{{One source|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox monarch | name =Chao Manthaturath<br>{{lang|lo|ເຈົ້າມັນທາຕຸຣາດ}} | title =King of Luang Phrabang | image = | image_size = | caption = | succession = King of Luang Phrabang | reign =31 December 1819 - 7 March 1837 | coronation = | predecessor =Anurutha | successor = ''Interregnum'' (Oun Keo as regent)<br>next: Sukkhasoem | full name = Samdach Brhat Chao Maha Sri Vitha Lan Xang Hom Khao Luang Prabang Mangthaduraja | spouse = | issue =Sukkhasoem<br>Chantharath<br>Prince Pho-Nua Thong<br>Oun Kham<br>Prince Kham-Boua | royal house = | father =Anurutha | mother = | birth_date = 1772 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|7 March 1837|1772|df=y}} | death_place = | buried = |}} '''Chao Manthaturath''' (also spelled '''Manthathourat''' or '''Mangthaturat'''; {{langx|lo|ເຈົ້າມັນທາຕຸຣາດ}}; 1772&ndash;7 March 1837) was the king of Luang Phrabang from 1819 to 1836.<ref name="dictionary">{{cite book|last=Stuart-Fox|first=Martin|title=History Dictionary of Laos|year=2008|edition=3rd|publisher=Scarecrow Press, Inc.|isbn=978-0-8108-5624-0|pages=207–208}}</ref>

He was a son of king Anouruttha.<ref name="dictionary"/> In 1791, he was appointed as heir presumptive to the Luang Phrabang throne with the title ''Raxavong'' by Siamese.{{cn|date=August 2020}} He was crowned by the Siamese at the age of 43.<ref name="dictionary"/> From 1825 to 1826 he joint the monkhood in Bangkok,<ref name="dictionary"/> leaving his country to be administered by Siamese officials.{{cn|date=August 2020}} In 1826, he refused to join Anouvong's Rebellion against Siamese. He died on 7 March 1837.<ref name="dictionary"/> Siamese did not confirm his son to succeed the throne until 1839.<ref name="dictionary"/>

== Family == Samdach Brhat Chao Maha Sri Vitha Lan Xang Hom Khao Luang Prabang Mangthaduraja (Manthathurath), King of Luang Prabang, having had issue, nine sons and six daughters, by different mothers:

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