Huy (or H'ui, ''Brhat Chao'', 1780–1840) was prince-governor (''Chao Mueang Nakhon Champasakti'') of the Siamese vassal

Kingdom of Champasak The Kingdom of Champasak (Lao: ຈຳປາສັກ ɕàmpàːsák or Bassac, (1713–1904) was a Lao kingdom under Nokasad, a grandson of King Sourigna Vongsa, the last king of Lan Xang and son-in-law of the Cambodian King Chey Chet ...

in southern Laos from 1827 to 1840. Prince (''Brhat Chao'') Huy was a son of the

Uparaja Uparaja or Ouparath, also Ouparaja ( my, ဥပရာဇာ ; km, ឧបរាជ, ; th, อุปราช, ; lo, ອຸປຮາດ, ''Oupahat''), was a royal title reserved for the viceroy in the Buddhist dynasties in Burma, Cambodia, and ...

of Champasak, Unga, who ruled Champasak as a Siamese vassal from 1778 until he was murdered in 1781 on the orders of King

Taksin King Taksin the Great ( th, สมเด็จพระเจ้าตากสินมหาราช, , ) or the King of Thonburi ( th, สมเด็จพระเจ้ากรุงธนบุรี, ; ; Teochew: Dên Chao; April 17, ...

. Huy was raised as a page in the palace of King

Rama I Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok Maharaj (, 20 March 1737 – 7 September 1809), personal name Thongduang (), also known as Rama I, was the founder of the Rattanakosin Kingdom and the first monarch of the reigning Chakri dynasty of Siam (now T ...

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and served in the Siamese army, rising to the rank of general. In 1827, he captured king

Nyô ''Chao Raja Putra Sadet Chaofa Jaya'' Nyô, born in Vientiane in the early nineteenth century and died in 1828, was crown prince of the Kingdom of Vientiane and Uparaja (Vice-king) of the Kingdom of Champasak. In Vietnamese records, he was called ...

during the Laotian rebellion and brought him to Bangkok, where he was thrown from the roof of a temple. Huy was appointed as the prince-governor of Champasak in his place. Huy died in 1840, leaving seven sons and seven daughters. # Prince (''Sadet Chao'') Soma (Som), born before 1828, entitled ''Chao Sri Suratta'' (Sisurat) from 1840, educated in

and subsequently appointed as provincial governor of Dat # Prince (''Sadet Chao'') Indra (Inh), born before 1829, he had one son: ## Prince (''Sadet Chao'') Dharma Anuradha (Thamma Anurat), appointed ''Chao Raja Vudha'' in 1878. # Prince (''Sadet Chao'') Kamanaya ( Kham Nai), born 1830, Prince of Chapasak as a Siamese vassal from 1856 until his death in 1858. # Prince (''Sadet Chao'') Kamasukti ( Kham Souk), born 1838, Prince of Chapasak as a Siamese vassal from 1862 until his death in 1900. # Prince (''Sadet Chao'') Kamasuriya (Kham Sui) # Prince (''Sadet Chao'') Nawi (Noi) # Prince (''Sadet Chao'') Buma (Phomma) # Princess (''Sadet Chao Heuane'') Bima (Phim) # Princess (''Sadet Chao Heuane'') Khema (Khem) # Princess (''Sadet Chao Heuane'') Duani (Thua) # Princess (''Sadet Chao Heuane'') Kamasingha (Kham Sing) # Princess (''Sadet Chao Heuane'') Khayati (Khai) # Princess (''Sadet Chao Heuane'') Kamabinga (Khampheng) # Princess (''Sadet Chao Heuane'') Duang Chandra (Duang Chan)

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