Chao Anurutha (also spelled Anouruttha or Anurathurat; Lao: ເຈົ້າອານຸຣຸດທະ; 1737 – 31 December 1819) was the king of Luang Phrabang from 1792 to 1819.
[citation needed] After a four-year interregnum, he was crowned in Luang Phrabang by Siamese in 1792.
[1] However, he was accused of in treasonous contact with Burmese by the Vientiane king Nanthasen.
After the capture of Luang Phrabang, Anurutha was detained in Bangkok.
After Chinese intervention, Anurutha was allowed to return to Luang Phrabang in 1796.