Chao Inthasom ( lo, ເຈົ້າອິນທະໂສມ; died 1749) was the king of
Luang Phrabang
Luang Phabang, ( Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ ຫຼວງພະບາງ) or ''Louangphabang'' (pronounced ), commonly transliterated into Western languages from the pre-1975 Lao spelling ຫຼວງພຣະບາງ (ຣ = silent r) ...
from 1723 to 1749.
Inthasom was a younger brother of
Kingkitsarat. Upon his brother's death in 1713, he marched to
Luang Phrabang
Luang Phabang, ( Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ ຫຼວງພະບາງ) or ''Louangphabang'' (pronounced ), commonly transliterated into Western languages from the pre-1975 Lao spelling ຫຼວງພຣະບາງ (ຣ = silent r) ...
aiming to challenge the throne, but his cousin
Ong Kham
Chao Ong Kham ( th, เจ้าองค์คำ; died 1769 in Chiang Mai), also known as Ong Nok, was the king of Luang Phrabang from 1713 to 1723, later the king of Lanna from 1727 to 1769.
Ong Kham was a son of Indra Kumara, who was the ki ...
crowned the new king and granted him the title ''
oupahat'' (viceroy).
After ten years of joint rule, Inthasom successfully usurped in the king's absence. He dispatched tribute missions to
China in 1723, 1734 and 1753. He ruled peacefully until his death in 1749.
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Kings of Luang Phrabang
1749 deaths
18th-century Laotian people