Khamfan
Prince Khamfan | |
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Thammalungka | |
Successor | Prince Phutthawong |
Born | unknown date in 1756 |
Died | 13 February 1825 |
Spouses |
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Chet Ton Dynasty | |
Father | Prince Keaw |
Mother | Princess Chantadevi |
Khamfan (Thai name: เจ้าเศรษฐีคำฝั้น or พระยาคำฝั้น, born 1756) was the eighth son of Chao Pha Chai Keaw (Prince Keaw) and Phra Mae Chao Chantadevi (Princess Chantadevi).
At the time of Khamfan's birth, the
Khamfan was the most affluent of his brothers due to his marriage to Netnarivai, an heiress to a wealthy man in Mae Hong Son.[1]
He renovated the abandoned city of
He was married to 16 wives and had 44 children, 20 of them were male, 24 of them were female.
Khamfan died on 13 February 1825, aged 69.
Early life
Khamfan was born in 1796 to Prince Keaw and Princess Chantadevi in the city of Lampang. At that time Lanna Kingdom was under Burmese's control. Poemayugyuan was Burmese authority who was appointed to control Chiang mai. When he was 15 years old, his older brothers, Kawila and Thammalungka began to support Siam and joined troop with Taksin's army. He helped in the army of his older brothers to fight in several battles against Burmese.
Career
When Rama I has crowned himself, he appointed Kawila and his brothers the titles to rule Lanna kingdom. That was the time that Khamfan, 26 years old, began his career.
Captured the fake prince at Saton
Burmese appointed a Chinese man to be a prince that rule Saton city and ruled over 57 cities which were overlapped with cities in Lanna. In order to end this confusion, the army from Lampang and Chiang Mai led by Kawila, Duangthip, and Khamfan attacked Saton, captured the fake prince and his people, assets, and livestock from several cities and sent to Rama I.
Battle with Chiang Saen and Mong Yawng Township
In the next two years, troops from
War with Burma, Lao, Lu
In 1806, Khamfan and Moola from Lampang attacked Chiang rung (
Ruler of Lamphun
In 1815, Kawila died. Thammalungka got a white elephant and brought to Rama II in Bangkok. Rama II promoted Thammalungka to be a ruler of Chiangmai, Khamfan to be Uparaja of Chiangmai, Boonma to be a ruler of Lamphun.
Ruler of Chiangmai
In 1822, Thammalungka died after 7 years as a ruler of Chiangmai. Khamfan became a ruler of Chiangmai in place of his brother with Phutthawong, his cousin, as a regent. Khamfan ruled Chiangmai for 3 years and died during Rama III, 1825. Khamfan was 69 years old.
References
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- OCLC 33366988.
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