Zakarine

Zakarine ສົມເດັຈພຣະເຈົ້າມະຫາຊີວິຕ ສັກຣິນທຣ໌
King of Luang Phrabang
Reign	15 December 1895 – 25 March 1904
Predecessor	Oun Kham
Successor	Sisavang Vong
Born	16 July 1840 Luang Phrabang
Died	25 March 1904(1904-03-25) (aged 63) Luang Phrabang
Spouse	Queen Pheng Queen Thongsy Queen Thongdy Queen Indira Queen Khampinh Queen Mom La Queen Khamune
House	Luang Phrabang
Father	Oun Kham
Mother	Khamone

King Zakarine (Lao: ພຣະບາທສົມເດັຈພຣະເຈົ້າມະຫາຊີວິຕສັກຣິນທຣ໌; also known as Sakkarin, Sakharine, Sackarine, Zackarine and Zacharine; originally Kham Souk, Lao: ຄຳສຸກ; full name: Samdach Brhat Chao Maha Sri Vitha Lan Xang Hom Khao Luang Prabang Parama Sidha Khattiya Suriya Varman Brhat Maha Sri Sakarindra, Lao: ສົມເດັຈພຣະເຈົ້າມະຫາວິຕລ້ານຊ້າງຮົ່ມຂາວ ຫລວງພຣະບາງ ປະຣະມະສິທະຂັຕິຍະສຸຣິຍະວໍຣມັນ ພຣະມະຫາຊິວິດ ສີສັກະຣິນທຣ໌) (16 July 1840 – 25 March 1904) was the King of Luang Prabang from 1895 to 1904.

Early life

Zakarine was brought up in Luang Phrabang, and he was educated privately, which only wealthy Lao people did. Later on, he married seven wives, included Queen Thongsy, and had 10 sons and 4 daughters. Thongsy was childless, so he adopted Queen Khamphane, wife of King Sisavang Vong. He commanded the Royal Forces against the Haw invasion (Chinese rebels of the Taiping rebellion) in 1874. He fled to Bangkok after the sack of Luang Prabang in 1887.

King of Luang Phrabang

In 1888, the King of Siam appointed him regent for his father. Zakarine officially succeeded his father on 15 December 1895 and was crowned at Luang Prabang on 14 July 1896. During his reign, he was forced to accept a French protectorate over the kingdom on 3 October 1893 after his father agreed to having French protection. He died from cerebral hemorrhage on 25 March 1904. He was succeeded by his son, King Sisavang Vong.

See also

• Monarchs of Laos