. Son of the King Phra Chao Photisarath of Lan Xang, he became ruler of Chiang Mai in 1546. The previous ruler, King Ketklao, gave his daughter Princess Nang Yotkham in marriage to Phra Chao Phothisarath, and she bore him the Prince Chao Chaiyaset. When Ketklao died, there was no other descendant to succeed him. High-ranking officials and Buddhist monks therefore agreed unanimously to assign the throne to Chao Chaiyaset. His name was lengthened to Chao Chaiyasetthathirath. King Photisarath accompanied him to Chiang Mai with a large army including 9 Generals, 2000 war elephants and 300,000 soldiers. After Chaiyasetthathirath assumed rule of Chiang Mai, Phothisarath died in Louang Phrabang. Concerned that if he attended his father's funeral, he might be prevented from returning to Chiang Mai, Chaiyasetthathirat took the Emerald Buddha with him to Louang Phrabang in 1547. He also claimed that taking the statue would allow his relatives the opportunity to venerate the image and make merit. The Nobles of Lanna felt that Chaiyasetthathirath had stayed away too long, and sought another descendant of Mangrai dynasty to take the throne. They chose a distant relative of Chaiyasetthathirath, the Shan Prince known as Mae ku. Mekuti, or Mae Ku, may not have had an opportunity to do anything. Chaiyasetthathirath came under serious threat of attack after the Burmese took Chiang Saen, north-east of Chieng Mai, and Bayin-naung's forces gained the position to make an armed attack down the Mekong river. Thus, after twelve years of moving his capital between Chiang Rai and Luang Prabang, Chaiyasetthathirath finally moved his residence to Vientiane in the 1560s, taking the Emerald Buddha with him. The image stayed in Vientiane for two hundred and fifteen years until 1778. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Setthathirath」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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